Christmas Card with an Emboss Resist Technique

Happy Monday everyone!! Nora here with a Christmas card using an emboss/resist technique. 

I chose to use two retiring products for this card so when they are sold out, they are gone!! So sad because I LOVE the Modern Petals stamp set. You can use it for almost any occasion!!

Stamps: Modern Petals

Dies: Noel Fri-dies

I began this card by stamping the petals in red ink. I then stamped over the red with Versamark and  heat embossed with clear embossing powder. 

Next I blended a melon colored ink over the entire panel. The embossed petals remained a bright, shiny red because it "resisted" the ink.

To make the front panel a bit more interesting, I randomly sprayed mist in red and white. 

While the mist dried, I die cut the sentiment from white glitter paper using the Noel Fri-dies.  I then adhered the sentiment to the front of the card.

My last step was to adhere clear sequins and jewels randomly over the card.

I hope this inspires you to try the emboss/resist technique. Don't forget to use my code NORASENTME to get 15% off your total order-including sale items. 

Have a FABULOUS day!!

 

November 25

Happy Wednesday!

It's the day before Thanksgiving here in the US 

and my kitchen will be very busy today as we start making the turkey brine, the pies, the cranberry sauce...ok, I have to stop. All this food talk is making me hungry! LOL!

Girl Friday Julia has created a spectacular card complete with a video that will make your jaw drop.

She used Casual Trees Fri-Dies in such a beautiful way! 

The sentiment is from Lovely Snowflake. 

And just in case you're not really a stamper, you could also substitute Noel Fri-Dies for the sentiment!

I'm completely dazzled and I think I need to make one of these!!

Check out her video to see just how she did it :)

We've got 3 awesome things happening right now:

                                  

November 16

Happy Monday!

Now I know Monday isn't typically a word I associate with happy, and I'm guessing you probably feel the same way, but this Monday is pretty happy :)

I've got 2 great announcements, a little update on me, and a super pretty card from Girl Friday Jingle...not necessarily in that order *wink*

Announcement #1: 

More than 20 stamp and Fri-Die sets are retiring at the end of this year!

They are available now on the store website in the Retiring- going, going soon to be gone section at a very special savings until December 31st or while supplies last. 

They will not be re-ordered so once they sell out, they are gone forever!

Whew! That's a doozy of an announcement, let's get a little eye candy as an intermission shall we?

Girl Friday Jingle created this beauty using Lovely Snowflake and Noel Fri-Dies

Wow, right?! Here's how she did it-

I created this pretty holiday card using ombre ink, making it quick to reproduce multiple times! I simple stamped that GORGEOUS snowflake three times, once in the center, and then once partially on both the top and the bottom of the card. I added the die cut sentiment and some sparkling sequins to finish off the design. If you are mass producing, I suggest cutting your sentiments all at once and then running them all through a Xyron for easy assembly line production!

So a little update on me:

I had my lumpectomy on October 28th and it couldn't have gone better. Great margins, only 1 lymph node was removed and it was cancer free, so I was able to participate in a clinical trial for Intra Operative Radiation Therapy. This means I was able to receive my entire dose of radiation during surgery! When I said amazing things are coming for early stage breast cancer, I wasn't kidding! 

They have been doing this treatment for many years now in Europe and for a few years here in the US for women over 50, but this trial is for women between 40 and 50-that's me :)

I'm healing well, feeling pretty wiped out from the radiation, but at least it's done and I can just relax on the couch and rest. I'm told it will take about 4-6 weeks for my energy to return-looking forward to that :)

The last piece of the puzzle is still hanging out there...will I or won't I need chemo? My tumor was sent off for the Onco Type Dx testing which will determine, based on the unique biology of my tumor, whether chemotherapy will have any benefit for me. I have a 50% chance of scoring in the low risk category which means doing chemo would have no benefit to my risk factor and therefore I would not need it. I am really really really hoping to be in that category, but will handle it if I'm not. Just more waiting...the reoccurring theme of cancer. 

So this brings me to my 2nd big announcement:

Tomorrow is the 17th of the month, and I'm still determined to turn this life event of mine into a positive. I have a super special event planned for my Calling All Sistahs post. 

I am doing a super special release that will be kicked off with a special blog hop 

to provide inspiration for the brand new Calling All Sistahs Collection. 

This collection is available only at CAS-ual Fridays Stamps,

 and has its own unique packaging because

 50% of the profits from this collection

 will be donated to breast cancer awareness and research programs!!

It all starts at midnight eastern tonight and I hope you'll come and bring your sistahs too! 

November 4

Happy Wednesday!

My jaw dropped when I saw Girl Friday Angie's card for today. 

She used a stamp set that I guarantee you would never think of to use for a Christmas card. 

Check out this moment of brilliance...

Do you recognize it?

The die is from our brand new Noel Fri- Dies and that tree?

She used the swooshy thing from Breathe! 

I love how she got depth of color by stamping the elements over each other as she created her sweepy tree. 

And don't even get me started on how much I love the jingle bells!!

October 13

Happy Tuesday!

If you fell in love with our brand new Autumn Blessings 

during our release week, 

prepare to fall all over again!

Girl Friday Angie got inky and this is what happened...

Delicious, right?!

She used the small circle dot from the stamp set to stamp a wreath!

Genius!

I love the pretty colors she chose and the embossed metallics. 

She also used Acorn Fri-Dies and the blessings die from Noel Fri-Dies.

Did you know that die totally coordinate with Autumn Blessings too?

Now you do :)

If you'd like to make a pretty dot wreath too, 

Angie has this handy tip for you:

Have a super day!

October Release Day 3

Hello again!!

Here we are at Day 3 of our Holiday release sneak peeks!! 

We've shown you 2 really exciting new stamps and 2 wonderful Fri-Dies so far, 

and today will be no exception! 

In fact today's stamp set I think you'll find to be quite Lovely 

and the Fri-Die will coordinate with a few of our sets this release!

Earlier this year I introduced the Lovely collection 

and it's been a huge hit!

I thought it only fitting to add to this popular collection 

with holiday editions.

Introducing...

Lovely Snowflakes and 

Noel Fri-Dies

Let's see just how pretty these are...

Angie

Angie again :)

Jingle

Julia

Julia again :)

Kelly

Joanna

Archana

Lovely Snowflake,  4 x 6 clear photopolymer set of 4  $15.00

Noel Fri-Dies set of 3  $17.50

***bonus-the Blessings die in this set will also coordinate with our Autumn Blessings from earlier this week

and tomorrow's stamp set too!***

This collection will be available October 3rd!!

The waiting is nearly over but our sneak peeks aren't. 

Tomorrow I will show you another stamp and that will be wonderful friends to 

today's Lovely Snowflake, 

and a Fri-Die set that you'll love for the Holidays and beyond!

Be sure to leave us a comment on each of our sneak peek posts. 

1 lucky winner

 will be randomly selected from 1 of these posts to win a 

$25 gift certificate to the store!!