Monday 17 February 2014

Embossing - Through The Purple Haze Challenge #29

This weeks challenge at Through The Purple Haze is Embossing. 

The sponsor for this challenge is:

I've actually made two cards this week - one with dry embossing and one using heat embossing.

Dry Embossing Card

I made this card using my own hand-made embossing sheet (you can see how to do this on my last blog post.) I embossed some core-dinations card stock and layered it onto some already embossed Bazille Basics pink card. I added Tilda ribbon and this lovely digi from Polkadoodle Etsy shop - it's so sweet! I coloured this using my Spectrum Noir pens. The sentiment was part of the digi and I just stamped a doily stamp over the top so it wasn't on stark white card.



Heat Embossing Card
I decided to go for 'heat embossing' as I have the tools but don't do it much (mostly because it use to be such a pain to plug in my heat tool before I re-arranged it). My card is quite differet to my normal colour pallette but I decided to use things which I don't usually use and step out of my comfort zone a bit and this is the finished card.

I used backing paper from Kaisercraft Miss Empire Collection in Realm and matted and layered using kraft card (I love that stuff but don't use it much). I then took some orangey peach coloured paper from Craft Creations and stamped on it using Versa Mark and a rose pattern stamp I got free with Cardmaking and Papercraft magazine and then I used a white embossing powder. I also stamped the roses on the same paper (but elsewhere) with Distress Ink (Tattered Rose).

I cut the stamped and embossing pieces into 3 inch squares, rounded off the corners and then added them to kraft card. I stamped a sentiment onto kraft card and heat embossed that too (the sentiment was from a Kanban Sugar Buttons stamp set).
Stamped with distress ink
Stamped and embossed

I finished the card by wrapping twine around the card twice and tying a knot.

I hope you like my cards - I'm usually more into bright cards using pinks, blues and purples but enjoyed trying something different with my heat embossing card and using bits and pieces I hadn't used in a while.

Go over to Through The Purple Haze Challenge Blog to see what the other Design Team members have made and why not have a go yourself

http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/cricut-cut-as-stencil-challenge.html?m=1 - used Cricut to make as email and used this to emboss my background

24 comments:

  1. Beautiful cards, Sara!! I love that sentiment on the first one!!! So true!! Your second card is just so elegant, love them both!!
    Hugs
    Darcy

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  2. Both cards are lovely Sara, Love the sentiment and image on the first one, lol! Thanks for joining us for Doodle Pantry digital challenge #43 hope to see you again!

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  3. Cute. Like the whimsy card. Like the homemade embossing background. I'll have to ck out how you did the embossing. Thank you for entering OSAAT Ch200 Use A Digi.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"
    OSAAT DT

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  4. Loving the embossing...fabulous card...

    Thank you for joining us at CraftyHands x

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  5. beautiful cards Sara! I especially like the first one (love that image and sentiment.... just take a look at my blog tomorrow morning!!! lol). and amazing how you've created your own embossing sheet! Thank you for joining us this week in our Always anything goes challenge at Scribble and Scrap !
    Mirella DK
    DT Scribble and Scrap Challenge (Cute and Crafty Cards by Mirella)

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  6. Really cute card Sara and fabulous sentiment, Love the embossed backgroudn you have used too :) :) :) Good luck in this weeks OSAAT challenge. Hugs Jane OAAAT DT xxxxx

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  7. Two very cute projects. The image on the first project is darling. I love it. Your coloring is great. I like the simplicity of the style in the second project.

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  8. Beautiful card, wonderful image and a fabulous background, love your colouring! Thanks for joining us at the Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge #43!

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  9. Sara, I really love this image with her curlers, eye mask, slippers and coffee! Thank you foe playing this week at 613 Avenue Create!

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  10. Great coloring and what a fun and sweet sentiment you chose with this image!

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  11. Great embossed background! lovely card. Many thanks for joining the crafty hands challenge and good luck!!! Melissa (DT)

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  12. Fantastic.....i love the hair curlers...and the sentiment its fab....

    fiona
    x

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  13. Great card
    Thanks for joining in at One Stitch At A Time this week
    Hugs Katie x

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  14. Oh my gosh I think this is one of the most hilarious cards I've seen. What a charmer that picture is! You did such a lovely job picking the colors to do her up with. Every part of your card just rocks!!! Best of luck at OSAAT. Samara DT OSAAT

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  15. A really fun card, fabulous! Thank you for joining in with us at Emergency Crafters x

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  16. What a great image and sentiment ! Love the colors ! Thank you so much for joining us at Pile it On Challenges !

    Mayra DTM
    Mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com

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  17. Fabulous!!
    Thanks for joining us for Doodle Pantry Digital challenge #43 hope to see you again!
    Hugs Lorianna DPDT

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  18. FANTASTIC cards!!!
    Thank You for joining us last week at PIO!!
    Have a GREAT day!

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  19. Wonderful cards! LOVE the embossing you did! Thanks so much for sharing with us over at BBTB2 this week!!!

    Emily
    Mollie's Motif

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  20. Both cards are fabulous. I really love the cute image on the first card. Thanks for joining us at BBTB2.

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  21. Such a cool way to use your negative die cut from the Cricut machine! I think you card is adorable! Thanks for joining us at BBTB2;-)

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  22. Great projects. Love your card. Thank you so very much for joining our 'Stencil' challenge at BBTB2!!!! :)

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  23. Very pretty card! Thanks for joining BBTB2

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  24. Thank you for joining us at BBTB2 also !!!

    Mayra DTM
    Mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com

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