Hey Crafty People!
It’s a release video hop day for Altenew, and I had fun with the Craft Your Life: Nordic Wonderland project kit.
I’m sharing 7 awesome ways to use Embossing Folders creatively and you can check out each of the techniques in my video.
I finished each of my embossed panels, and ended up with 8 finished Christmas cards for my stash! Details for how I finished each one are below.
Use Coordinating Stencils
- Swipe a wet wipe over the front & back of an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb and dry emboss with the Nordic Wonderland embossing folder.
- Using the coordinating layering stencils, colour the image with Fresh Dye inks. (The image is symmetrical, so you do one side, clean & dry the stencil and flip it over to do the other side.)
- Trim an 1/8th inch off each side and mat onto an a2 panel of black cardstock. Add a stamped sentiment from the stamp set.
- Colour a white star acrylic dot with yellow alcohol marker and adhere onto the top of the embossed Christmas Tree.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Altenew Tropical Forest Mini Ink Cubes Shop at: Alt | CS US | CS UK |
Essential Black & White Enamel Dots Shop at: Alt | SBC |
Red Cosmos Fresh Dye Ink Mini Cube Set Shop at: Alt |
Summer Afternoon Fresh Dye Ink Mini Cube Set Shop at: Alt |
Cool Summer Night Fresh Dye Ink Mini Cube Set Shop at: Alt | SBC |
Emerald Fresh Dye Ink Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Oreo Crunch Cardstock (5 pack) Shop at: HD |
Change the Orientation
- Turn your cardstock to allow for the pattern to sit at the bottom of a portrait panel and emboss in green cardstock as per the last card.
- Swipe an embossing ink pad across the raised areas of the embossed pattern/image and use a fluffy brush to sweep Perfect Pearls across the entire area. Brush away any excess and set with a quick spritz of hairspray to avoid fallout.
- Trim 1/2inch from the panel and adhere a strip of Sapphire glitter cardstock at the bottom of the panel.
- Die cut the Joy word die, using Neenah 80lb for the shadow and Sapphire glitter cardstock for the lines. Adhere onto the card panel with foam adhesive.
- Stamp a sub sentiment from the Joy mini stamp set and trim into a thin banner. Adhere in place with liquid adhesive.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Joy Die Set Shop at: Alt |
Joyful Greetings Stamp Set Shop at: Alt |
Milky Way Glitter Gradient Cardstock Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Greenbean Cardstock (5 pack) Shop at: HD |
Confetti White Perfect Pearls Shop at: CS US |
Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
Coloured Cardstock & Perfect Pearls
- Repeat the steps to emboss an a2 panel of Navy cardstock and set aside to dry.
- Swipe an embossing ink pad across the raised areas of the embossed pattern/image and use a fluffy brush to sweep Perfect Pearls across the entire area. Brush away any excess and set with a quick spritz of hairspray to avoid fallout.
- Die cut the Joy word die, using vellum for the shadow, Neenah 80lb for the lines and fill in the negative spaces with Sapphire glitter cardstock. (Use the negative, leftover pieces.) Adhere onto the card panel.
- Stamp a sentiment and cut into a strip, then adhere below the die cut sentiment.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Joy Die Set Shop at: Alt |
Confetti White Perfect Pearls Shop at: AMZ |
Milky Way Glitter Gradient Cardstock Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Huckleberry Cardstock (5 pieces) Shop at: HD |
Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
Pearlise the BACK
- After embossing a red panel, swipe an embossing ink pad across the BACK of the panel and sweep the Perfect Pearls across with a fluffy brush. Spritz with hairspray.
- Silver shadow and Neenah 110lb word for the Joy large die.
- Stamped sub sentiment from the Joy mini stamp set, trimmed into a banner.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Joy Die Set Shop at: Alt |
Joyful Greetings Stamp Set Shop at: Alt |
Milky Way Glitter Gradient Cardstock Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Cherry On Top Cardstock (5pack) Shop at: HD | ”
Confetti White Perfect Pearls Shop at: CS US |
Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
A Touch of Gold
- Emboss Burgundy cardstock and swipe over the pattern with an embossing ink pad and sweep over with Gold Pigment powder. Spritz with hairspray.
- Trim 1/4 inch off each side and adhere to an a2 cardbase.
- Stamp the adorable Fox and once dry, ink blend using the coordinating stencil. Add more interest by using a darker colour to give some shading. Die cut.
- Stamp a sentiment and trim into a strip. Adhere onto the card panel with foam adhesive.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Orange Cream Ink Shop at: Alt |
Autumn Blaze Ink Shop at: Alt |
Lindy’s Magicals Glitzy Shop at: SBC |
Milky Way Glitter Gradient Cardstock Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
“Merlot Cardstock (5 pack) Shop at: HD | ”
Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW USA | WOW UK |
Double the Pigment
- Let’s skip to the new bit…Swipe Antique Gold pigment ink across the back side of a black embossed panel. Sweep over the inked area with Gold Pigment powder.
- Trim 1.5inch off the top of the panel and then adhere onto an a2 cardbase, so that the white is on the bottom.
- Stamp a sentiment and trim into a banner then adhere onto the card.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Antique Gold Pigment ink Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Lindy’s Magicals Glitzy Shop at: SBC |
Oreo Crunch Cardstock (5 pack) Shop at: HD |
Specialty Cardstock
- Dry emboss an a2 panel of Silver foil cardstock, trim it and add to an a2 cardbase.
- Joy die – White glitter shadow, Silver Foil word.
- Stamped sub sentiment.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Joy Die Set Shop at: Alt |
Joyful Greetings Stamp Set Shop at: Alt |
Milky Way Glitter Gradient Cardstock Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Silver Mirror Cardstock Shop at: SP | SBCom |
Leave it White
- Emboss an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb, trim 1.5inch off and adhere to an a2 panel of Navy cardstock.
- Joy die – Gold glitter shadow, with Neenah 110lb word, with the negative pieces kept in place. Offset them to form a drop shadow.
- Stamp a sub sentiment and trim to a small strip.
Altenew Obsidian Pigment Ink Shop at: Alt |
Gilded Glitter Cardstock Shop at: Alt | SBC |
Joy Die Set Shop at: Alt |
Joyful Greetings Stamp Set Shop at: Alt |
Craft Your Life Project Kit: Nordic Wonderland Shop at: Alt |
Blueberry Bliss Cardstock (5 pack) Shop at: HD |
Jump Into The Hop!
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MINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP | Trinity |
MISTI – Original Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP |
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
Neenah 80lb Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | Craftstash UK |
Neenah 110lb Shop at: Alt |
Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK |
Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Trinity |
Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
Tim Holtz Mini Snips 5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity |
Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity |
Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP |
We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom |
Pressure Tool Shop at: Trinity |
Mini Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
9.5 inch Shears Shop at: Craftstash UK | Craftstash US |
Bone Folder Shop at: Alt |
Self Healing Mat Shop at: Alt | SBC |
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