More Inky Embossed Beauties from my Newest Video

I love this card I shared in my newest video here featuring the black out technique and a 3D embossing folder and die set from Memory Box called Anemone Bunches. If you haven't tried the black out technique yet, it is all over internet land and is easy to do. Simply add bright inks to the images on the  DEBOSSED side, then swipe with black ink to fill the flat areas and add a bit of highlighting to the images. I finished this card by spattering on white paint. I also created the following card with that technique and embossed white and colored lilacs made with a Simon Says Stamp embossing folder.

Here are a couple more cards I share in the new video where I simply added ink directly to the embossed backgrounds:

The card on the left features an Eyelet embossing folder from Stampin up and a fun sentiment die from Picket Fence Studios. On the card on the right, I swiped gold ink on a background created with a new Penny Black script embossing folder called Noted, and then added a stamped and die cut flower from 49 and Market and Sizzix.

Inking Images Created with Embossing Folders

I love creating backgrounds with embossing folders but find them a bit boring if they are all one color. In my new video here, I share many cards and many ways to add ink to embossed images taking them from average to awesome.

This is the card I show step by step how to create with a Simon Says Stamp lilacs embossing folder. I was inspired by a card and video by Caly Person to add light purple, dark purple and blue inks to the embossed lilacs in the foreground. 

The background started out as embossed black lilacs but I swiped on Lisa Horton's Interference Cloud 9 Peacock Tails and then added a little copper highlights with Stardust Metallic pigments from Stamperia. I also used those two products on this card which was embossed with a script embossing folder from Penny Black called Noted. 

Here is another card I share in the new video showing the two colors you get by swiping Lisa Horton's Peacock Tails Interference ink over both white and black embossing:

The embossing folder is a new one from Stampin Up and the layered sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

To see many more inky embossed cards and how I made the lilacs card, watch the new video here.

I hope you have a great inky week to come!

Simon Says Create 2024 Create It Take Its and Impressions

Yup- that is me and the Tim Holtz taken first thing when I walked into Simon Says Create in Columbus Ohio this last weekend! I was able to see so many of my crafty heroes up close and make many projects with their fantastic products. There were two full days of shopping and creating in two large rooms and I loved every minute! I wasn't able to take the classes but still had so many hands on instruction at each CITI table. 

Look who signed my Idea-ology project making it a keepsake I will keep forever! We also had the opportunity to sit down with many of Tim's content creators, and I made these cards with Richele Christensen and Cheiron: 

Do you believe we could just sit down and do a make and take with Jennifer McGuire and Gina K of Gina K Designs?? The line was soooo long when I snapped this picture I wasn't that lucky, but Rina K and Mindy Eggen did help me make these two beauties featuring new polymer sheets we could buy (and of course I did.) 

I have been a huge fan of Pear Blossom Press's EZ Lights for years, and Trinity Stamps has created many die sets to feature these lights as well as other fun dies like the donut shaped set. Here are a couple more cards I made with 49 and Market products and Spellbinders BetterPress plates:

I made many more cards, but if I included them all this blog post would be very very long. Here are a couple of the many I made with Simon Says Stamp products:

The two day Simon Says Create show was well worth every penny of the $45 it cost. I have many more card samples and lots of new products to play with as soon as I have time. Even though I didn't get into the classes so I can't comment on those, I do recommend the show and Create It Take Its very very much! 

This Technique is De Boss!

I love how all the cards I made with this technique using the debossed side of a 3D embossing folder and bright inks as I show in my new video here. The card features a Simon Says Stamp 3D embossing folder, a sentiment from Sue Wilson and Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks.

Wow- right?! The embossing folder on this lovely card is from Lisa Horton Crafts and I used Twisted Citron and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide and Ground Expresso Distress Inks.

One more Christmas card for my stash made with a Sizzix 3D embossing folder, Mermaid Lagoon and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks and Chopped Sapphire Distress Ink. 

I hope my cards encourage you to watch the video and give this fun technique a try!

A Baker's Dozen Cards With Background Dies and Embossing Folders!

Are you a die cut fanatic like me but struggle sometimes to find enough ways to use a die- especially the more expensive background dies - to justify the expense? In my newest video here, I show 3 ways to create cards with 4 different background dies. My newest favorite background die is the Pinwheel Quilt Top Die set from Concord & 9th and here are the three cards I showed in the video: 

Aren't they pretty cards? The background can be used on it's own for a subtle debossing look and the additional dies can make quilts in unlimited ways! The sentiments on these cards are from a set by Altenew perfect for these cards.

The backgrounds on this and the next three cards were created with a 3D embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp and a matching flower die and this is the card I made in the video step by step. The YOU letters were cut with a die from Kat Scrappiness and the rest of the sentiment is from Karen Burniston. I brushed ink on the letters and flowers and attached them with fun foam to raise them up. Here are three more cards I made with these same products:

These cards were so easy to make with white cardstock, mirror card and brushed inks on slightly patterned papers, but I love how they turn out and will be proud to send or give them away to brighten someone's day. 

You can see many more cards with background dies here in the new video. Then I hope you have time for a play and send some handmade joy out into the world.

