Simply Create Too Challenge 2 - Embossing

It's time for a new challenge at Simply Create Too and the theme this fortnight is:

Embossing

I usually go for the dry embossing as I can never be bothered faffing around with the heat gun and powders (as I usually end up wearing the stuff for days!) but this time I decided to give it a whirl!

One of my cousins (hello Claire!) is getting married at the end of March and their Wedding invitations were sent out last week (beautiful they are!) and here is the RSVP that I will be sending and hopefully she will have received it before she sees it blogged!

I've gone with the theme of the invitation - very pale green and white but have embossed a freebie stamp that I've had for a fair while from a craft magazine and used the heat gun that Claire gave me! I think I possibly used the powders that she gave me too!

The organza green ribbon was far too wide for the little pearl buckle slider I got from Meiflower but I was determined to use it anyway so I twisted it up a bit and threaded it through the slider a few times to look how I initially wanted it. I've dotted around the edge of the card with a silver gel pen.

So watch out for more embossing from me in the future - it was actually really easy to do once I made sure I'd melted all the powder!

Now got to make another one, different of course, for my parents to send!

Good luck with the Simply Create Too challenge - for more details please visit the blog!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash: Whites option
Crafty Cardmakers: Heat Embossing
Stamps R Us: Emboss It
Victorine Stamps: Ribbon
Pink Gem Challenges: Monochromatic, Not Christmas and Sentiment
Krafting Kimmie: Heat or Dry Embossing
Less Is More: Green

• Stamp: A freebie from a magazine ages ago
• Papers: From my stash
• Ribbon: Anita's
• Pearl Buckle: Meiflower Crafts
  

Wedding RSVP (again)

Hopefully this will be the final Wedding Acceptance that I will need to make and it's in the same colour theme as the previous two - a dark burgundy. I've used two of my Nestie dies for the layering plus a die cut that I found in my stash which I know I've had for a long, long time and I've added some gems to the 'holes' in the horseshoe.


The Sketch and Stash theme is an open one and I've picked sketch 16 from the files:

I've added two clear heart gems under the horseshoe plus the sentiment is computer generated. I've dotted a fine line around the edge of the card with a silver gel pen. So quite quick and easy to make!

• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities plus die cut horseshoe (don't know where from)
• Sentiment: Computer generated
  
• Everything else: My stash
  

Another RSVP

Just about making the Fab 'n' Funky challenge deadline this week! The theme is

Here Comes The Bride

I did have an image almost coloured, but despite a 4 day weekend I seemed to have lost time and didn't get it finished! So whilst messing around with bits of card, ribbon and the faux diamante heart buckle, I came up with this card which is another RSVP for my cousin Jane's forthcoming Wedding.


I've used two of my Nesties to make the shapes, threaded the dark red sort of plum coloured ribbon (apologies for the bad picture!) through the buckle and then added it to the shapes. They have been attached to the card with foam pads as the ribbon was too bulky for it to lie flat.

I've dotted a silver line around the edge of the card and the Nestie shapes too. Two RSVP's done, one to go!

• Dies: Spellbinder Nestabilities
• Everything else: My stash
  

Wedding RSVP

One of my cousins is getting married in September so I've have (so far) three RSVP's to make! And as they all need to be different, I've been looking for some inspiration! This is the first one I've made so far and it follows the Sweet Sketch Wednesday sketch.

The card blank is a lovely felt touch and I've used some off white pearlescent paper for the backing - cut with a Sizzix tag die (I've hidden the holes by layering or with the ribbon!)

The cake is a die cut and I bought a pack of them years ago and they are great for a last minute job! I've added seed beads and then layered it onto the card with 3d foam.

The ribbon is from my stash and matches the colour on the Wedding Invitations, the brad is also from my stash along with the tiny half pearls.

So that's one down, two to go - unless I get requests for any more! And then it will be making the Wedding Cards!

• Dies: Sizzix Oval Tags
• Everything else: My stash