My g.d.spent the night & wanted to make a card for her dad. Last Sat. we learned a fun new technique from a friend. So simple/easy & boy she did a good job ( yes, this grandma has "braggin rights". ).
You cover a pc. of cardstock with foil ( we used a cheap brand), then run it thru the cuttlebug ( can use any type of embossing machine) with the "distress" embossing folder.( I am finding that the simple ones like the "distress" or the "swiss dots" turn out the best, altho she did one with "hearts" & a "thanks " that turned out pretty good too. )"Color/pounce" some A.I. on the foil piece. Stamp an image onto clear acetate with Stazon ink.
Put the pieces together for a card. Easy/Peasy.
I think her dad will like his card for Fathers Day...
Stamps used: Vintage car by Stampabilities
Building stamp above the "car": I have no idea.
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Mary started a yahoo group called stampingbloggers & posted a question for us to "blog" about; asking us what our favorite stamp company is ( besides the one we sell for, if we are a consultant).
My answer is:
I can't really say I have one or 2 favorites. There are way too many. I am finding out that I like the "vintage " looking stamps -see above photo that my g.d. made. I also love the "collage look, but I can not get "it" to make my own collages, so I find stamps that are allready "collaged". I think in some of my past post I shared a few cards that I did. I also like some of Tim Holtz stamps as some of them are pretty easy for me to put together witthout them looking too sloppy.
Anyway... thats my story(for now)....
I made this for an aunt's 90th birthday. Sorry if it seems a little blurry, but I wanted to make sure you could see the lace over it.
I love the clear cards, but its so hard to get a decent photo ( a photographer, I am not- just ask my friend Betsy). anyway I used the same stamp line & copic markers to color "her". I used stazon-cloudy white on the clear card - which is Kristal Klear by Gary M Burlin & Co.-Cleveland, Oh & get this......
can ya tell I love this stamp line & the different ladies? yes, copic markers used again. Also used a cuttlebug folder to emboss the background.
this is just a simple fast card in the shape of a flowerpot. I used versamark to give it a watercolor effect on the back ground, but of course it does not show in the picture.
Thomas Kinkade & used Flower Soft- but you can't see the dimension
another T.K. & flower soft
this is a cute little Fish Flower stamp by Impression Obsession with a wiggly eye that you can't see & heat embossed, The white background has a script embossed frm Cuttlebug
Owl is by the same stamp company as the fish flower & has 2 wiggle eyes that you can't see.. The 2-tone background was put thru the Cuttlebug with a distressed embossed folder, then torn and pop-dotted to give it dimension.
