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Learn how to heat emboss on your hand stamped cards using Stampin' Up papercrafting products!

Learn How to Heat Emboss on your Cards

Posted on July 25, 2017July 21, 2017 by Josee

Have you tried to Heat Emboss on your cards? If you haven't, maybe you feel a little intimidated by the process or just don't know where to start? Or don't know the difference between heat embossing and dry embossing (ie: using the Big Shot and Embossing Folders)? Check out this video from Stampin' Up that shows you how to heat emboss with Stampin' Up Embossing Powders and Heat Tool. I think you will fall in love with this technique!

Great Tips from This Video on how to Heat Emboss:

→To create the splotches, you'll take an Aqua Painter filled with water, and just drop a few dribbles of water on there. Then you'll take your Clear Embossing Powder and pour it over the water.

→You'll want to hold the Heat Tool up high enough that you don't scorch your paper and you'll want to move the Heat Tool back and forth to keep the heat moving.

→You can get any color of embossing powder by using our ink pads and clear powder. So you'll want to make sure that the ink pad you're working with is nice and juicy.

→You can heat emboss on vellum.

→The Stampin' Up Heat Tool comes with two settings. And it has a low setting, so that you can emboss on delicate papers like vellum and keeps small die cuts from blowing away.

→VersaMark is great for heat embossing because it stays tacky for longer, so you have plenty of time to pour your powder on.

→The circle used to make the orange from the Orange Blossom stamp set can be stamped on the background to make the little polka dots.

→Use Gold or Silver Embossing Powder to create a faux metal.

→Die cut the Lovely Words Thinlits and use Paper Snips to cut out and use just the die cut word.

→Use two pieces of scrap paper: One is for inking up your image and the other is for pouring on your powder.

→Use a pair of household tweezers to help lift your die cuts out of the powder.

Supplies used for these heat embossed cards:

Orange Blossom stamp set, Aqua Painter, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Vellum Cardstock, Versamark Ink, Lovely Words Thinlits, Big Shot, Paper Snips, Gold Embossing Powder

QUICK LINKS:

FREE GIFT Essentials Pack– When You Join My Team in July!

NEW! 2017-2018 ANNUAL CATALOGUE– Download the PDF version or check out the new products in store

NEW! MEMORIES AND MORE and PLANNER KIT product line- check them out here!

CLEARANCE RACK– Save up to 60% —NEW products added!!

JO JO POINTS– Earn free stamps with my Jo Jo Points Program

NEW to STAMPIN' UP? Check out my tips here.

Full of Love Shaker card

Posted on July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 by Josee

I just love the fun bright colors of today's shaker card! I used the Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set and coordinating Everyday Jar Framelits dies from Stampin' Up's NEW 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue. Of course, I had to add a fun, textured background with the new Embossing Paste and Pattern Party Decorative Mask too.

How To Make This Hand Stamped Card:

Start this card with a card base of Peekaboo Peach cardstock. Then you can cut a layer of Whisper White and Melon Mambo cardstock to layer on top of the cardbase.

To Create the Fun Embossed Background:

On the Melon Mambo layer, lay the small diamond Pattern Party Decorative Masks and hold in place with some washi tape or a post-it note. Begin adding some Embossing Paste with a Palette Knive. See the video here on how to do this. Allow the Embossing Paste to dry and then assemble the Whisper White and Melon Mambo layers, adhering with SNAIL Adhesive. Add the Peekaboo Peach 5/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon wrapped around the layers (adhered to the back of the Whisper White layer) and tied on front. Adhere these layers to the card base.

To Create the Jar Shaker:

Start with some pieces of Whisper White cardstock. Stamp the jar image from the Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set twice.

On the background stamped jar you will stamp the butterflies and hearts from the Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set and color them in using the Peekaboo Peach and Melon Mambo Stampin' Pads and an Aqua Painter. (You can check out my watercoloring techniques here).

