Dry Embossed Cards

Here's some more of the dry embossed cards that I did in a class a while back now. All stamping has been done with a sepia ink pad. Images have been coloured with chalks - as has the dry embossing. The flowers on the first two cards have been cut out and raised up with foam tape. The third card has a printed flower border raised up with foam tape.

Pretty Cards Take 2

Here's some more cards with the pretty stripey background. All stamps are from Hero Arts. Again have used the tri-coloured brilliance pad for the background and wavy word border, and Marvy Markers for the flowers.

Background Work

I've been playing with my new Aud Design stamps. I'm planning on making a card or scrapbook page with this background. Have been using the resist-embossing technique again because it is just so pretty!!! Will post the end result when I finish things up. Now I just need to wave my magic wand and produce a few more hours to stamp away in!!

Pretty Happy Birthday Card

I'm a bit disappointed with how this card looks in the scanned image. The cardstock border around the flower looks very blue compared to how it looks normally! Again I've used the Hero Arts stipes - this time with a tri-coloured Brilliance pad. Wavy Happy Birthday is from Hero Arts and stamped with the same ink pad. Flower also from Hero Arts - have used blue, purple, and pink Marvy Markers.

Again - I think this looks better in real life than via the scanner!

Birthday Card For James

Here's a card for my new brother-in-law. I haven't had much time to stamp lately - so this was a very quick card!! Stripes are from a Hero Arts stamp - have used blue and green marvy markers for the colour. Happy Birthday stamp is from Penny Black - inked in Denim Adirondack ink. I think this card looks better standing on the shelf! The scanner sort of harshens up the image a bit.

Stitched Flower

I've used the same Flower Stamp (Hero Arts) from the previous post. Image has been embossed with fine black embossing powder and then coloured with Marvy Markers. Some Kindy-Glitz has also been added. The background image is a scroll stamp from Aud Design - again embossed with fine black embossing powder. I love this stamp!

I Love Flower Stamps

My stamping friends have a bit of a laugh at me because of my addiction to flower stamps. I have drawers full of them - yet I always manage to convince myself that I need more. I'm trying to be very good and not buy anymore for a while (the craft fair in Sydney is coming up at the end of June - need to save my pennies for that). Here's a card with a flower stamp I purchased a couple of months ago - it's from Hero Arts. The image has been embossed with silver embossing powder and then coloured with metallic pencils. Word borders are also from Hero Arts and embossed the same way.