F or the men in our lives, here is a simply made card using a technique where we ink our embossing folder for an interesting background effect.
Project Recipe
Cut your base card using Whisper White Thick Cardstock 21cm x 14.9cm. Score at 10.5cm
Cut Basic Black cardstock 14.4cm x 10cm. Use this to layer behind your finished embossed piece
Cut Whisper White cardstock 13.9cm x 9.5cm. You will use this for your embossing technique. Using a Brayer or just your Cajun Craze Ink pad apply the ink to the raised side of your Chevron Embossing Folder. Lay your White card on, close the folder, enclose with your cutting plates either side of the folder and then run through your Big Shop with Tab 1 open.
Warning! it is a bit messy, you might want to wear some gloves!!
You can ink up either side for different effects.
Whisper White scrap piece approx 11cm x 9cm to stamp your sentiment in Basic Black ink. Happy Birthday from Stampin' Up! Happy Birthday Everyone (Hostess) Cut this out using the Project Life Cards and Labels Framelit Dies I used the 10cm x 7.5 die with rounded corners.
Once you have cut out your sentiment. I used my Piercing Tool and Mat to pierce a border around the outside to make it pop. I used the Updated Essentials Piercing Pack to find the right pattern for this.
Use scraps of Basic Black Card to punch out a couple of balloons using the Stampin Up Balloon Bouquet Punch. You can do a bit of cross hatching with Wink of Stella pen to add a little something extra to the balloons. Then using a glue dot to the back of your balloon, add a little piece of silver metallic bakers twine for your balloon ties.
Assemble your card. Add the Basic Black layer to the card front using Liquid glue, leaving an even small white border, then your embossed layer. Now your sentiment slightly to the side, and lastly your balloons attached with a dimensional to the back of them.
Decorate the inside of the card and the front of your envelope. I stamped two balloons from Balloon Celebration, this set coordinates with the punch and you can buy it in a bundle to save 15%! I just drew some ties coming down from the balloons using my black stamp write marker.