Marci Snee: Embossing

Tuesday, October 17, 2017

You've Got This! CAS-ual Fridays BCA Challenge

I'm so excited to have been added to CAS-ual Fridays Encouragement Squad last month! This is my first blog post for their Calling All Sistahs reminder to do your self-examinations this month. We do this on the 17th of every month. It takes 5 minutes and could very well save your life! Also, if you are due, please go get your mammograms. If you are not sure if you should have your first one yet, or if you need a repeated test, please ask your physician.

You can also help find a cure by purchasing products from the Calling All Sistahs line where 50% of the profits go towards breast cancer research.

Now, on to my reminder card. I just love the whole Calling All Sistahs line of stamps and Fri-Dies. What a pleasure it will be to create a monthly card with these supplies. Today my card uses the Word Ribbon Stamp Set, the Dream Then Do stamp set and the Ruffled Ribbon Fri-Die.

Highlighting emboss-resist technique

I created the card base out of white paper and used the same to cut out the ribbon die and background. Once I had the ribbon cut out, I embossed the coordinating stamps from Word Ribbon using VersaMark embossing ink and detail white embossing powder. My MISTI helped me stamp perfectly on my ribbon by using the negative of die cut left over to hold my ribbon in place while I stamped.

Once heated, I used two shades of pink to create an ombre effect on the ribbon. I used a lighter pink blending from the top of the ribbon to 3/4 down, becoming very light at the bottom. I then two the darker shade of pink and went over the top and 1/4 of the way down. I then went over the ribbon with a soft cloth to take the pink ink off the words. I love the resist technique and it went perfectly and I got the look I wanted to achieve.

On my background panel, I did the same. Blending the lighter color 3/4 of the way up and then the darker color over it about 1/3 up.

I embossed the sentiment from the Dream Then Do stamp set in the same detail white powder. I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment twice as my VersaMark pad is getting on the dry side.

I wanted the darker pinks on opposite ends of the ribbon and background so as to better highlight the ribbon and sentiment. I popped the ribbon up on the background to add depth and interest. I think it looks really pretty.

Continuing with really pretty, I added sequins and a glittery silver card stock lining to the background for more pop. A girl's gotta have bling.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my blog. This may be one of the most important things I do each month. Reminding lovely women to do their self-exams. I will mail my card to a friend and let her know she should do hers as well.

See you next month, craft on! Love, Marci

Friday, May 26, 2017

Welcome to the Unity & My Sweet Petunia Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see my projects utilizing the amazing MISTI, by My Sweet Petunia, and beautiful stamps from one of my favorite companies, the Unity Stamp Company.

This is my very first blog hop and I'm so excited to be included in this one specifically. If you haven't heard, I head up the MISTI Fan Club as President in Chief (totally made up) and am honored to be one of the stops on this ride. Imagine my surprise when I found out we were spotlighting Unity as well! I just love their stamps and pretty much stalk their Facebook site hourly.

Here are my projects I created. I hope you enjoy them!

My first project was using Unity's May Sentiment Kit, ...happy snail mail. It''s such a cute set and I immediately fell in love with it! I used my MISTI to stamp and emboss my image perfectly. For a little flair, I put three dots of different colored Nuvo Drops in the mushroom circles and swirled them together using a straight pin. I think it's kinda cool. I thought I made this up all on my own, but a friend said she saw someone else do it....doh! (maybe Jennifer McGuire)

This little snail is so cute, I thought I'd make a note-card and matching envelope real quick. My MISTI Creative Corners helped me stamp off my image over the side of the paper, giving me a sturdy corner to work with. They also helped me create my rough square on my envelope, which I drew over to make thicker.

Lastly, I used one of my favorite Unity stamps, Mystical Mermaid, to create a card using what I call "selective embossing." I first stamped on my watercolor paper using the MISTI and black detail ink. I then watercolored the image. After I was happy with the look, I took a VersaMarker and colored directly onto the red rubber of the stamp where I wanted gold embossing. Hopefully you can see in the picture that it's her body and hair piece embossed and not her arms, hair or flowers on her fins. I then took the same marker and dabbed all the dots to make them look like bubbles using silver embossing powder.

Thank you so much for taking a moment to look at my creations. It was very fun to collaborate with these two amazing businesses.

***Watch my quick video below to see how easy it is to transition between stamping with thin, clear photopolymer stamps to the thicker red rubber, foam mounted stamps.

GIVEAWAY: As a spectacular THANK YOU for visiting all our pages, Unity & My Sweet Petunia are having a drawing to award prizes for those that comment on every site.

Unity will award three (3) prize packs. One to each of the three winners.

My Sweet Petunia will be awarding winners choice of MISTIS. Please comment by May 30th, 2017. The drawing will be held at noon (CST). Winners will be posted on both My Sweet Petunia and Unity blogs on May 31st, 2017. Good luck to everyone!

Here is the listing of bloggers participating in this fun endeavor! Make sure you comment on every blog to qualify for the prize drawings!