Thursday, July 28, 2011

Double Embossing and Moxie

Can you taste Friday yet? I'm just about drooling for the weekend. But I'm super excited for a new season of Project Runway tonight! It's about the only 'reality' show my hubby will sit and watch with me :)

Today I made my first card ever to enter into Moxie Fab's Tuesday Trigger! I had a lot of fun with the inspiration photo, and it is my favorite colors to craft with :) green, blue, and whites! I was inspired by the colors and the great geometric patterns throughout. I found a couple great patterned papers that I paired together...

for the Moxie Fab challenge
Tuesday Trigger photo at Moxie Fab

I also created a card for day 150 over at 365 Cards.  The challenge was to use a background that was either dry embossed or heat embossed.  I couldn't pick between the two so I used both, and I used them together. It's hard to capture in the photo because the heat embossing shines so much, but this is definitely a new favorite technique for me! I dry embossed the background flowers with a cuttlebug folder, and then I used a normal glue pen to trace over the flowers, then added white and silver emboss powers. The glue pen actually worked better than my normal glue pad stamps and I'll probably use it this way always! I love it! I then took a skinny sentiments stamp from Hero Arts "sending you hugs and kisses" and stamped it a few times along the curves of the flower stems...

Day 150 at 365 Cards, embossing
Let me know if you're watching Project Runway as well, I'm sure I'll be tweeting about it :) @itsracheldub

<3 Rachel W K
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9 comments:

  1. Very nice cards!! Love your paper on the Moxie Fab card - it's just right for the trigger photo! And the dry and heat embossing on the 2nd card is stunning - Love it!! Good luck on your challenges!

    I'm watching the Project Runway marathon in preparation for the start of the new season tonight!!!

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  2. This is so lovely, Rachel! I love how you interpret the TT!! Hope you will continue to play the challenges! It can get very addictive :)

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  3. Love them both! The combination of patterns on the first card and the way you used the sentiment to accent the flower stems on the second...great job!
    On a side note I live in CT too :)

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  4. Those are pretty cards :) Nice!

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  5. Great cards. Hope you enjoyed your show!

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  6. Your cards are amazing! Love the patterned paper! I also watch Project Runway... I have it recorded and now I just need to watch it! Such a good show! :)
    Amy
    redheadedcrafter.blogspot.com

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  7. oh my gosh your embossing is stunning!!! LOVE how you added the flowers to it!!!

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  8. Love all the details on your cards!

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  9. Hey Rachel! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World. I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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