Going Green - Use Any Shade of Green

Hello Stamping Friends,

Time for another round of Stampers Dozen Blog Hop. This month for all of the little Leprechauns out there we are using shades of green. Not a hard thing for me to accomplish for anyone that knows me. I love green.

I used the Wildflower Birthday designer series paper to make a fun birthday card. The designer series paper also has laser cut die-cuts which is what I used for the cupcake. I embossed the greeting in white and then using the blending brushes to color over the words in three different colors. (Yes, I used more than just green, but there is some green so it's okay)

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Time to Turn Up the Heat

Remember to Create!

Hello Stamping Friends,

It's getting a little hot today with the Sisters in Stamping because we are turning up the heat. Yep, we are heat embossing. I love embossing on cards. I call it Magic for Mommies. It has such a wow factor every time. You watch are powder turn into a nice shiny image right before you very eyes with just a little heat. (well, actually the heat is pretty hot, so I guess it's not just a little, lol)

I decided to do a technique with my card called emboss resist. It's a double wow, I promise. Keep reading to find out how to do it.

First, you heat emboss your image (the dandelion flower) using white embossing powder and versamark ink. When it cools down, you take a sponge dauber and ink it up in your ink (rich razzleberry in this case), then starting in the center move out to cover the dandelion flower in circular motions. If I needed to add more ink, I started in the center again and then moved out in circular motions each time. This way my center was darker than the rest of the flower, which is the look I wanted.

This card is the same thing, but turned to show you that you can set it up different and still have a great looking card. Everything is the same except the position of the greeting (well, the greeting was changed too) and the horizontal position of the card instead of vertical. 

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Product List

Dandelion Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146747] $20.00	Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [146926] $27.00	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] $8.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $8.50	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [147091] $7.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $5.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00
Old Olive 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144171] $6.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00