Using Blue Fern Embossing Powders

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I've had numerous crafty viewers comment they haven't used embossing powder!  WHAT's that you say????  Unbelievable.  So I thought it was time to do a simple here's how I do it blog post and video to entice you to try your hand..  Disclaimer ---- it's highly addictive and you'll want to do it again and again!

I did use portions of the May and June Craftology boxes, a few tags, stickers some paper and card bases with envelopes.

You don't need a lot to get started.  I'm using 3 different Blue Fern Embossing Powders in my samples today.  Peacock, Black Sand and Antique Gold.  I use an embossing buddy, that's the little pillow that provides an anti static surface once you run it over your paper. Versamark is my pad of choice, it's the clear, sticky ink that adheres the powder to the page.  I also keep an embossing pen, again by Versamark, in my stash and I'll share on video how and why I used it.

This example uses the Black Sand embossing powder with the Joy Crafts Floral Lady stamp. This powder is a mixture of textures with glittery bits and just like the name says bits that resemble sand before they are heat embossed. When you watch the video you'll also see how I created the background for her as well as embossing her on cavas as well.

The Peacock powder is grittier and has a super sheen to it.  I used an Anna Griffin embossing folder with the center sentiment omitted for the mat.  Todays video really is the place to be because not only do I emboss each color for you we make them together on screen into the cards.  Lots of information so you'll want to make sure you watch.

This is probably my favorite.  I used a Heartfelt Creations stamp for the heart on black cardstock and embossed it with the Blue Fern Antique Gold powder.  Gorgeous how it turns out, this was a perfect stamp to get all those wispy details surrounding the heart.

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Mini Squares

I used a 1 inch ruffled square punch and punched out a multitude of  squares
Inking each square around the edges

On a mat of white paper 5x6" I drew a faint pencil line diagonally from corner to corner
Working from the middle I started placing my squares along this line
Moving from row to row until the entire surface was covered, leaving a small space
between each square showing the mat below
I trimmed the square to 4 x 51/4" and placed it on my card front

Next I punched out a Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly,
Inked the edges and used some Diamond Stickles on the wings
I took some light weight purple beading wire to form the antenna
and popped the butterfly up on the lower left of my card front.

On the inside I used a script stamp over a piece of printed paper from
the K&Company Best of Brenda Walton stack
I was given the butterfly (which was cut on white cardstock) in a RAK
so I used some spray and glittered it up,
ran it through the Polka Dot Embossing Folder in my Cuttlebug and
stamped it with a My Sentiments Exactly stamp

The last step was placing some small pearls
where each square met at the corners

Supplies used:

Best of Brenda Walton 12 x 12 Paper Pad	Monarch Butterfly Large Double Punch	*Ranger STICKLES DIAMOND	Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD VINTAGE PHOTO	Cuttlebug 5 x 7 Embossing Folder POLKA DOTS
Martha Stewart 1-Inch Scalloped Square Punch	Hero Arts CLING Stamp ANTIQUE BACKGROUND WRITING	*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine	3M Scotch ATG GUN 700

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Painted Embossing

I embossed the pink mat with the Floral Embossing folder and then painted it with Distress Ink and a water brush.

The sentiment is a rub on, the flower from a swap.  I heavily Glimmer misted the leaves (which are Recollections) and up close and personal they shimmer and shine with a lot of gold fleck.

Sweet Dreams with Babies

I just got the Wild Card Cart for my Cricut and made this darling carriage card. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss the carriage with the Spots and Dots folder. The outside card paper is from an old wallpaper book, I inked the edges to take a little of the shine off.  Bottom edge of the envelope had a strip attached where I used an EK border punch to make the scallops.

This darling sentiment is from a book of Vellum Baby sayings from JoAnn fabrics. I think the whole book was less than a dollar in the clearance bin! 

You can barely see it but there is also a Debbie Mumm rub on under the saying.

Love the scalloped edged to the envelope!  I took the advice of a friend and used my Copic markers to dye the lace to match the card, worked like a dream!

A Perfect Blend

A new stamp set by Fiskars called Latte Love - the coffee cup is pieced using different papers from LA Creme matstack from DCWV, kraft cardstock for the card base.

Sentiment embossed with versimark, I'm not liking this white embossing powder think I'm going to have to buy a new one.

background paper inked with Corduroy Distress Ink then blended.

Mother's Day

Button and hemp string colored with Copic markers to match the paper.

Sentiment is from My Sentiments Exactly Rub on. White mat embossed with Cuttlebug Floral Fantasy folder, edges inked.  Card base from Martha Stewart papers, love her cardstock!!!

Laser Cut paper trim (purple) Paper edged (green) with Martha Stewart scallop (now tell me why they don't stamp the name of the punch somewhere on it????)

Clear embossing using several stamps from Inkadinkado onto purple cardstock (Debbie Mumm)

Around The World Challenge 1

Vicky from Clips-n-Cuts has started a new challenge this week. She'll post a picture from some where around the world for inspiration and you take it from there. Well I must say this was harder than I thought! I loved the photo she used, of course it's Greece because that's where Vicky is from, such a beautiful country! I loved the sharp contrast of blue and white with the hint of cream but no matter what I tried I just couldn't seem to achieve that clean crisp look this time around, so the following is what I ended up with, perhaps I'll still have time to try it one more time.

I had just picked up these metal embellishments from JoAnns and was itching to use them, this will be an anniversary card so perfect sentiment. The papers are a mix, the Solid blue from Debbie Mumm's Textured Cardstock pack, the print I believe is K & Co but don't quote me on that, the card base is plain white cardstock.

I embossed the blue triangle with my Cuttlebug and the Traffic Jam folder and then used a sanding block to lift some of the blue from the paper and finished by using my Tim Holtz destressor on the edges.

I wrapped and tied brown hemp string around it knotting in several places.

I wish I could name the stamp for you.  It came stamped in the mail from a friend and I don't know whose it is. I colored it with my Copic markers. 

I hope you'll pop on over to Vicky's blog and join in this Challenge and a chance to win $25 from Two Peas in a Bucket store.  You have until Monday midnight I believe, at the bottom of Vicky's post you'll see how much time is remaining to enter.

Because Nice Matters

I found this darling image at Homeberries. I used my Copic markers to color her in then cut and embossed it with a Nestie in my Cuttlebug. The bottom mat was cut on my Cricut.

I used the texture embossing folder for the background mat and then inked it with the Tim Holtz blending pad.

Added a little Glossy Accents to her flower and then bling to the middle of it.

A ribbon and bow and then inking finished the card base.

Sympathy Easel Card

Well this was definitely a fun card to make. I've made a couple of other easel cards but this one just flowed together.

It's for our weekly challenge at the  Crafty Card Creators Yahoo group - making a sympathy card.
As well as for these Challenges:
Humble Pie Challenge - Making an Easel Card, which has a fab tut for it here.
Pals Paper Arts Inspiration Challenge #31   using these 4 images on the right as inspiration, which was perfect for my papers: 
Lexi's Creations Challenge #8 - Anything Goes.
Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #31 - A Touchy Feely Card  
Crafty Creations Challenge - Cut it Out - Pop it Up 
Sophisti Cat Challenge - Embossing
Hand Full of Stamps - Using the word WISH

The nest is a stamp a friend let me borrow, it was embossed with copper then place behind the cut out circle (paper from the Mariposa Paper Stack from DCWV). I cut a few pieces of the leaves so they would lay over the top to create a 3D effect. The little butterfly is also cut from this paper pad, two butterflies one atop the other to give dimension.

The little bird is a chipboard sticker from KC and Company, the sentiment from My Sentiments Exactly rub ons.