Blooming Tulips

 Hello, Do you love to heat emboss? Do you have lots of different colored embossing powder? Today’s blog post is about using heat embossing in my handmade cards. Armed with some “basic” embossing powder, such as white, clear, silver and gold embossing powder, I will show you how embossing can add more fun in card making. I love batik. From batik fabric to painting batik cards. The first card uses Altenew’s Floral Shadow  stamp set to create a batik background. Using some distress oxide inks, I blended the card panel with colors I like - such as pink, blue and green. I stamped the images from Floral Shadow  and embossed it in clear embossing powder. Then, I used a darker blue distress oxide ink to blend onto the whole panel. Using a dry cloth, I buffed the embossed image to remove any excess ink. The embossed images resist the dark blue distress oxide ink and shows the ink under the images. This creates a batik effect that I like.  I sprinkled some clear water onto the card to create a

 Hello, Welcome back! Today’s blog is about adding colors on my card project. There are a variety of coloring mediums - namely; water colors, (water) color pencils, copic markers, watercolor markers, colored ink pads etc. Different medium that is chosen for the projects, can change the look and set the “mood” of the project. My first card uses Altenew’s ink pads and stamp set Vintage Roses . I love the ink colors from Altenew. The color family coordinates well with each other and it helps take out the guess work on what colors to use for the layering stamps. I stamped the layering rose stamps with a variety of pink shades to create my card composition. I added different shades of green and a little blue to accompany the pink shades.  I stamped a sentiment at the center of the card between the two clusters of roses. I mounted the card front on a pink and dark green card stock and adhered them onto a card front. I spritzed some silver stardust and adhered a few diamond gems for some adde