Madcap Manor

Hi there! We have a new Challenge for you at Dream Valley which is Embossing. This could be either using an embossing folder, or heat-embossing - or both!  Our gorgeous sponsor is All Dressed Up Stamps . I used one of my favourite images, but I'm sad to say she is no longer available. But do check out Wendy's images, they are lovely! I did some Faux Letterpress by swiping an Wilted Violet Distress Ink across the flat side of my embossing folder. I added my card (the same size as the folder) and taped the edges of the folder to stop it shifting, then ran it through my die-cutting machine. Then I carefully swiped Spun Sugar lightly across the raised pattern several times until the colour was as I liked it.  I added a strip of pale blue ribbon under the image and heat-embossed the sentiment in gold, then fastened it to the ribbon with foam tape. To keep the ribbon in place I also added some glue dots under where the sentiment is. (Does that make sense?)  Finally I glue...