Showing posts with label Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 March 2022

Heat Embossing Backgrounds

 Heat Embossing is one of the most dramatic and fun techniques in stamping. 

I'm thrilled to participate in this weeks Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop that will show you some different ways to heat emboss. One of my favourite things to do is create interesting backgrounds with an embossing folder and heat embossing.

This is quite simple and gives some wonderfully creative results.

I started by dabbing Versamark ink to the inside of the Parisian Flourish 3D embossing folder. Because I wanted some options I did this twice, once on each surface of the inside of the folder so I could have both the positive and negative images embossed.

This is what I achieved after sprinkling with gold embossing powder and heating with the Heat Tool.


 You can see that the effect is quite different even though I've used the same folder. I decided to use the sample on the left for my card today. I'll keep the other one for another time!

Next, using the lovely soft Blending Brushes, I applied Mango Melody, Pool Party and Magenta Madness inks in that order, to the card. I love the variety of other colours that come by combining these colours, and I like to include a good strong yellow to liven up the other colours.

 


The completed card is highlighted with black card stock and black silhouettes cut with Natures Harvest Dies and the Stampin Cut & Emboss machine. The greeting is heat embossed with gold on black and is from the Artfully Layered stamp set. The card base is Very Vanilla Thick Cardstock. 

 

                                                 Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022 

 


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I hope you've enjoyed this alternate method of heat embossing and I'm sure my fellow demonstrators will have some lovely inspiration for you, so hop along using the link below.



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Wednesday, 10 November 2021

Traditional Christmas - Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop


What does traditional Christmas mean to you?

For me it is the colours red, green white and either gold or silver, images of holly or mistletoe, music - Christmas carols plus friends, family and food.

Today for the Freshly Brewed Projects blog hop we are treating you to some traditional Christmas cards and I've chosen to use images from the 

Happy Holly-Days stamp set 

Merry Melody Embossing folder

Seasonal Swirls dies


 


  Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022

 wanted to keep the card quite simple and that usually means a lot of white, but I love texture and shape so I decided to layer up a few elements.

I coloured the bird with my Stampin' Blends after stamping the image in Memento Black. The Blends are great for quick colouring and give such beautiful coverage and shading in the images. I've listed the colours I used in the products list below.

  Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022

The bird image was fussy cut and arranged over the front of gold foil and Mossy Meadow swirls from the Seasonal Swirls Dies. I often use the Color Lifter Blend to create highlights  and you can use it to create a visual texture too.

Layering of images is so much fun and gives you the option to rearrange elements until you find the perfect composition. 

HINT: Gently spritz the paper to be embossed, particularly if using a 3D embossing folder. For Christmas I add a little shimmer paint to the spritz for a lovely happy glow!


  Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022

Here is the finished card. This simple layout can be used with so many different elements, so give it a try with some stamps you have, or if you want to recreate this card, you are welcome to purchase the products from the list below - just click on the image and it will take you to my on-line shop.

Let's take a look at what the other crew have for you today. Just follow along by selecting the name to see what Traditional Christmas means to each of us.

·       Narelle Fasulo

·       Michele Miller

·       Ann Craig

·       Jeanne Moss

·       Jessie Holton

·       Leonie Schroder

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Wednesday, 11 August 2021

The Craft of Giving - Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop.

This week we are showing a variety of crafts suitable for Giving. It's always such a joy to receive something made by hand, and being paper crafters gives us the opportunity to take either a simple or intricate approach to gift giving.


 I've chosen to use the Pretty Pillow Box Dies from the July - December Mini Catalogue as the basis for my Giving items - a simple and cute form of gifting

There are 11 dies in this set including some embellishments and cut-out details, making it quick and easy to create pretty little gift containers from a variety of Designer Series Papers or from card stock.

 
    Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022 
The first one I made using the beautiful Blackberry Beauty Specialty Designer Series Paper. You can find this paper in the July - December Mini Catalogue. The colours in this set of papers are so rich and elegant. I cut an additional top flap in Gold Metallic Specialty Paper from the Annual Catalogue, to highlight the stitching and scallops. I used the same metallic paper for the tag.

The flower is one of the embellishment dies from the set. 


 
                                          Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022
As these are so quick to make I decided to do a few Christmas gift packages - this time using Whimsy and Wonder Specialty Series Paper. I love the colours in this paper - it is perfect for our Summer Christmas in Australia.

  Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022

I was very careful to have the design on the paper going the "right" way in the parcel paper, but totally forgot about that concept with the Bauble paper. Never mind it still looks pretty. The soft colours in this set of papers have been favourites of mine at Christmas time for many years and it is awesome that Stampin' Up!® has produced papers in this range.



   Images copyright Stampin' Up!® 1990 -2022

These dies make such pretty little parcels - great for jewellery, treats etc. They can be dressed up or down depending on the occasion.

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Here is the list of the other participants. Select each name to view their inspiration, and I'm sure you'll find lots of inspiring ideas for your Christmas crafts.

 

·       Leonie Schroder

·       Michele Miller

·       Jeanne Moss

·       Ann Craig

·       Jessie Holton

 

 

Best Wishes and happy hopping


 

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