Next, you will die cut the two stamped jars using the matching Everyday Jar Framelits Dies– using the proper sized die to cut the inside of the top jar image. You will also die cut a jar shape from the Window Sheet– which you will then stamp the greeting 'Full of Love For You' from the Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set with Basic Black Archival Ink and then carefully set it with the Heat Tool so it does not smudge.

Start to assemble to jar by adhering the Window Sheet jar to the top frame jar with a light strip of Fine Tip Glue Pen, (allow it to dry) and then laying the Foam Adhesive Strips along the edge of the inside of this jar layer making sure not to leave any gaps. Add a small bit of Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter to the bottom stamped jar and then peel off the Foam Adhesive Strips and add it to the stamped jar bottom sandwiching the glitter between the layers. (Try not to get glitter on the adhesive!)

Then, stamp the jar lid using Peekaboo Peach ink and die cut it using the matching Everyday Jar Framelit– this will be adhered to the jar front using some Mini Glue Dots or the Fine Tip Glue Pen.

Finally, use a few small strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive to add the 3d jar to the cardfront.

Stampin' Up Stamps:

Sharing Sweet Thoughts stamp set

Stampin' Up Paper:

Peekaboo Peach cardstock, Melon Mambo cardstock, Whisper White cardstock, Window Sheet

Stampin' Up Ink:

Basic Black Archival, Peekaboo Peach Stampin' Pad, Melon Mambo Stampin' Pad

Other Stampin' Up Supplies and Tools:

Everyday Jar Framelits dies, Foam Adhesive Strips, Embossing Paste, Palette Knives, Pattern Party Decorative Masks, Peekaboo Peach 5/8" Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon, AquaPainter, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, Heat Tool, Fine Tip Glue Pen, Tear & Tape Adhesive

Thanks for stopping by today! Next time you sit down to stamp, give making a shaker card a try!

QUICK LINKS:

FREE GIFT Essentials Pack– When You Join My Team in July!

NEW! 2017-2018 ANNUAL CATALOGUE– Download the PDF version or check out the new products in store

NEW! MEMORIES AND MORE and PLANNER KIT product line- check them out here!

CLEARANCE RACK– Save up to 60% —NEW products added!!

JO JO POINTS– Earn free stamps with my Jo Jo Points Program

NEW to STAMPIN' UP? Check out my tips here.

Coffee Break Designer Series Paper

Posted on July 18, 2017July 12, 2017 by Josee

I had a little fun with today's card. I never really think of using our Designer Series Papers to create the card bases for my cards but I was having a little trouble cutting into this Coffee Break Designer Series Paper! The designs on the paper are so cute, and they are double sided so I just couldn't decide which side of the paper I wanted to use- so I came up a way to use both! This stamped thank you card also uses the Coffee Cafe stamp set and Coffee Cups Framelits from Stampin' Up's NEW 2017-2018 Annual Catalogue. You can see the other cards I made here.

How To Make This Hand Stamped Thank You Card:

The first thing to do is to cut the Coffee Break Designer Series Paper to 4.25"x11" and score at 5.5".

Next, cut the Whisper White cardstock to 3.75"x 5", stamp the hearts from the Coffee Cafe stamp set in Pear Pizzazz ink and then adhere the sheet to the inside of the card. The smaller insert size allows the gorgeous paper to show around the edges. This will be the perfect spot to add your hand written personal message too.

Then, die cut the Crumb Cake cardstock with the largest oval Stitched Shape Framelit.

To make the coffee cup:

The next step is to make the coffee cup. On some scrap pieces of Whisper White cardstock you will stamp the following, all from the Coffee Cafe stamp set:

→Stamp the wood grain cup with Early Espresso ink
→The greeting 'Thanks A Latte' with Early Espresso ink
→Stamp the cup lid with Pear Pizzazz ink

Then, die cut all the cup pieces with their matching die from the Coffee Cups Framelits dies, also die cutting a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock with the cup sleeve die.

Finally, assemble all the coffee cup pieces to the Crumb Cake oval die cut using SNAIL Adhesive, add the greeting oval with some Stampin' Dimensionals. Adhere the oval ensemble to the cardfront using SNAIL Adhesive.