Beautiful Card Designs Made Easy

June 28, 2022

Altenew Always Sunshine

Hi Everybody,

Todays cards is using the Altenew Craft Your Life kit for May named Always Sunshine 

There are stamps, dies, stencils and a 6x6 3-D embossing folder and the possibilities are endless.

For this card I used the stencils to colour the die cut flowers and an embossing folder for the background. The finished card size is 5x7 and my colour scheme is lilac and white.

I used Distress Oxides to colour the flowers onto a cream card stock, with some blending brushes from Craft Stash. 

Craft Stash has some card and matching envelopes in the large A5 size if you prefer not to fold your own, and these of course can always be trimmed down to the size you want.  

For this card I used only the embossing folder and ran some pale blue cardstock though the machine.
If you spritz the card with a little bit of water first it helps to get a deeper indentation in the card and prevents it from cracking

Alternatively wipe over both sides of the card with a baby wipe and that has the same effect.  

Make sure that the card is dry before moving on to the next step.

And for that all I have done is lightly sweep over the raised areas of the card with white pigment ink.

Both cards would suit any occasion and the bottom less intricate one would even be ok for a male card.

More tomorrow ...

Hugs xx

7 comments:

  1. Good Morning Christina. Thankyou for showing us a new technique with the baby wipes to stop our card from cracking when using an embossing folder. This is one I must try. And I hate to say this (as none of us like making them) but the bottom one would make a lovely sympathy card. Thankyou Christina. Sending hugs 🤗 and best wishes to everyone. Kind regards Ann Toppcards in Leeds.
    Please stay safe and well 🙏

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  2. Hi Christina
    Two very beautiful cards and love the delicate colours. Hope your eye is recovering well and your sight is back to normal. Take care
    Hugs and best wishes
    Jenny C xxx

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  3. I so love the flowers with the embossing folder!

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  4. Two beautiful cards, thanks Christina. Diana Lawton x

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  5. Two lovely card. Love the soft colors. Thanks for sharing.
    Stay safe and healthy.
    Carmen

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  6. Beautiful cards. The embossing folder one came out amazing.

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