Thursday, August 26, 2010

Hip Hop Thursday August 26, 2010

Its Thursday and Hip Hop time again! Welcome!!!  Last August of the month.  WOW did summer just FLY by!!!

Today I'm using the august kit of the month, all you need again with a fun birthday card.  We're heading into birthday party season again, so I'm "stocking up" on the cards.


The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug; Tag die is nestabilities; felt sticker is Prima; paper scrap is Basic Grey.

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(I design for unity stamp co)

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hip Hop August 19, 2010

Its Thursday and Hip Hop time again! Welcome!!!

More august kit of the month, all you need, today. Love this kit.





Paper is more Graphic 45; the tag is an oldie Lil Davis prestitched element.


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(I design for unity stamp co)

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Miscellaneous Cards

Just sharing some new cards in my etsy store...

I was at a crop and had a bunch of scraps that I didn't want to pack up but also didn't want to waste.  So I made them into cards.

First one: Rubber Romance stamps, pregnancy card.  Word stamp CTMH

Next card Whiff of Joy stamp, Happy Birthday card


Last one is Greeting Farm surfing boy image, word stamp CTMH, stars are Unity Stamp Co., and CTMH

TFL.  Wendy

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Unity's August Store Hop

Welcome to Unity August Store "Hop," when we feature the exclusive store kits.

I got to play with the awesome Learning {year by year} kit - perfect for back to school


The paper is an older EK Success line, which continues to remain one of my favorites.

Rather than hopping, Angela's got all of the samples from the entire DT loaded at Unity's blog.  If you haven't taken a look yet, hop on over and take a gander.

Happy Saturday to you!!

(I design for unity stamp co)

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Hip Hop August 12, 2010

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday again.  Welcome to hip hop.  

Today, I'm playing with the new august kit of the month, all you need.

I just LOVE that "Be Funky" sentiment.  My sentiment is stamped  in blue, then outlined with brown ink pen. A light coat of glitter went over all of it.  Papers are basic grey, american crafts and heidi grace.  Label die from spellbinders.

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(I design for unity stamp co)

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Hip Hop August 5, 2010

Hello everyone! Happy Thursday again.  Welcome to our first hip hop of August.  I'm playing with the new august kit of the month, all you need


 The paper is more Graphic 45, this from the A Proper Gentleman collection.  The scallop is another spellbinder die.

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(I design for unity stamp co)

Monday, August 2, 2010

Tutorial - Ink Embossing and Fake "Letterpress"

Good morning.  Happy AUGUST!  Today, I'm playing with ink embossing and fake "letterpress." 

I love the effect that texture adds to cards.  But since cards are often meant for mailing, its important to keep mindful of the effect of both weight and heft.  That's when embossing comes in, with such gorgeous and subtle effects. 

Today, I'm taking it one step further, based on a technique that Tim Holtz demonstrated at the recent stamp show that I went to.  He "letterpressed" a tag with distress inks.  It was gorgeous.  I wanted to experiment with it on a printed background to take a look at how much more depth it would offer.  I started with a scrap piece of subtly printed Anna Griffin paper

Next, take a plastic embossing folder - this one is from Tim Holtz's line with Sizzix - I love them because they are just a little bit bigger, and will cover the a2 size with the emboss.  If you look carefully, you can see that the left side has a raised/embossed image - and the right side has the mirror of the design, in deboss/recessed.  When the paper goes through the machine, it is pushed out from the raised side, and into the recessed side, giving you the image on paper.


I used chalk in for this project because chalk in is much more opaque and I wanted the printed image to be somewhat covered.  A dye ink, which is transparent, will not do that.  Ink up the RAISED side of your plate with your chalk ink


Lay the printed sheet print side down CAREFULLY over the inked image and carefully close your folder, taking care not to shift your paper at all

Run it through your machine, and you end up with this gorgeous textured piece that no longer looks like the Anna Griffin paper, but the print from it gives the piece additional depth because it was not a solid


Now, stamp and color your rubber romance image - see how her lower back stamped poorly?  When that happens with me, I normally just use the image like normal.
Then I go in with a pen and fix the line.  It is important to wait in the very end to do this, because the pens do not always work with the color mediums and can smear depending on your ink

Now assemble your card and you are done.



(I design for rubber romance stamps)