Partial Embossing with the Big Shot

Partial Embossing with the Big Shot 2

A couple months ago, I made THIS card and only partially embossed my top layer of cardstock.  I’ve gotten quite a few questions on how I did that, and I think I even mentioned it in a blog post.  Today I thought I’d do a video for you showing you exactly how to emboss only part of your card.

View this quick video to see how to do this (if viewing in a feed, click through to the blog post to view):

Keep reading through the end of the post for important updates, info on the clay flower and how I made the leaves!

Partial Embossing with the Big Shot

Supplies for both cards (all Stampin’ Up unless otherwise noted):

  • Very Vintage Florals and Very Vintage Greetings (Wplus9 Designs)
  • Cardstock:  Pool Party, Whisper White
  • Ink:  Melon Mambo, Summer Starfruit, Wild Wasabi, Pool Party
  • Accessories:  Very Vintage Florals and Label Layers 3 Die (Wplus9 Designs), Baja Breeze Seam Binding, White Organdy Ribbon, Rhinestones, Clay and Molds (new Stampin’ Up product beginning May 31), Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Houndstooth Embossing Folder, Small Butterfly Punch

Partial Embossing with the Big Shot 2

New product alert!

  • Buttons and Blossoms Simply Pressed Clay Molds
  • Simply Pressed Clay

Anna and I played around with this fun stuff over the weekend and found it pretty easy to work with.  When the new catalog goes live on May 31, I will do a video showing you how to use this goodness.

The clay comes white and this flower was made by adding two drops of Melon Mambo Reinker to the clay before putting it in the mold.  We also found that if you make white flowers you can color ON the flower with any color marker!  COOL!  Make up a bunch of them at once and have them on hand ready to color to match any project.

We found the ones you color with the marker straight onto the finished flower ended up being a darker, more vibrant color.

Partial Embossing with the Big Shot

How did I make the leaves???  It’s the small butterfly punch!  Seriously!

Today’s card was entered in the challenge at CAS-ology.

Partial Embossing with the Big Shot
UPDATES, NEWS AND NEED-TO-KNOWS

  • RETIRING PRODUCTS- Stampin’ Up’s current catalog is retiring on May 30.  Find all the information here.
  • NEW CATALOG - I will be putting in and order to ship on Monday (closing out on Sunday).  If you are a current customer of mine (meaning you order from me), shoot me an email letting me know you would like a copy in your hot little hands!
  • NEWSLETTER -  If you haven’t subscribed to my newsletter yet, be sure you get on that list!  I have a really fun video coming out next week for subscribers.
  • BOW – if you like the bow on the first card better than the bow on the second card, you might want to purchase my dear friend Meg’s Bow Maker.  INFO HERE
  • STAMPNATION –  The Design Team and I are busy putting together a fun summer event for you…details coming soon.  You don’t want to miss it, SN events are always SO MUCH FUN!    BEGIN YOUR MEMBERSHIP NOW!

Did I miss anything?  Thanks for visiting, go have a GREAT day!

 

Happy Stamping

Category: Big Shot, Projects, Tool Tip, Video Tutorials | 18 Comments

Everybunny Stamp Set Easter Card Making

Everybunny Stamp Set

Do you send Easter cards?  If you do, you best be gettin’ them in the mail ASAP, woman!  Yes, I am saying that to myself as well as you.  I only made two Easter Cards this year.  Hmmm…who shall I send them to?

Everybunny Stamp Set

To make this card:

  • First use a framelit (Label Framelit was used here) to cut a shape out of your 4 x 5-1/4″ layer.
  • Next, run it through your Big Shot with an Embossing Folder again to create the lovely texture.
  • Choose a piece of Designer Series Paper (I used Print Poetry Paper Stack here), cut slightly larger than your shape that you cut out of the top layer.   Adhere this to another layer cut at 4-1/8 x 5-3/8 (mine is pink pirouette).
  • Attach your textured piece with dimensionals.  Tie ribbon around it.
  • Stamp your image, color it in (here I used Blender Pens and Ink Pads), cut it out with the Oval Punch and adhere it inside the cut out “window” with dimensionals.
  • Stamp sentiment, cut it out with the Itty Bitty Banner Framelits and adhere with dimensionals.
  • Add In Color Dahlia as a darling accent.

Everybunny Stamp Set

Here’s an upclose photo of the cuteness…I love this little chick!

Stampin’ Up Supplies:

  • Everybunny Stamp Set
  • Cardstock:  Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
  • Ink:  Stazon Black, Lucky Limeade, Primerose Petals, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake, Raspberry Ripple
  • Accessories:  Label Framelits, Print Poetry DSP Stack, Oval Punch, Itty Bitty Banners Framelits, Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, Chevron Embossing Folder

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Happy Stamping

Category: Big Shot, Embossing, Projects | 2 Comments

Q & A: How do you fit your Embossing Folder

If you viewed my KISS Card from last week, you noticed that I only embossed part of the card.   I had a comment on that blog post that I wanted to answer.  I think I went so quickly in the video that it may have been hard to tell what I was doing!

Mary Ellen asked:

“Great card! How do you fit your embossing folder with the paper sticking out through the Big Shot? Sometimes the folder is small enough to rotate it 90 degrees but it didn’t appear that you did that in this video?”

