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Dry Embossing with a Stencil

By on June 6, 2019 in Paper Crafting

Hello! Today I am going to encourage you to try this at home: a fun technique that adds such flair to a handmade card. That technique is using a stencil to dry emboss on your card panel.

I must first say: it’s difficult to capture the embossed look on camera, so I’m going to show you some close up photos first.

See that embossed look…notice the lower leaves
Dots added for interest

Can you see the embossing? A photo is so tricky to capture that! But in real life, it adds another dimension and is oh-so-pretty!

To finish off this card, I added some dots to the leaves, and bubble embellishments to the flowers.

I have a short video to show you how to do this, watch it below or on YouTube:

See, fun and easy…and pretty quick to add some flair to your card.

I hope you enjoyed this bonus technique about stencils. Did you see my first video on how to use a stencil 5 ways? See it here.

I’m often asked what supplies I’ve used on my projects, so I’ve added the list here. Affiliate links are used when available at no extra charge to you, if you purchase a product using these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep these projects coming and cover blog costs. Thanks for your support!








		
		
			
			
		
	
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Hippo Birdie
By  on August 19, 2014  in Paper Crafting, Uncategorized   

	

	    
This Lawn Fawn stamp set is adorable, and I haven’t had the chance to ink it up until now! It was my son’s birthday this week (he’s 24…I can’t believe it!) If you know me at all,  then you know that I STRUGGLE with masculine cards. I mean I have to really focus!


But Jennifer McGuire inspired me (Stretch Your Stamps 2) to make some metal-looking accents and I think it fits the bill for this card. I used more “manly” papers…like this newsprint paper from 7 Gypsies and some black and gold accents.


Then I had a little fun with the hippo, birdie, and balloon. I mean…it’s a BIRTHDAY card, right?



		
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See those metal accents? It’s just paper and embossing powder (embossed 3x while it was still hot). So cool. That Jennifer is truly inspired. She made an embossed small square background and then stamped on top of that, but I thought these little arrows would be a neat looking accent embossed multiple times like she showed. This is an especially handy technique if you don’t have any wood pieces or embellishments. 😉


I also used Lawn Fawn’s grass border, using the same black and newsprint papers. I think the card turned out masculine, don’t you? (Well, at the very least its much less feminine!)


My son was impressed with those metal accents and he also liked the embossed words. 🙂



		
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I added a little glossy accents on that balloon, wink of stella on the bird, and some gold sakura pen around the speech bubble. I also ruffled up that grass a little to bring a little more texture to the card.


Joining in the fun over at the Lawnscaping challenge!

	

	

		
   
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