Monday, October 15, 2012

Gettin' Inky With It

This week for Hand Stamped Sentiments I wanted to make another Halloween card, but the more I looked at those stamps, the more I was not inspired....so.....I made a fall card instead!  Here is what I came up with:


Jiggy on over this week to Hand Stamped Sentiments and be challenged with a fun technique.  Ink up your embossing folders and "impress" us!!

 

Okay, here's how I did this.....and no....I didn't use our "core-dinations" paper either. 

1. I rubbed Soft Suede ink on one side of my embossing folder.
2. Ran a piece of Naturals Vanilla CS in that embossing folder through the Big Shot.
3. Next, I inked up my Brayer with Soft Suede ink and inked off a little then ran it over the embossing/inked side. 
4. Stamped some leaves from the Gently Falling Stamp set in Raspberry Ripple, Gumball Green and Summer Starfruit.  
....And here's a close up shot of the embossing....


On a side note, I have some super sweet and exciting news!!  I was asked a couple months ago by SU! to be a guest artist in the Stampin' Success Magazine.  Of course, I said YES!!  They sent me the set called Watercolor Winter from the Holiday Catalog and told me to create 4 projects.  
If you are a Demonstrator, it's on page 20-21 of the Nov/Dec. 2012 issue of Stampin' Success!! YES....It's for real!!  I still can't believe it and I'm still on cloud 9!!


Thanks for indulging me in a bit of bragging.  :)  

Happy Stamping!
~Krista




3 comments:

Bobbie said...

BRAG AWAY GIRL! So awesome, I would think someone is pulling a practical joke if they called me. I love how you did this card, I never thought about inking over the embossing.

Shannon said...

Congrats again! You deserve it. Love the card and the "natural" feel. The two step stamped leaves are perfect for it. You did a great job with the challenge!

Erika Clark said...

Wow, Krista! Congratulations, that is such great news!!! So happy for you, you have such great talent. I love your card too, the woodgrain looks fabulous with this technique. :)Erika