Big Shot Embossing

Thank you so much for your question, Mary Ellen!  I only embossed part of the cardstock layer here.  You are right, if I turned my embossing folder sideways, it wouldn’t fit into the Big Shot.  The Big Shot opening is 6-1/4″ and the Embossing Folder is 6-3/8″.  So the folder is just a tiny bit too big to go through sideways!

I inserted my cardstock so that about 2/3 of it was inside the folder, making sure that the folder and the extra cardstock hanging out of folder was less than 6-1/8″ wide.

If you want to know how to use the Big Shot Die Cutting Machine, view my blog post and video showing you how.

Hope this helps!  I always love questions…you know if you are thinking it, at least 10 other people are too, so leave me a comment any time letting me know what is on your mind!

Happy Stamping

Category: Big Shot, Embossing | 4 Comments

KISS Card with Creative Elements Stamp Set

KISS Card with Creative Elements Stamp Set

It’s time for another KISS Card!

Keep It Simple Stamper

This card uses stamping and embossing with your Big Shot for a fun and interesting background.  When you have a background this cool, you don’t really need much more on your card!  Well…unless you really wanted to add a ton more!

Usually when I make these cards, I make four at once…this time I only made one in the interest of time.  I like to keep my videos fairly short for your viewing pleasure.  Once the camera stopped rolling, I continued stamping and used the same exact idea and layout, just changing up the colors and stamps to show you a whole new idea.

When making a card like this, be sure to stamp FIRST, then put your cardstock through the embossing folder.  And, YES!  you can emboss partial pieces of cardstock!

Check out your stamps and inks and see what you can come up with…I bet you’ll have fun and make a great card to give to a friend.

KISS Card with Creative Elements Stamp Set

Stampin’ Up Supplies:

  • Creative Elements Stamp Set, Blooming with Kindness Stamp Set
  • Cardstock:  Real Red, Whisper White
  • Ink:  Real Red, Basic Grey
  • Accessories:  Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Basic Grey Two Toned Ribbon

 

KISS Card with Creative Elements Stamp Set

Here’s another sample for you. This one pairs more earthy colors with some great images from the Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set.  I think this card would look stunning, too if you wanted to stamp the leaves in a dark blue or black, don’t add the flowers and tie some twine.  You could give one like this to a guy!

Stampin’ Up Supplies:

  • Summer Silhouettes Stamp Set, Blooming with Kindness Stamp Set
  • Cardstock:  Cajun Craze, Whisper White
  • Ink:  More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Not Quite Navy
  • Accessories:  Honeycomb Embossing Folder, White Organdy Ribbon

KISS Card with Creative Elements Stamp Set

If you like these KISS Cards, you can see them all in one place HERE.

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Happy Stamping

Category: Big Shot, Birthday Card Making, Embossing, KISS Cards, Projects, Video Tutorials | 31 Comments

Lacking inspiration for card making?

Patterned Occasions Stampin' Up Birthday Card Making

Hey, friends!  I hope you’ve had a wonderful week!  My littles are out of school for two weeks -it’s that time again!  They have spent the week at gymnastics camp and have had an absolute ball.  I’m sad that this is the last day..for them, AND me!

We will have a great week next week, but this week  I’ve been working hard on some things coming up, including the 300th Video Celebration that begins on Monday at StampNation.

If you haven’t joined yet, now is the perfect time!  Some questions about StampNation that I’ve gotten lately:

Q: I don’t live in the US.  Can I still join?

A: ABSOLUTELY!  We have members from all over the world including the Phillipines, Norway, Malaysia, Japan and 13 other countries…17 in all!

Q: Can I join for just one month?

A: You can!  Choose the monthly option and cancel at anytime…however, you will find that SN is an amazing resource and community and you will probably stay!  We hope you will!

Patterned Occasions Stampin' Up Birthday Card Making

Today’s card features the sweet little cupcake from the Patterned Occasions Stamp Set and the Oh, Hello Stamp Set which I used to stamp on the Label Framelit shape, the Pumpkin Pie circle punch and the Heart Punch.

Patterned Occasions Stampin' Up Birthday Card Making

Stampin’ Up Supplies:

  • Patterned Occasions and Oh Hello Stamp Sets
  • Cardstock:  Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquiose, Whisper White, Real Red
  • Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Tempting Turquiose, Whisper White, Real Red
  • Accessories:  1-3/8″ Circle Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, Label Framelit, Floral District DSP, 1/8″ Tafetta Ribbon, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder, Small Heart Punch, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, 2 Way Glue Pen, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

I think I’m in a GREETING rut.  I’ve been stamping a lot lately and have been staring at my stamps kinda puzzled as to which one to use.

Maybe I need to put in a nice order to refresh my stash.  If you follow me on Facebook, you know I haven’t just been in a rut for greetings, but my mojo was MIA for quite a while this week.  I’m happy to say Mojo has returned.

There has been a lot of talk on SN this week about just that…leave me a comment here and let me know what YOU do when you are lacking inspiration for card making?  I would love to know!

Happy Stamping

Category: Big Shot, Birthday Card Making, Projects | 7 Comments
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