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AECP - Impressive Heat Embossing

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T oday’s card I created for the course Impressive Heat Embossing. I decided to use a layering Stamp an heat embossed all the layers. I never did that before and was surprised how well it worked.   I used the Morning Flowers Stamp and made the first layer in white, then in rose and finally in bronze. It has so much texture with all this layering. I dint have a green embossing powder so I stamped the leave in green an added clear embossing powder. For the background I put Toasted Mauve ink on cardstock. Such a warm color. And then added the Dotted Pinwheels Stamp set with white heat embossing. For little bit a different color I made a center of the flower and the sentient from the Sweet Bouquet Stamp set in gold. So it’s not to much tone on tone.  

AECP - Creative Watercolor Media

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In the last few days I have been working on Creative Watercolor Media. I tried out some different papers I had and tried out two different techniques. For my first card I made a background like Laura Bassen has showed. I stamped the Captivating Blooms several times and heat embossed them with white. Then I colored everything with reinker. I really love how this turned out. I only added a white sentiment on vellum and some small flowers for a little bit of interest. I didn’t want to distract from this gorgeous background.    For my second card I used masking fluid. I never did that before so it was fun to try it out. I stamped the flower from the Wild Flora Stamp Set and added de fluid. Then I made a background with inks and the smooshing technique. On my first examples I didn’t wait until its completely dry, so I teared the paper .. Lessons learned.😅 On my second try it worked great. Then I colored everything with inks. I added a sentiment which means: Because you’re always h...

January Inspiration Challenge

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Hi everyone! Today I created a card for the Altenew Inspiration Challenge. I love the colors Agnieszka has chosen. Here is the link for the blog post with more information: Altenew Inspiration Challenge I started by cutting stripes with a matching color and glued them to a black background. I wanted to created that same Maritime feel. At the bottom I let a black space so there is a little bit more interest. Then I die cut the flowers from the Cape Marguerite Die Set in blue and added shadings with inks and pencils. For the leaves I didn’t have a matching cardstock, so I colored them with Alcohol markers. I love to use all these different mediums. This brings me so much joy. Finally, I added the sentiment from the Streamlined Stamp and Die set. The upper part is stamped und the word lovely I die cut. How cool is that to add this dimension?! Thanks for stopping by.