Embossed Cards - 31 Days of Creating...

As I mentioned before, I really enjoy making cards. One of my favorite techniques is dry embossing. You use an embossing tool to trace around a metal or hard plastic stencil that is placed under a piece of card stock. The resulting image is the stencil design transferred to the card stock. Then that piece of cardstock can be glued or taped onto a notecard. Or the design can also be transferred directly to your notecard. Lots of options here!!! And lots of fun too!!! 

Were you able to take a few minutes to do something you enjoy today? It really makes a difference! 

xoxo!!!

 

Making Cards - 31 Days of Creating...

 

I love to send handwritten notes of encouragement to my family and friends.  So every few months I make a handful of cards using various techniques.  Today I rubber-stamped some notecards, colored them with watercolor pencils, and then brushed water on to blend the pencil strokes and give them a watercolored look.  I find this whole process so fun, so calming, and hopefully a future blessing to others.  I made three short videos you can see on my Instagram page at sewblessedcindy.  

"Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed."  Proverbs 11:25b NIV

Do you ever make greeting cards?  If so, what's your favorite technique?

xoxo!