Hi! This is Christine from I am Cocoa's Mom blog with my very first DT post for She's a Sassy Lady. Here we go!
Did you see the new Mix and Match embossing plates from Anna Griffin
on HSN? I'm afraid I caved and bought the set AND took the autoship
option. My shipment came in last week and I love how easy it is to
customize cards for specific occasions.
It
was my DD's birthday last week and I used the Happy Birthday plate to
emboss the front of her card. So pretty, but it needed embellishing to
make it really special and I don't have any Anna Griffin type flowers.
Time to turn on the Explore!
I found several flowers in
Design Space that have a shadow layer and a fairly intricate top
layer. (e.g. Bits and Pieces, Gypsy Wanderings, Sophie) After placing
the flower on the mat, I ungrouped the layers and changed the top one to
'write' and left the shadow layer on 'cut.' The last step is to select
and attach.
Using the Amy Chomas adapter, I inserted my VersaMark embossing pen, loaded the mat with vellum and pressed 'go."
Then
comes the hardest part of the whole process - getting the vellum flower
off the mat without touching the wet embossing ink! I did have fun trying
out several different embossing powders and choosing the best alcohol
marker to color the back of the flower.
Love
this silver one but decided to go with a silvery white opaque powder to
compliment the white-on-white look I was going for. This technique is
so easy and I want to try text, a beautiful butterfly, and maybe a
poinsettia with a gold edge. So many ideas!
Here is the finished card. She was very impressed! (Sorry!)
Thanks for visiting with me today! And thank you Sheila for allowing me to share. : ) Christine
This is gorgeous! Wonderful technique. Thank you for sharing this with us today.
ReplyDeleteI want you to know that I am so happy that your purchased this set. I missed the special and a friend said she would let me borrow.... Can't wait to give a try.
Christine, this is SO pretty! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful embossing and colors. Thanks for showing us the techniques.
ReplyDeleteSo clever and so beautiful. Love the colors and that embossing folder is gorgeous.
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