The Crafty Thinker: Stephanie Fischer - Independent Stampin' Up Demonstrator: Leaf Punch

Sunday, 24 March 2019

Country Floral Silver and Black

To start this card, I embossed some Basic Black cardstock with the Country Floral Embossing Folder (until 31 March FREE with a $90 purchase!).

The photo does not do justice to the silvery shimmer in this card

I then gently swiped a Whisper White ink pad over the embossed piece and let it dry. The white ink takes a while to dry, so this is an ideal opportunity to work on another project, go shopping or do whatever tasks you have on your to do list!

Once the ink was dry, I used a sponge dauber to gently add some Frost White ink to the flowers and foliage with the deepest embossing. I did this a couple of times. Try as I might - I can't get the shimmer to show up in my photos!

Close up endeavouring to show the white and silver sponging on the Country Floral embossing

Then I cut my piece in half to make two cards. Each piece has a silver frame and is adhered to a black base card.

Country Floral embossing enhanced with white and silver inks

The sentiments are from the Eastern Beauty stamp set. I punched them out with a 1" circle punch and then added a layer of black card cut with the smallest of the Layering Circles dies.

The foliage for the thank you card is cut from Silver Foil with dies from the Butterfly Beauty set and the foliage for the other card is punched with the Sprig and Leaf punches. Some of the foliage is sponged with Stazon Jet Black ink.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products are available for purchase in my online store

Country Floral Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$0.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Silver Foil Sheets

$7.00

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

$8.00

Frost White Shimmer Paint

$14.00

1" Circle Punch

$21.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Eastern Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Sponge Daubers

$9.00

Leaf Punch

$28.00

Sprig Punch

$31.00

Butterfly Beauty Thinlits Dies

$68.00

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$15.75

Wednesday, 20 December 2017

Swirly Metallic Snowflake Christmas Card

Having made the background piece while testing out the Silver Embossing paste(new in the 2018 Occasions Catalogue), I was left with the dilemma of what to do with it! My thanks to Peggy Noe at Prettypapercards who inspired me with her Pretty Tags.

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An elegant black, cream and silver Christmas card

To the Basic Black base card I added a layer of Very Vanilla cut with the Card Front Builder dies. I layered a piece of Vellum on top of the embossed piece along with half of a Foil Snowflake embellishment, a couple of flourishes cut with one of the Swirly Snowflake dies, two of the snowflakes from the Starlight dies (one in Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer paper and one in Silver Foil) and two Leaves cut from either Silver or Copper Foil Sheet with the Leaf Punch.

The Silver Embossing Paste is perfect for stunning backgrounds

I also added a Silver Foil Sheet star to the card front that I cut with one of the Ready For Christmas dies. And, of course, there's the faceted gem in the centre of the snowflakes.

The Merry Music paper provides the perfect backdrop for the glamour of the bling and silver in this Christmas card

I liked the outcome so much that I made a dozen more for our staff members, using pieces of the Merry Music Designer Series Paper instead of the home made embossed background.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

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