An Embossed Stenciled Ornament

It's time to start making our Christmas cards right??!! If we haven't already!!  We don't want to be out straight when it gets to be December!

I made this card using the technique of embossing over stenciling.  First I inked over the Christmas Snowflake Flourish Bauble stencil from Sweet Poppy Stencils using Dusk ink from Altenew onto a white panel.  

Then I embossed the panel using an older Snow Flakes Embossing folder from Provo Craft.    I die cut a frame out of silver paper and adhered it over the panel.  I silver embossed and die cut the sentiment and popped it up on foam dots over the ornament,  I used a Silver Leafing Krylon Pen to color the top of the ornament.

I'll add this to my box of Christmas cards that is luckily filling up!

I'm joining in on the following challenges with my card:

Christmas Kickstart

ends 9/30

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

ends 9/20

Stamps: Penned Elegance: Christmas - PTI (retired).

Ink:  Dusk - Altenew, Versamark.

Paper:  White - PTI, Kraft Metallic - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.

Accessories:  Penned Elegance dies - PTI (retired), Snow Flakes Embossing Folder - Provo Craft, Christmas Snowflake Flouish Bauble Stencil - Sweet Poppy Stencils, blender brushes, silver embossing powder, heat tool, foam dots, silver leafing Krylon Pen..

August Group of 7 Cardmakers 8/24 - Product Spotlight - Embossing Vellum

 The Group of Seven Cardmakers post for August is up - and this month we are playing with embossing Vellum.  There are links to videos for several different ways to emboss on vellum over at the blog so be sure to check them out for some new ideas.

It is recommended to use a thicker vellum (they come in several thicknesses) as the vellum can crack when you emboss with a folder if it's thin.  

The vellum I used on the Monstera card was dotted and a little thinner than the plain vellum I have and it did 'punch through' on a few spots - but nothing that ruined it!  So you just need to try it out on the vellum you have.

  The dots on the vellum show up on the embossed green inked leaves.

Just a few photos of how I made my card.

Emboss the vellum using Monstera Frame 3D embossing folder from Altenew.  I used a white dotted vellum.

Die cut the Monstera leaf from The Greetery out of hammered white card.  Rub ink pad over the leaf to color.  The hammered cardstock gives it a nice mottled effect. Glue the vein piece over the leaf.

Rub ink pad over the embossed areas of the vellum - dry with heat tool (don't hold over one area for too long or you might burn the vellum.  Heat from both front and back.)  It didn't matter that some ink got on the center of my vellum since it was covered with the die cut leaf.

I gold embossed the sentiment on a 3/4" x 4 1/4" strip of plain vellum and adhered it below the leaf with Glue Dots.  I adhered the monstera leaf to the center with foam dots and used Glue Dots to adhere the panel to the white card base.

I made this Christmas Snowflake card by simply embossing a panel of vellum and layering it to a blue panel that was die cut with a scalloped frame. I adhered the vellum panel to the blue card with Glue Dots. The blue card shows through the embossed vellum giving it a subtle color. I layered the panel to a white card base. 

My next 4 cards show how different a card can look using the same stamp with different color Copics.  I used the same technique on all 4 - stamping an image with Nocturne Ink on vellum and embossing it with clear embossing powder - turning the panel over and coloring the image from the back with Copics.

For the two cards below, I stamped the Daisy Days cover stamp from Unity onto two vellum panels using Nocturne Versafine Claire ink and embossing with Clear Embossing Powder.  I used a pink and teal Copic on the first card coloring over the image on the back of the panel and a yellow and orange Copic on the 2nd card..  I adhered these panels to the white card base with Glue Dots on the corners, sides and center.

I adhered a panel of vellum to an Adhesive Sheet from Sizzix and die cut the two sentiments.  I peeled off the back  and adhered the sentiments to the cards.

I used the same technique on the floral cards below -  stamping  the floral from Dearest Friend by Altenew in Nocturne ink, embossing with Clear Embossing Powder and coloring with Copics on the back of the panel. 

For these two cards,  I adhered the inked panels to Adhesive Sheets and then die cut the frame.  Then I removed the backing and adhered the panels to white card bases.

I used 3 colors on this one.

I used just two colors on this one.

