Thank You

My friend Valentina is new to the world of die cutting and dry embossing with folders.  She invested in a handful of folders but was unaware that it takes a die cutting machine to use them.  So she gifted me with three folders!  The background on this card is the result of one of them . . .

 

One of my favorite looks is the letterpress look where the background of the design is colored but not the design itself.  This is easy to get with embossing folders:  just rub the ink pad over the concave side of the folder, the side where the design is indented.  The surrounding flat areas will pick up the ink and leave the design untouched.

If you want a splotchy look as I did, use Distress ink and mist lightly afterwards.

Cardstock:   Strathmore Ultimate White

Inks:             Distress Speckled Egg

Dies:            Memory Box Pippi Butterfly, Gina Marie Stitched

Rounded Squares, Savvy Thank You Cursive             

Emb Fldr:     Love Nicole Butterflies and Flowers

Doo Dads:    Silvery Sequins