Think it Through

It's Monday and Make My Monday Challenge is back for the New Year!  Yeah!  For this first challenge, we are asked to include Dry Embossing on our card.  I selected a Cuddlebug embossing folder with a seashell and script on it.  My thoughts went to Kraft for embossing along with light sanding, distressed edges and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The focal image stamped in Black StazOn Ink is from Crafty Individuals.  Simple embellishments include burlap string, a metal seashell charm, Chrome Liquid Pearls and ChitChat Stickers.  Thanks for dropping by.  Best wishes, Yvonne

Part of Me

I recently discovered a challenge called In the Pink.  There current challenge is create a pink project using dry or heat embossing, or both.  I decided to give both a try.  The background paper is dry embossed with a Cuddlebug embossing folder, and the Butterfly by Cavellini is heat embossed with pink embossing powder.  The focal image by Stampsmith is stamped with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink.  Embellishments include pearls, a paper doily, pieces of a vintage book page, vintage seam binding and Idea-ology ChitChat stickers.  I truly appreciate your visits and comments.  Thanks for dropping by.  Best wishes, Yvonne

Bloggers' Challenge - Embossing

The challenge this week at Bloggers' Challenge is to include any kind of embossing on your project. A few of you might have seen a post on my blog from a couple of days ago, where I explained why I would always choose dry embossing, if I have the choice. After years of heat embossing, one day I realized that my sofa, which was directly in front of my computer desk where I worked on cards at that time, was smoking away and I had burnt a sizable hole in the back of my sofa! What is worse, my sofa is now center stage when you enter our sunken living room, and the back is the first thing you see! Suffice it to say, I have covered the 'boo boo' with a beautiful afghan!

Enough of that...I chose a folder by Cuddlebug with numbers on it and embossed Kraft colored card stock. The numbers reminded me of school children and I remembered this sweet image and sentiment from the Think and Wonder plate by Artistic Outpost. I stamped the image twice, and mounted the trimmed black and white one onto the red and black image with pop dots for dimension. Some vintage buttons and baker's twine complete the card. Thanks for stopping by and I hope if you have not joined the challenge, you should consider giving it a try! Yvonne