Two For One Card

Hello! Have you had those days when you just want to create something but you don't know what to create? These cards are the outcomes of that kind of struggle. So what did I do to overcome that struggle? I look at blog challenges and find my motivation there.

I heat embossed the sentiment stamp from the Trinity Stamps So Appreciative Stamp set on both blue and kraft cardstocks. I used the  Ranger Copper embossing powder on the sentiment stamped on the blue cardstock. I used a concocted embossing powder for the blue on kraft version in which I mixed Wow! Primary Blue Topaz, Wow! Changers Glisten and Paper Source Navy embossing powders.

I colored the sentiments with Faber Castell Polychoromos colored pencils following the color of the embossing. The inks I used for each card is detailed below. I colored the hearts with Spectrum Noir Red Solar Sparkle Glitter pen.

I die cut the embossed panel using a stitched die from the Trinity Stamps Frame And Fold die set. I added Making Memories Snaps to the each corner.

I die cut a wide strip of cardstock. I embossed these wide strips using the Li'l Inker Designs Quilted Stitched Pattern die. 

I trimmed 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cardstocks. I stamped the Hero Arts Novel Prose Bold Prints using the same color dye ink for a tone on tone look. 

I adhered the wide strip of cardstock to the stamped cardstock panel. I adhered the sentiment panel on top using foam adhesive. 

Here are close-up photos of each card and the inks I used for each card.

I added Copper Wink Of Luna to the sentiment, coloring over the brown colored pencil. I used bronze snaps. 

I added White Wink Of Stella to the sentiment, coloring over the blue colored pencil. I blended some Spectrum Noir Blue Topaz Sparkle Glitter. For the snaps, I added the same embossing powder mix I used on the sentiment. I pounced the silver metal snap onto the Versamark pad. I dipped the snap in the embossing powder mix, then heat set it. I am using a tweezer to hold the snap on each step. I repeated the process two more times for a more raised embossing.

Which of the two versions do you like? My 14 year old son loves the blue sentiment on kraft version. I like the brown sentiment on blue version but I also like the bleached look of the sentiment on the blue sentiment on kraft version. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I am sharing this creation at

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