Double embossing

Hello readers,
WOW! What a crazy storm last night! I thought we were going to be blown away, along with all our freshly made cards! Alas, we are still here, and we suffered no damage on this side of town.

Well I'm about to head back to my house in North Dallas, but before I left the wonderful craft room that my mother has, I decided to try my hand at a technique that I saw whilst browsing Split Coast stampers last night during the storm called "Double Embossing."

Find the tutorial HERE

I don't usually scrap-lift so closely, but this card was so beautiful, I couldn't really think of much else to do to it. The lovely line art image is from the SU hostess set, as well as the sentiment. The cardstock is SU, the ink is Memento Tuxedo black (of course) and the brads are Paper Studio. 

Feel free to come visit us on our SHOP at Etsy!

That's all I have for right now, gotta round up the puppy and hit the road soon!

-Abby

Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #73

Hello Readers, Abby here.

Mom and I have had a FULL weekend of crafting, and boy have we been productive! There's a lovely Texas-sized thunderstorm rolling in, and the weekend couldn't have been better! I guess if the power goes out we can craft by candelight!

Here is my submission for the Kraftin Kimmie Challenge #73-sketch.

 

This is Abigail Apple from Kraftin Kimmie stamps.  I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black (my fav ink-hands down).  I colored her with Copic markers (fav markers, hands down).  I also entered her in the Gina K Designs color spotlight challenge, which I have to say, I'm not the happiest with my use of the three colors, they seem way to garish on my card for my taste.  But oh well! Can't be a masterpiece every time!

The red circle behind her is a spellbinders die.  I used some yellow polka dot ribbon to make the intersecting lines and fan-folded a 1"x6" piece of yellow paper, glued the ends together, then smooshed it down to where it made a nice flower-looking embellishment in the corner.  Then I slapped a red button on top with a glue dot and called it finished. 

Here are some other card projects going up in our etsy shop (link on the right hand side of the page).

Happy Crafting!

Abby

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #73

Good afternoon everyone!

This is Buster and he is my entry for Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge #73.  A card sketch utilizing the elements found in this card.

I colored Buster with Copic markers, and used Stampin' Up cardstock and paper to layer the background.  I used the spellbinders scalloped edge circle to cut the focal image background piece to provide a place for Buster to rest.  I inked the outside edge of the focal image background with Rich Cocoa Memento ink and then used some scrap ribbon in the same pattern as the Stampin' Up foreground layer to create intersecting left and bottom borders.  Finally, I stamped a sentiment in Memento Rich Cocoa and used a smaller Spellbinder scalloped oval to cut it out.  This time I inked the inside edge of the sentiment to provide definition.

I hope you enjoy viewing him.  Buster is such a cool stamp, I had a great time creating him!

Kim