Handstamped by Rachel: Embossing Paste

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

Colour Creations Blog Hop week 45 - Shaded Spruce Embossing Paste

Hi stamping friends, welcome to week 45 of the Colour Creations Blog Hop. Every week we have been featuring one of the fabulous Stampin' Up! colours and this week we are featuring Shaded Spruce. Shaded Spruce is in our Regals colour family and is a lovely deep, rich green colour.

For tonight's card I have revisited an embossing paste technique that I haven't used for a while.

I started with a Basic White card front and secured a mask from the Foursquare Mask set over the top with some washi tape.

I covered the piece with Shimmery Embossing Paste using Palette Knives and then added ink from the ink refills. I started with the lightest colour and finished with Shaded Spruce.

For the second card I used the same technique but after I'd finished with the inks I sprinkled some Gilded Leafing over the top and smooshed it into the wet embossing paste.

For all of tonight's cards I used the Wanted to Say Dies for the greeting, first in Holographic silver and then in Distressed Gold Specialty Paper.

The star embellishments were cut using the Beautiful Balloons Dies from card stock, Distressed Gold Specialty Paper or Silver Holographic Paper. The larger stars were embossed with one of the Basics 3 pack 3D Embossing Folders from the Online Exclusives.

These two cards featured Shaded Spruce but I wanted to make one with brighter girly colours.

For this card the ink colours I used were Melon Mambo, Highland Heather and Daffodil Delight. The mask for this card is from the Artistic Mix Decorative Masks.

Card stock colours are Highland Heather and Melon Mambo.

Here are the three cards together.

All of the products used here are available from my Online Stampin' Up! Store.

Now it's time to check in with Christine Blain to see what amazing project she has to share with us.

If you have any issues with the links in this blog hop please head to Cathy Proctor's blog as she is the wonderful host of our colour blog hops and has a complete list of tonight's participants.

Thanks,

Rachel

Product List

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

[145645]

$15.75

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147165]

$8.75

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147163]

$8.75

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147168]

$8.75

Foursquare Decorative Masks

[161285]

$17.50

Artistic Mix Decorative Masks

[159178]

$17.50

Palette Knives

[142808]

$8.75

Wanted To Say Dies

[161594]

$68.00

Holographic Trio 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[161744]

$17.50

Distressed Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper

[159237]

$8.75

Shaded Spruce A4 Cardstock

[147006]

$17.50

Granny Apple Green A4 Cardstock

[147014]

$17.50

Basic White A4 Cardstock

[159228]

$18.50

Gilded Leafing Embellishment

[154560]

$15.75

Beautiful Balloons Dies

[161456]

$60.00

Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[119672]

$8.75

Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[115662]

$8.75

Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147167]

$8.75

Melon Mambo A4 Card Stock

[119980]

$17.50

Highland Heather A4 Cardstock

[147010]

$17.50

Basics 3 D Embossing Folders

[161598]

$53.00

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Thursday, 26 September 2019

Art With Heart Blog Hop September - Designer Series Paper

Tonight the Art with Heart team are sharing amazing projects featuring Stampin’ Up! Designer Series Paper, most of which is in the current promotions where you can buy 3 packs of Designer Series Paper and receive a pack for free! Only available until the 30th of September.

For more information about the promotion, contact any of the ladies on the blog hop and we will be happy to help you.

I have three cards to show you tonight, all featuring Stampin' Up!s amazing Designer Series Paper (DSP).
The first card uses the See A Silhouette DSP. I find this paper is perfect for quick and easy cards which are suitable for many age groups and occasions, but especially teenagers and young adults.

I have used a piece of the top sheet pictured above as the background. The greetings are from the Broadway Birthday stamp set.

I punched two balloons from Sparkle Glimmer paper and coloured them with a combination of ink and rubbing alcohol in Spritzer bottles. The colours I used are Real Red and Daffodil Delight.

This card is destined for my masculine card stash, which is very depleted at the moment.

The second card uses the Dinoroar DSP. Dinoroar you say! Yes this DSP has adorable dinosaur images on one side and versatile graphic images on the other side.

I started with embossing paste and one of the new Basic Pattern Decorative Masks as the background. I used a strip of DSP on one side of the card. The Lovely Lipstick frame and WISH are cut using the Broadway Lights Dies.

The balloon was cut and coloured as for the first card.

The flame has been highlighted with Dazzling Diamonds glitter.

This card uses the Bird Ballad DSP and Free As A Bird stamp set. The images were cut from the Stitched Shapes Dies.

The flower and leaves were punched from two of the Bird Ballad DSP sheets and the Meduim Daisy Punch and Leaf Punch. The center of the daisy is an In Colour Faceted Dot, in Terracotta Tile.