Carrie Shimmers

My friend Joan is hostessing today's Technique challenge on Splitcoaststampers.  Her challenge is to do heat embossing on dry embossing.  Joan explains it like this:

1. Dry emboss your cardstock with an embossing folder.
2. Run an embossing buddy over the dry embossed cardstock before applying the ink.
3. Ink up your brayer with Versamark and run it across the raised area of the dry embossed cardstock using a real soft touch...you only want the ink on the raised part.
4. Apply the embossing powder, shake off the excess, remove stray embossing powder with a small brush, and emboss with a heat tool.

This image is Carrie by Rubbernecker (SKU #494-05). I colored her with my Copic markers. I used my large polkadot embossing folder and heat embossed the dots with Stampin' Up's Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  I used my smaller polkadot embossing folder for the turquoise half circles. The brads in the corners are chocolate brown.

 I've taken two pictures here as the first picture with the lower light shows the shimmer of the Iridescent Ice better.

This second photo shows the true white and coloring of the card but, as you can see, the shimmer doesn't shine quite as well as it does with the lower light. 



The sketch design is an older one from SCS (SC175) that I thought was pretty cool the first time I saw and used it a few years ago on this card. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you like what I had to share today!

Patience is a Virtue....

....but never when shopping!!  Don't you just love that great sentiment?

I made this card for the limited supplies challenge on SCS to use ribbon and trim (as in border punches).  I used trio-colored ribbon to bisect the four squares and my EK Success border punch on the Blush Blossom cs.

I black embossed the images and then colored them with markers with blush, pink, and rose. I used a Copic marker to color the top flower embellishment because it was originally white.

The base cardstock is dry embossed with small retro squares which is a part of a card and envelope set my friend JoJo sent to me---thanks, gf! The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.


Stamps: Rubbernecker Fashion Icon Set #455
Cardstock: Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, White
Ink: Tuxedo Memento Black, Blush Blossom, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette
Accessories: black embossing powder, versamark, ribbon, black brads, pink felt flower, white flower, Copic marker, SU markers, border punch, dimensionals, pop-up dots, daubers