Can you believe that the Medallion background stamp is retiring? It is definitely one of my favorites—so elegant and versatile! I love combining it with the emboss resist techique. It is fun to do with the Clear Embossing Powder, so your background design shows through, but today, I tried using White Embossing Powder for a …
I find SO MANY cool new ideas at Stampin' Up! events! Today's showcase features cards I saw at Leadership that use a variety of Big Shot dies in unique and unexpected ways! Look past the bad lighting, the plastic card protectors, and the clothespins for some terrific die-cutting inspiration! Be sure to click to enlarge …
Have you seen how elegant envelopes can be when you give them the Adorning Accents treatment?!! Create matching envelopes with the cards you that you've used the Edgelits or Framelits—they'll coordinate perfectly! More Envelope Dress-Up Ideas! Want some more ideas for decorating your envelopes?! Check out my Too Much Fun Decorating Envelopes post! Leadership Conference—Here …
Wow! It sure feels like Fall has arrived this weekend! I don't mind. It's my favorite season! Can you believe that last week my front yard looked like this: Raking in AUGUST?! I think it is my birch tree saying it's severely thirsty, but still! I wasn't mentally prepared to deal with a yard full …
I love to do Emboss Resist, and the new Artistic Etchings set has the perfect "collage" style of images to showcase this Too Cool technique! Doesn't the background look like a piece of decorative paper? Sometimes I like to do a whole sheet of card stock with this technique, then cut it up to …
Another old card from my stash using my favorite stamping technique: Emboss Resist (see my other emboss resist projects). Although the big, bold Baroque stamp is retired, I think this would be a fun one to try with the Medallion background stamp. Emboss Resist Details: First stamp a background on your Whisper White card …