Woodland Embossing Folder

I had a lot of fun playing with the Woodland embossing folder and I think everyone in the class did too. The Navy Christmas card was the class project. 

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand & Naturals White

Ink: Garden Green, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler & Sahara Sand

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Decorative Label Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: Linen Thread

Note: The ink has been brayered onto the Woodland Embossing Folder for this card

Stamp sets: Wetlands

Cardstock: Whisper White, Smoky Slate & Sweet Sugarplum

Ink: Sweet Sugarplum, Flirty Flamingo, Peekaboo Peach, Daffodil Delight & Smoky Slate

Tools: Rubber Brayer Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Sahara Sand & Mossy Meadow

Ink: Marina Mist, Always Artichoke & Sahara Sand

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: Linen Thread

Note: The ink has been brayered onto the Woodland Embossing Folder for this card

 The next few cards almost look the same, but because this was the card we made for the class project each one I made turned out a little bit different. So I thought I would show them all anyway, just so you could see that if you want something like a moon in the background, with mistletoe/holly dangling in front of it -while hanging from a branch, then you need to think about placement a little bit before embossing.

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Marina Mist & Night of Navy

Ink: Marina Mist, Night of Navy & Dapper Denim

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: White Gel Pen 

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Marina Mist & Night of Navy

Ink: Marina Mist, Night of Navy & Dapper Denim

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: White Gel Pen 

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Marina Mist & Night of Navy

Ink: Marina Mist, Night of Navy & Dapper Denim

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: White Gel Pen 

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Oh What Fun

Cardstock: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, & Night of Navy

Ink: Marina Mist, Night of Navy, Wisteria Wonder & Dapper Denim

Tools: Rubber Brayer, Circle Punch & Woodland Embossing Folder

Extras: White Gel Pen & Staple

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Wetlands

Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black & Always Artichoke

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Cajun Craze, Soft Sky, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Always Artichoke, Memento & Tip Top Taupe 

Tools: Rubber Brayer & Woodland Embossing Folder

Make a mask by stamping the row of trees on a sticky-note and cutting along the horizon. 

Place the mask on the bottom of a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, leaving enough room at the bottom for some green ground.

Add some Daffodil Delight ink to the Brayer (you only need to ink up about half way across). Then apply in one direction rolling all the way across the page and working your way gradually so the colour fades as the ink runs out. (This can take some practice if you're new at it - just keep rolling)

Next add some Cajun Craze ink to the brayer, you wont need much, probably about an inch across the brayer. Repeat the first step of rolling, but try to keep most of the colour concentrated on the horizon. The trick is don't add to much ink to the brayer to begin with, remember you can always add more... 

I just used a wet wipe to remove the left over Cajun Craze ink from the brayer.

I don't want the darker colour to stain the lighter coloured ink pad.

Apply another layer of Daffodil Delight to help get a nicer blend.

Clean all the orange and yellow inks off the brayer before changing colour.

Apply Soft Sky ink along the top of the sky working your way down towards the horizon.

Try not to overlap these colours to much or it might start to look a little green.

Add some Marina Mist to the sky but don't take it down quite all the way.

Sometimes when I'm adding a few colours to one area to achieve a graduation of tone, I'll add the colours in layers on the brayer, starting with the lightest to darkest.

Pacific Point is the darkest of the blues here, but there is only small amount at the top, then it blends into the other blues.

Remove the mask.

Put the opposite side of the mask on, to cover the sky this time.

Use the brayer to apply plenty of Always Artichoke ink to the ground.

Remove the mask.

Use Memento Black ink to stamp the row of trees onto the Woodland embossing folder.

Stamp onto the side with the Sizzix and Stampin' Up! logos on it, so that the stamped trees will land behind the embossed trees.

Position the brayered cardstock inside the Woodland embossing folder. If you have the stamped side up you will be able to see through the folder and line up the stamped trees with brayered horizon.

Run it through the Big Shot with appropriate plates.

