Patterned Papered Dreams

Feathers + Faux Letterpress

Good afternoon!! Today I'm super excited to show you a little experiment that went great! I've been wanting for some time to try the faux letterpress technique by inking up an embossing folder and running it through my little Cuttlebug. So, a few days ago I finally decided to do it and it worked!!! Actually, it happened because I wanted to create a project with feathers for the Moxie Fab World Fascination with Feathers challenge. After pulling out all of my feather stamps I remembered I had this peacock feathers embossing folder and decided to go a different route. And, tada!!!

I inked the embossing folder with a blue pigment ink (Fresh Ink by Impress). This technique works better with pigment, as it gives a more even coverage. Dye inks tend to bead when applied to a plastic surface, although I guess if you coat the surface with Versamark first, it may work too. Does that make sense? :)

To finish the card I fussy cut a sentiment from PTI's Beautiful Butterflies and finished with a tiny butterfly cut with my new favorite die. I have tiny butterflies all over my crafting desk right now and I'm loving it!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI; Ink: Fresh by Impress, Versafine; Embossing folder: Provo Craft; Die: (butterfly) Memory Box.

Trigger time

Good afternoon! And happy Palm Sunday for those of you who celebrate Easter! In Spain this day is called Domingo de Ramos and little kids are given beautifully shaped palm branches after attending Sunday's church service. It's a dear tradition :)

Ok, let's get to bussiness! I think I may have mentioned before that I love Orla Kiely's designs and patterns. So when I saw this week's Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World I jumped right in!

The image was so inspiring that I made two very different mini cards, but still I think they're perfect for giving away together.

Can you notice I used the kissing technique on the tiny green butterfly? It's a bit hard to see in the pic but very cool in real life :) This card was inspired by the multi-colored stems tin (burlap and colors) and the orange tin inspired the orange card, although I think this is more obvious!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Sunday!

Ps: Have you seen? The Holiday Cards & More vol. 7 special issue submissions call is in full swing. What are you waiting for? Go ahead and submit here!! (yes Ana, I'm looking at you).

Supplies: Cardstock: Canson; Stamps: PTI (BB: Vines, BB: Petal Power, Beautiful Butterflies), Hero Arts (just saying hello, burlap border from Little Black Dress borders cling); Ink: Fresh by Impress (Harvest, Celery), Versafine (brown), PTI (kraft); Embossing powder: Ranger; Dies: (alpha) PTI.