A Bushel and A Hug- Stained Embossing Technique

Happy Thursday Junkies-Jerri Here.
Whew! what a crazy month this has been already.  May seems to be one of the crazier months for sure.  Several birthdays, always a graduation or two, Mothers Day..... Oh and just a few more days of freedom for me before the grandbabies get out of school. Let the craziness begin!!

Today I am sharing a card I created for Technique Junkies using the Stained Embossing Technique.

I had a BUNCH of fun creating this card.  

I took this picture at a different angle so you could see that the card is a Z fold.  The sentiment is on the back part of the "Z".  I left an open space on the back (left side) of the card for writing. When the card is laying flat, you can see both the front of the card and the sentiment, which peeks out on the right hand side.

How I made the card:

By using Distress stains (I used Tim Holtz)- with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, you can create a beautiful background which is pretty enough to use alone in my opinion, or along with a stamp.

 Normally I would apply the stain to my embossing folder in a random pattern but for this design I was a little more specific in where I placed the color.  I wanted the flowers to be purple and tried to get more of the greens on the stems. I used water color paper for this process.  Complete directions on how to do Stain Embossing can be found on the Artistic Effects CD at Techniquejunkies.com.

Once my Stain Embossed piece was dry, I embellished it with a Viva Pearl Pen and then I placed little silver dots with a silver Metallic Sharpie.

I had a leftover dragonfly ( Dragonfly (set of 2) ) from a previous project that I was able to use on this card. I had stamped it on a piece of vellum with silver detail embossing powder and cut it out.  I placed the dragonfly on the card with a pop dot.

The sentiment used is called Needed to Be. This is a beautiful sentiment that rings so true with me.  

I used my silver embossing powder for the sentiment as well.

Thank you for checking out my card! If you have a question just leave it in the comment section and I will get back with you.  

Have a Fantastic Day!

Jerri

So Glad We're Friends

Hi, Beth Norman here today.  So glad we're friends.  Us Junkies are all friends, aren't we? 

This week's Technique of the Week is Stained Embossing.  Again, I say any new technique that uses our embossing machine is a "rockin'" technique. 

Rockn' this week's technique is my cute little image from our sponsor, Impression Obsession.  I have a girlfriend what owns a 30 foot tiki hut with an in-ground pool so I bought this stamp with her in mind.  My girlfriend is going to help me navigate to the Detroit airport to pick up my mom for my daughter's wedding (I live in Canada, just about 90 minutes from the airport) so I thought I would give her this card to add to her collection.  She tells me she has a photo album full of my cards. 

You may be curious as to how I cut my card.  I used my new Spellbinders A2 Curved Borders One set.

Thank you for stopping by.  Don't forget to come back to see what the rest of the Team has for you this week. 

Stained Embossing by Ann

Ann Clack here!  Last Saturday came and went and my scheduled post was way in the back of my memory!!  I claim that my vacation to Oklahoma as my excuse!!  Ha!

The Technique of the Week was Embossed Gelatos but.....since I don't own any of those, I chose a different technique for you!!

STAINED EMBOSSING!

I really LOVE this technique.  It really has a lot of interest and it quite easy to do....AND get a lovely result. 

This card would be perfect for a man.  No stamping at all!