I am entering the last card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

More Easy To Make Floral Pinpoint or Debossed Cards

Most of the cards I share in my newest video featured stencils, but I do show a couple cards with the pinpoint or debossed backgrounds and simple floral dies such as this easy to make birthday card. I simply debossed the iridescent mirror card from Tonic Studios with the Memory Box Pinpoint Daisy background die and attached the Stamplistic Floral Flourish diecut on top. STAMPlorations clear sticker sentiments are so easy to attach to cards like this and I added Therm O Web's Easy Cut Adhesive sheets before cutting the black mirror card floral flourish. I made this and the next card in less than 5 minutes, but love how they turned out!

The leafy pinpoint background on this card is also from Memory Box on black Tonic Studios mirror card; the floral dies are from Gina Marie Designs and the sentiment strip is from Simon Says Stamp. 

Here is another favorite of the cards I share in the new video. I started with a Basketweave Slimline Die from Honey Bee Stamps that just adds that subtle texture and then brushed various colors of ink through ARTplorations Just Roses slimline stencil. The sentiment sticker is also from STAMPlorations. 

This is the full size slimline card I made a mini-slimline version of in the new video. I show how to apply Cosmic Shimmer Lustre Polish through a ARTploration slimline stencil (Peaking Mandala) over a pinpoint background die from Memory Box. I love how the inside pops with a W fun fold and am going to show how to make a similar card and the template for this card on my Facebook Live this Thursday, so be sure to join me there!

The W fold features ink stenciling over a pinpoint Stitched Heart Background Die from Kat Scrappiness. The alphabet dies are also from Kat Scrappiness as is the Wonky Wavy square die for the signature piece. 

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

A Facebook Live No Waste Foiled Love Card

After creating the cards for this week's YouTube video I had leftover foil and washi tape flowers that were just too pretty to throw away. In my Facebook Live today on my Karen's Kreative Kards Facebook Page, I showed an easy technique to use all the foil leftover when I foiled the Leafy Frame from Simon Says Stamp. I also die cut the Sympathy Flower die from Amy's Design from leftover piece of "In The Meadow" washi tape from Pinkfresh Studio. The eclipsed "Love" is a new die from Karen Burniston. 

The Green Sketch foil from Brutus Monroe is too pretty to waste, so I added a strip to decorated the inside of this card. 

Did you know you can watch Facebook Lives on replay if you miss them when they are Live? Just go to my Facebook page and scroll down to this week's Live. If you leave a comment (and live in the USA) before 2/5/22 at midnight, you might be the lucky winner of this card I made. 

In my Facebook Lives I am also sharing sneak peaks at new cardmaking goodies I have just received and will be playing with soon. You might want to take a look and see if you can resist- I couldn't ! 

I am entering this card in the Love challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday. 

Gorgeous Floral Cards With Pinkfresh Studios Washi Tape and Dies From My Newest Video

I admit I am not a huge fan of flowers on my cards that I have to color, but do love colorful flowers like the ones I used in my newest video from Pinkfresh Studios! As I show, all I needed to do for easy gorgeous flowers was to roll out the "In The Meadow" washi tape and cut them with the ingenious one piece die from Pinkfresh Studios - so simple! 

I make a version of this card in the new video and I love how it turned out! I foiled the Simon Says Stamp Leafy Frame with Brutus Monroe Green Sketch foil and popped some of the Pinkfresh Studios flowers on the card. I also punched butterflies out of the washi tape flowers and added some texture on them with a debossing background die. 

I am going to show you how to use the negative of the foiled leafy frame and some more Pinkfresh Studios die cut washi tape flowers in this week's Facebook Live on my Facebook page here. Be sure to follow me there and watch for the Lives (planned weekly for Thursday mornings unless life happens and then I will probably change to Thursday evening.) 

One of my favorite all time techniques is the eclipse technique and I love this card with that technique, washi tape "In the Meadow" flowers and Pinkfresh Studio's HB2Y die. 

I had great fun making many cards with Pinkfresh Studios In The Meadow Washi Tape and matching die for my new video and hope my cards inspire you to watch the video and Facebook Live and give some of the ideas and products a try.

I am entering the second card in the January challenge at Pinkfresh Studios- the prompt I used was flowers, and in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.

Change A Bright Feminine Love Card Into a Masculine Teenage Valentine Card

I had so many colorful foil pieces left after creating cards with the new Kat Scrappiness Love Sunburst die for my YouTube video this week, I just couldn't waste them. But I needed a teenage masculine Valentine, not a super bright feminine love card. In my Facebook Live this week, I show how to take the leftover pieces from the card on the left and make a masculine Valentine for my teenage grandson. 

The card I made is an easel card with the embossed sunburst foil toned down by sanding it. Here is a link to my Karen's Kreative Kards Facebook page where you can watch the Live on replay if you missed it at 11:00 CST Thursday. 

Nate is a Dungeons and Dragons fan so I popped up the D&D die with a perfect score for my perfect grandson to hold the easel card up. "You da best" was cut with a die from Simon Says Stamp and of course, the Heart Sunburst die is from Kat Scrappiness. The 3D embossing folder is from Stampin' up.

I am going to try to do a Facebook Live every week so be sure to like and follow Karen's Kreative Kards on Facebook and watch live or on replay there.