Jaycee’s Cards
Jaycee Gaspar’s video in the Extraordinary Embossing Folders course was pretty information dense. I took a deeper dive into it and created some finished cards.
Mirrored Cards
By inking up the text side or the non-text side of the embossing folder, you get mirror images. I was going for a cyanotype effect and used Ranger Archival Ink in the color Cobalt. Archival ink on a firm linen ink pad is pretty easy to work with. It’s also very easy to remove with Archival Cleaner.
I liked the effect and may try it with Archival in Coffee for a sepia effect. I also have a large red ink pad. That color is called Red Geranium. While not a traditional color for photography, I think it could be striking for a poinsettia.
Supplies
Snow Spotlight Card
The idea with this card is that the letters blend in seamlessly with the pattern created by the embossing folder on the background. I started by embossing the dark blue cardstock with Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink. The darker ink makes the raised areas appear more raised. I decided which way I wanted to be up and drew an ⬆ on the back of the cardstock. I also added some white pigment ink with a brayer to the center of the card panel.
Next I die cut the letters S, N and W twice from a lighter color, using Tim Holtz Alphanumeric Shadow Upper Die Set from Sizzix. I carefully arranged one set of letters in the center of the embossing folder. This was another time that adding a dab of repositionable adhesive to the backs of the cardstock helped. I inked up the folder with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink and passed it through a couple of times.
I used tape to hold the letters and shadow layers together and stacked them. Then I adhered them with foam tape.
For the snowflake I cut out some discontinued Spellbinders snowflake dies from vellum, silver glitter paper and blue cardstock and stacked them for maximum impact. Then I adhered the snowflake in place of the O.
Supplies
Ambridge Spotlight Card
For the final card I used another Altenew embossing folder. This one is called Ambridge Bouquet. The process was identical to the snow spotlight card. But instead of letters I used a stitched oval from Honeybee. It was much harder with a shape that has a somewhat vague direction, I discovered. I doubled up the oval and adhered it with foam tape.
For the bottom layer I used mostly Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Ink, and for the oval I used Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink. I also used Abandoned Coral on the sentiment. The embellishments are by Trinity Stamps.
It was much harder to get smooth results with the Distress Oxide Inks than with Archival. I’d like to try again and be gentler with the inking next time. Maybe even use a brush for inking up the embossing folder.
