Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Holiday Card Class - Day 7

Day 7... class is just flying by.

Day 7 – Cards with Reverse Stamps

Technique: Color Blending plus Layering


Materials:
Paper: Neenah - Solar white, misc. Bazzill cardstock
Stamps/Inks: TH Distress Inks - Peacock feathers, iced spruce, black soot; Colorbox - Frost White, Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Hero Arts -Winter Tree, LOTV - Christmas grungy sentiments, Memento - Tuxedo Black, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue
Misc.: Dimensional adhesive, stardust stickles

Technique: Inner Masking Alternative
Frankly, I found that masking and using two embossing powders to be impossible. I just embossed two sheets of paper, cut out the tree, and then adhered it so that it matched the pattern. Much less stressful. I couldn't get my mask to stick properly to the versamark, and it resulted in a huge mess.



Materials:
Paper: Misc. Bazzill cardstock, Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Memento - Love Letter, Versamark, Just Rite Clear - Large Fancy Holiday Sentiments, Wplus9 - Fair Isle Backgrounds
Cutting/Embossing: Ranger superfine clear embossing powder, Spellbinder's Nestabilities - Scalloped Rectangles, Wplus9 Pretty Patches - Tree, Silver embossing powder

Technique: DIY Reverse Stamping
I loved this technique! Very simple one-layer card.


Materials: 
Paper: Neenah - Solar White
Stamps/Inks: Back side of LOTV circle holiday sentiments, Mama Elephant - Polar Pals (ornament strings and sentiment), Stampin' Up - Serene Snowflakes, Amuse Studio - Evergreen and Cranberry Ink, Fresh Ink - Steel Blue and Provincial Gray, Memento - Tuxedo Black

3 comments:

  1. Wow! Great job on today's cards!

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  2. Heidi - beautiful cards! I also had an issue with the inner masking - tried several times, but just couldn't get a clean enough embossed inner image...had the same issue as you, so I gave up, and went a different route :-)

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