Emboss It Blog Hop

Hi, friends!  Welcome to the Emboss It Blog Hop!  

If you're hopping along with us, you have just come from Brae's blog.  Didn't you love her cute Easter card???!!!  The new CTMH embossing folders are so versatile!  Here's a look at two VERY different ways that I used one embossing folder:

For this adorable birthday card, I used my CTMH stamp pads with the "Dot" embossing folder to create my own background paper.  Just ink up the INSIDE of the FRONT cover of the embossing folder with your CTMH stamp pads (apply ink directly from the pad onto the folder).  Insert white paper and emboss.  The flat part of your paper will pick up the ink, while the embossed dots stay white.  How cool is that???!!!  Next I sprayed my paper with a shimmer mist which doesn't show up very well in photos, but I think you can see it a little better here:

The balloons and banner are from one of the stamp sets in the Cricut Artiste collection.  Cute, huh?  On the next card, I went in a totally different direction and left my embossing stark white:

 It's easy to emboss specific areas of your card.  I just slid the paper in part way--3/4" at the bottom and 3 1/2" at the top, leaving an inch without embossing in between.  Then I used my Score Pal to add a line delineating that space.  The embossing dresses up what would otherwise be a boring white background to make this an elegant and sophisticated card.  I love the stark white with only one additional color.  The stamp sets I used were Trim the Tree (A1149) and Yuletide Greetings (D1553).  Add a little bling (which TOTALLY goes with the sentiment), and you're good to go!  Have you started working on YOUR Christmas cards yet???  You can order your products HERE from my website and be ready for Christmas before Thanksgiving!
Now hop over to Keeley's blog and see what she's been embossing.  But first, leave me some love in the comments if you're so inclined.  Thanks for hopping with us!

Happy Birthday, Cloud Nine!

Only a few days left in January to get your Cloud Nine kit.  This is my final card made with scraps I had left over after making all of the original 10 cards.  All together, I made 17 cards from this kit!  What fun!  Here I used the Charming Chevron stamp set (A1150) as an arrow pointing to the Happy Birthday that was part of the kit.  CTMH also offers Sparkle Chevron Shapes that coordinate with this stamp set.  I think this card would work as is for a boy or girl, but if I decide to give it to a girl, I can add the Sparkle Shapes to give it some extra bling.  Because what girl doesn't like bling, right???!!!  Check out all of these products on my secure website HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!

Up, Up, and Away with Cloud Nine!

Here is a card I CASEd from p. 17 of the CTMH Holiday Gift Guide.  I used the Lifting Spirits stamp set (C1570) with some of my scraps from the Cloud Nine kit and our Chocolate wood-grain washi tape and baker's twine.  Isn't it darling???!!!  The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from Banner Wishes (B1438), but I curved it to fit on the banner in the Lifting Spirits set instead.  It's SO nice that CTMH makes stamps that we can mix and match, and our acrylic stamps are easy to bend and shape into curves or waves.  You can order all of these products from my secure website HERE.  Thanks for stopping by!  Comments are appreciated too!

"Twin" Cards

I made these cards for a pair of twins whose birthdays were last week. Both are girls, but they are VERY different, so I made "twin" cards using the same sketch--"Three Elements" on page 18 in Originals, but I used different papers and different stamp sets to suit their different personalities. What do you think?