Camping Trip

Happy Friday!!

Today I want to share with you a layout I made where I actually combined my design team projects for WOW! Embossing Powders and The Scrapbook Outlet. For WOW! I was given the task of embossing on ribbon. Now I had never tried this before and actually had not seen it either. I have seen people stamp on ribbon, but never emboss. But I like a challenge so I was excited to give it a try. And for The Scrapbook Outlet I was given the awesome Bo Bunny Camp-A-Lot Collection to create a two-page layout with. I was supper excited to have received the Camp-A-Lot Collection because my husband had taken our nephew camping last year and those pictures would work perfectly.

And I must say I have an amazing husband because he made sure they took plenty of pictures (with his iPhone actually) for me to scrap later!!

Here are some close-ups of the embossed ribbon.

I picked a plain cream colored twill that was about 1.5" wide and using the loop boarder stamp from the WOW! Gratitude Stamp Set, I stamped the image in three rows. I then covered them with Earthtone Pepper Embossing Powder from the Suzy West Pantry Collection. The tricky part was getting all the excess powder off the ribbon. The powder actually melted really quickly on the ribbon. I decided to brighten it up a bit though by adding the multi-colored ribbon down the middle, which I attached down by stitching a zig-zag pattern on with my sewing machine. I absolutely love how it turned out!!

If you have never tried embossing on ribbon you should really give it a try. I know I can't wait to do it again.

Warmly,
Sherrie!!

Acetate Shapes

Happy Sunday and thanks for stopping by the WOW! blog today to see what we have to share.

Today I am going share with you a layout that I created where I embossed, using Neutral Ultra Shimmer and Black Glint, the ultra thick acetate flowers and flower metal brads. I am always on the lookout for new things to use my embossing powders on. I love trying new surfaces and learning new ways to use my embossing powders. This is the first time I have ever embossed on ultra thick acetate shapes.

 I was a little nervous about what would happen to the acetate shapes once I started heating the embossing powder. My fear was they would warp or curl up and then would not flatten back out. So when I was ready to heat them I laid them flat on my craft sheet and gently applied pressure to keep them in place with a craft pick. I made sure my heat gun was good and hot before putting over the shapes. Once the heat was being applied the petals did want to curl up but I found that if I left the heat on it just a bit longer they flattened back out. I left them lay flat till they were nice a cool before trying to move so that they could harden back up flat. And it worked perfectly!!

So don't be afraid to try new things and if at first it does not work, try it again!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Warmly,
Sherrie!!

Love

 Hi All!! So glad you stopped by today to visit my blog.

Today I am going to share with you a card I made that can be given really to just about anyone special in your life that you love. The color of the background is totally up to you and can easily be changed depending on if you wanted to give this to a male or female. For this card I used Bubble Gum Embossing Powder from the Suzy West Candy Counter Collection, and Opaque Bright White and Gold Rich Embossing Powders from the WOW! Collection. I also used the Suzy West "Gratitude" Stamp Set to make the hearts.

So I started out by using a piece of bubble wrap that I inked up with embossing ink and then pressed onto my white cardstock. I then sprinkled it with the Bubble Gum Embossing Powder, tapped off the excess, and then heated it up.

Next I stamped out four sets of hearts from the Gratitude Stamp Set on black cardstock, and colored them by making two Opaque Bright White and two Gold Rich. I then cut out the hearts and attached them to pieces of wire I cut to give them stems.

I then took some gold ribbon and tied around the wire and added some rub-on letters that spell LOVE. I used pop-dots on the backs of the hearts to give the card a little depth. I then layered the white cardstock on some black cardstock and your all done.

Supper easy and now you have a great card to give to someone special.

Warmly,
Sherrie

Americana Garland

This month I am the featured designer in my teams WOW! post. And I am super excited to share with you the Americana Garland I made. Not sure yet where I am going to hang it in my house, but I am sure it will find a place real soon!!

There are so many things I loved about this project. First I have to say that creating home decor items has to be my favorite altered thing to create, if I'm not actually scrapbooking. I really only just started creating home decor items, but I have to say it is so much fun. It gives me something different to work on when I need a break from just scrapbooking (which I have been doing for about 12 years now!). And I have to say that I also LOVE to emboss on metal and chipboard. Those have to be my favorite surfaces.

So I started with this 24" Tin Star Rust Garland by Darice that I picked up at a local craft store....

And turned it into this....





I used Cable Car Red, Opaque Bright White, and Earthtone Blueberry Embossing Powders on the different stars. I used my embossing pen and covered the stars with embossing ink and then sprinkled them with powder. I then cut strips of fabric and knotted them in the connecting loops between the stars. I also found those super cut hats and little flags and attached those to the stars using my glue gun.
Another great thing about this garland is that it can be used for both Memorial Day and Labor Day here in the USA because I didn't put anything specific on it. So I'm going to get plenty of use out of it.
To see the rest of my teams July WOW! projects click here!

Warmly,
Sherrie!!