Embossed Thank You

Hello and Happy New Year :)

Jennie here and I'm easing myself back into crafting.... I didn't have chance to craft at all over the holiday period and we all know what happens when you get back to creating.... Mr Mojo needs tempting back and things don't always go as planned 😉

So I decided to keep it simple and use the Triple Step Thank you from Concord & 9th along 

with the coordinating dies to give some dimension with dry embossing..

You can see on this photo how the stamped area is raised up ...

To make this card I first stamped out the sentiment in three colours of Hero Arts dye ink and added darker ink along the base of the letters for a ombre gradient. I used the dies to cut a mask which I placed over the lettering and then used the Warp Speed stencil from Altenew with MFT Sno Cone ink for a background.

For the embossing I used the die to cut three pieces from 300gsm card and glued them together with dry adhesive. I used  the torch on my phone to act as a light source to shine through the card stock so I was able to line the die cuts up with the stamping. Washi tape held it in place as I ran it through my Big Shot .... tab 1 and with an embossing mat under the card front. 

I love how it turned out.... its a large simple shape which works well for this technique 

and just gives that bit of extra interest to a CAS design . 

Why not give it a try with stamps and dies in your own collection.

  

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

I Love You To The Moon And Back Space Card

Hi everyone, Taheerah here wishing you a happy Saturday!

Space has always been my one true love. Seriously, from the science books I read as a kid, through to watching Star Trek, to what I studied at university, it's always been something I've always been fascinated in!

I mentioned Star Trek and of course one of the most famous phrases and special effects is the reference to warp speed and the trailing star field that results. So naturally I love recreating that look in cards! Beforehand doing that was confined to a couple of stamp sets or perhaps creating the effect myself. The Altenew Warp Speed Stencil changed all that:

Not only does this card look out of this world, but it was a cinch to create too!

I laid my stencil over my black card base and spritzed it with an iridescent silver glimmer mist, splattered on some white mist and bam! Instant warped star field!

I heat embossed the sentiment from the WPlus9 Little Dreamers stamp set (a must-have set!) and then trimmed the sentiment in half. I felt that having the sentiment in two strips, one on either side and top and bottom, helped convey the sense of movement too!

I'd love to hear what you think of this card. Is there someone you know who'd love to receive it? Thanks for stopping by!