*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 Hello friends... I'm here with a "fall splendor" themed card for the September Embossing Folder Instagram Hop.  I maybe should have done something other than green for a fall card, but I liked how the green and gold embossed panel looked together.  I took panels of each colour and cut them in half diagonally and then embossed them to ensure I had a seamless transition between the two colours...

Car Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Gumball Green, Basic Black; Spellbinders gold foil
*Dies:  Simon Says Stamp Big Thanks

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Leafy

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 Just a quick post from me today as I've spent the weekend sick... I'm healing but still not 100%

This is my card for the monthly Embossing Folder hop in Instagram... we were playing with "partial embossing"  Instead of doing just a part of panel, I did a small panel instead using up a scrap of an embossed piece that's been sitting on my desk.

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 This month for the Embossing Folder Instagram Hop we are playing with the theme of Summer Bliss.  I went with the lush greenery of summer... everything in bloom, the grass is green... so many shades of green in your view!  We've got a lot of green here in Calgary right now because we had a very wet spring...  but flowers are behind because it's been cool and cloudy too!

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Gumball Green; vellum

*Stamps:  Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne; Tim Holtz Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron

*Dies:  Prism Studio Essential Greenery; Waffle Flower Sweet Lattice Sentiments, Nesting Circles

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Leafy

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 This month for the Embossing Folder Instagram Hop, we are playing with the blackout technique.  After some trial and error, I found a few things that worked for me for this.... 

*ink blend darker than you think you should with your colours
*choose an embossing folder that has a lot of texture on it (not one with a lot of open space)
*use a 3D embossing folder
*use a light hand an MANY passes with your black ink to create the black out

I think this is probably the first time I've had good success with this technique...

Card Info

*Stamps:  LDRS My Wish For You
*Ink:  Gina K Bubblegum Pink, Grass Green, Wild Dandelion; Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Waffle Flower Nesting Circles

*Embossing:  Lisa Horton Peonies

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 This month, the participants in the Embossing Folder Instagram Hop are playing with the theme of Bloom Where You Are Planted.  I thought it was the perfect reason to pull out this lovely product suite from Altenew.  I have the stamp set, layering stencils, die and embossing folder and this is the first time I've used all of them at once!

I started by stamping the floral image and stencilling my colours on to it.  I then cut it out and embossed it.  I also embossed the entire image on to a front panel so that I'd have the frame as well.  I layered my coloured and embossed image on top of the simple embossed image and added a simple sentiment.

Card Info

*Stamps:  LDRS My Wish For You; Altenew The Perfect Gift

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne:  Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry

*Stencils:  Altenew The Perfect Gift
*Dies:  Altenew The Perfect Gift

*Embossing:  Altenew The Perfect Gift

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 I will admit, I almost skipped this month for the Embossing Folder Instagram Hop.  I have some embossing folders and I LOVE how they look... but I don't have all that many of them.  At least not enough to make a card with a "luck of the Irish" theme... or so I thought.

I pulled out some green cardstock and embossed it with a leaf embossing folder and swiped a little gold ink along the raised parts of the embossing. I matted a lucky sentiment with some gold cardstock and wrapped the front layer with a gold cord before adding it to my card base.

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Bazzill gold mirror; Stampin' Up! Garden Green

*Stamps:  LDRS

*Ink:  Catherine Pooler Gold; Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Embossing:  Spellbinders Leafy

*Tools:  Perfect Layers

*Etc:  gold cord

*Embossing Folder Instagram Hop*

 Yup, I've joined another Instagram Hop!  These things are keeping me busy and creative!  Today I am playing with the Embossing Folder Instagram Hop and we are working with the common theme of Love.

I chose to cut a deep red heart and emboss it with a wavy lines embossing folder.  I did some ink spatter on a small panel and added it to the front of the card and then used foam adhesive to pop up the heart.  I added a banner sentiment across the centre to finish it off...

Card Info

*Cardstock:  Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler

*Stamps:  MFT Essential Sentiments

*Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

*Dies:  Hero Arts Nesting Hearts; Lawn Fawn Everyday Sentiment Banners

*Embossing:  Stampin' Up! Soft Waves

*Etc:  foam adhesive