Ink up the Brayer with Tip Top Taupe and very gently roll over the embossed trees. You may need to repeat this step quite a few times, but take it easy or the ink will end up all over the background too.  

You can always use a marker in the coordinating colour to touch up any bits the brayer can not reach. 

I decided to fill in all the extra little bits of the trees with a Marker so you couldn't see the background through them.

Tent Fold Variation Card -with Lovely as a Tree & Birthday Blooms

Template & measurements for this card at the bottom of the page.

The inspiration for this card came from a pin I seen on Pinterest, it looked interesting so I checked it out and gave it a go. For anyone else who would like to check it out click on the Link... 

This was the card I made for a class.

I had a day class and a night class, the day class done Mint Macaron and the night class done Delightful Dijon. 

Stamps: Birthday Blooms

Cardstock: Mint Macaron & Whisper White

Ink: Mint Macaron, Basic Gray, Rose Red & Pink Pirouette 

Tools: Circle Punches & Trimmer

Extras: Lace Ribbon & Clear Wink of Stella 

The flower is watercoloured with a little bit of Wink of Stella added to the centre (not that you can see it).

Wink of Stella is also added heavily all around the edges of the Whisper White cardstock. 

 Stamp set:Birthday Blooms

Cardstock: Delightful Dijon & Whisper White

Ink: Delightful Dijon, Basic Gray, Cajan Craze & Old Olive 

Tools: Circle Punches & Trimmer

Extras: Lace Ribbon & Gold Wink of Stella 

Stamp sets: Lovely as a Tree & Hardwood

Cardstock: Tip Top Taupe, Basic Black & Whisper White

Ink: Tip Top Taupe, Memento Black, Crushed Curry, Marina Mist, Always Artichoke,Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede & Mossy Meadow

Extras: Linen Thread

Torn post-it note creates the perfect mask for background mountains.

I started the with Crushed Curry for  the sky on the horizon. Remember to tap off the excess ink from the sponge when creating soft, smooth skies . 

The Crushed Curry doesn't need to go all the way up to the top, it only needs to be on the horizon.

Next colour Marina Mist. Remember to tap off the excess ink from the sponge before applying to the cardstock. 

Starting at the top, gently add the Marina Mist using a soft circular motion. 

I used the opposite side of the torn post-it note to mask the sky so I could work on the mountains.

Mountains that are farther away in the distance are usually the darkest.

Always Artichoke, for the distant mountains. 

No need to tap off any ink here, apply heavily to achieve a deeper colour.

Rearrange the mask to continue mountain layers.

Old Olive;  Ink heavily & sweep upward to avoid catching the mask.

I think I stamped trees here and forgot to take a photo.

Remove the mask and fill in the rest with Pear Pizzazz.

I stamped the trees again, then stamped them onto a post-it note to make a mask for the foreground. Washi tape is great to hold things in place if you forget to stamp over the sticky portion of the post-it note : / 

Use some Old Olive ink to add dept behind the stamped tree ground.

Remove the mask.

I stamped the leaves & acorn onto this smaller piece of card stock & made a mask to cover it while sponging the background. ( Yes...it was very fiddly to cut that mask out ) 

Colour the image using; Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake & Tip Top Taupe. I used the Water Pen to fill in some of the background the mask covered.

Thought I might add distant mountains at the bottom (but of course I thought of it after I attached it to the other layers of cardstock, hence extra mask).

Stick it all together and add some Linen Thread.

It didn't quite turn out as I had planned, but I needed to practice this card and make some samples for the class I was teaching it to. 

This next card was the other practice card I done while borrowing this stamp set & thinlits from another lovely Demonstrator/friend Katie.

Stamp set: Flourishing Phrases

Cardstock: Peekaboo Peach & Whisper White

Ink: Peekaboo Peach, Tangerine Tango, & Versa Mark

Tools: Flourish Thinlts & Heat tool

Extras: Water Pen & White Embossing Powder 

I embossed the flourishes with White powder then used the Water Pen to add some Peekaboo Peach & Tangerine Tango to the flowers & leaves.