We'd love to see what you create with any of the ways of embossing vellum.  There are links to YouTube videos showing several techniques over at the blog.  You will find the videos, lovely creations by the rest of the GO7 team and link up over at The Group of Seven! 

I'm linking my Monstera card to:

NBUS

first time using the Monstera Embossing Folder

I'm linking my Christmas card to:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

ends 9/6

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Anything Christmas Goes  ends 9/7

Peace on Earth Christmas

ends 8/29

I'm linking my pastel floral card to:

Try it on Tuesday: Make it feminine

ends 9/2

Monstera Card
Stamps: Ways to Say: Get Well Soon - PTI
Ink: Vintage Jadeite - PTI, Versamark
Paper: Hammered White - Amazon, Sheer Basics Vellum (dots/stars/stripes) - PTI, clear vellum from stash.
Accessories: Monstera Frame Embossing Folder - Altenew, Large Leaves - Monstera die - The Greetery, gold embossing powder - Ranger, heat tool, embossing pillow, glue dots, foam dots, enamel hearts - Altenew.

Snowflake Christmas

Stamps: Christmas Cheer - PTI (retired)

Ink:  Blueberry Sky - PTI

Paper:  white, Blueberry Sky, Vellum Card Stock - Papertrey Ink, Hammered White - Amazon

Accessories:  Winter Snowflakes 3D Textured Impressions embossing Folder - Sizzix,  Christmas Cheer Die - PTI (retired), Nested Stitched Scallop Dies - Amazon, glue dots, Enamel Dots - Altenew.

Thinking of You and Thank You

Stamps: Daisy Days - Unity

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Paper:  Vellum, - PT

Accessories:  sentiment dies - Amazon, Copics Y02, Y38, R32, BG18, glue dots, Adhesive Sheets - Sizzix, clear embossing powder, heat tool.

Thinking of You and Feel Better Soon 

Stamps:  Dearest Friend - Altenew

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Claire, Versamark

Paper:  Vellum , White - PTI

Accessories:  Copics BG18, R32, Y38, Adhesive Sheets - Sizzix,  clear embossing powder, heat tool, Strip Sentiments - Waffle Flower, sentiment dies - Amazon

Snowing Down on the Snowman

 I got this idea from a card over at Splitcoast stampers by Ubetcha.   The snowman is mounted on a clear acetate card.  I used a different hat and face, than Ubetcha , as well as different twig arms and different size circles.

I put the same size circle as the base of the snowman, on the inside,  where I stamped my sentiment and there is a little room to write a note to the receiver -  you could add another circle on the back of the card or on the inside over the back of the snowman.  I used glue dots to adhere the circles to the acetate.

I'm linking my card to:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown. ends 8/23

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge

Anything Goes Christmas  ends 8/25

Peace on Earth Christmas 

inspired by the snow!  ends 8/27

Stamps: Go to Gift Card Holder:Snowman Accessories - PTI, Alpine Christmas - Waltzingmouse (retired).

Paper: Hammered White - Amazon, Clear Acetate, True Black, Pine Feather, Pure Poppy - PTI

Ink: Nocturne - Versafine Clair, Misty Morning - Altenew, Orange Zest - PTI

Accessories: Circle Nestabilities, Woodland Branch die - Memory Box, Winter Wardrobe dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Glue Dots, Foam Dots. finger sponge, red enamel dot - Altenew

A Cup of Warmth for Christmas

 I keep working on my Christmas Cards and I'm also trying to use things in my craft room that have been purchased and then tucked away!  Luckily there are lots of challenges out there to inspire us to create!

I colored the die cut mug pieces with Copics, then stacked them.  I cut a  piece off of a coaster cut with the Coaster Die from  The Greetery.  After I stacked the mugs, I splattered them with a black POSCA pen.  

I'm linking my card to:

52 Christmas Card Throwdown

ends 10/27

NBUS

First time using these fun Papercut Cafe mug dies and first time using this sentiment from a PTI set. 

Stamps: Snowman Accessories - PTI
Paper: White, True Black - PTI, DP The Magic of Winter Paperpad - Echo Park
Ink: Nocturne - Versafine Clair
Accessories: Papercut Cafe Thinlit dies- Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Coaster Die - The Greetery, Vanilla Flower/snowflakes - Simon Says Stamp, foam dots, Copics:R59, YG63, BG18, E37, W2, black POSCA pen