Today, I wanted to use one of the retiring sets that will not be available after June. It's called Teddy and Train (Item #115219 wood only $21.95) and I just felt like making a card that you would send to the parents of a new baby boy. Here's what I did to make this card.
I stamped the image of the teddy bear on a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock (item #120953 - 24 sheets of 8 1/2" x 11" - if gray is the new black then Crumb Cake is the new white) with a VersaMark pad. You will notice in the picture that I have a little "pouch" beside the VersaMark pad. This is called an Embossing Buddy (item #103083 $7.50) and is invaluable if you are embossing. If you rub the surface of the cardstock BEFORE you sprinkle the embossing powder and then shake off the excess, the Embossing Buddy will make sure that the powder will not stick to anything else. This is important. Without it, it makes the powder stick to the image and the rest of the paper and it's annoying. It's an extra step but it's a valuable step. Don't heat emboss without it.
Then here's a different step. Take some bleach and put it in a small bowl or a cup. Take a blender pen (item #102845 for 3 $12.95) or an Aqua Painter (item #103954 for two $20.95)and you're going to tip your brush into it and "paint" the image. What the bleach is going to do to the cardstock is lighten it - whichever colour you use, it will lighten the colour of the cardstock. I wanted to leave the bow and parts of the paws free so I could colour it in with Watercolour Pencils (item #101879 $25.95 for a set of 24). It really makes it stand out on a piece of Brilliant Blue cardstock (retired)as the cardstock base. I then used a piece of the Whisper White organza ribbon (item #114319 for 15 yards) which I think adds a little elegance to it. What do you think?
Tomorrow is Scrapbook Saturday. Let's see what produc
t I can showcase!
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