Final Day for the August 2024 Die Cut Divas Challenge!

Hey everyone - I'm part of the end of month post at Die Cut Divas today. We're sharing last minute inspiration for our August Challenge with the theme of embossing & sponsored by SheepSki Designs.. It ends tonight at 9pm Pacific time. 

I shared card one below but also have two bonus cards only here:

Supplies: Paper - My Favorite Things black;

Copic & printer friendly white; scrap of pink

Digi - SheepSki Designs Floral Heart

Dies - Hero Arts Thinking of You Stamp & Cut;

Lawn Fawn Platform Pop-Up (bow)

Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace Circles

Other - Copic Markers; Versamark ink; 

Ranger clear embossing powder

For my first card, I used the same heart image as a previous card but minus the butterfly. Once again sister Diva Arlene (A Bit of This and That) printed off some images and she made this one larger than the other. Too large for an A2 card so I decided to make it a circle card. I found an old QuicKutz scalloped circle die set - the largest one was a perfect fit! I die cut two from black cardstock and scored the back before adhering together & adding the heart circle (colored with Copics). I'd planned to wet emboss a sentiment this time & did. Just not the usual stamp & emboss. Instead, I applied Versamark ink to a black die cut and clear embossed it - such amazing shine!

After assembly, I noticed a black Copic stain on my circle - darn it! I had used a Copic 100 marker to color the edges of the scallops & my fingers were a bit stained. It was a small spot but I couldn't cover it up with a white gel pen. So I die cut a LF bow and added to the card to cover the spot. The tail piece of the bow is horizontal when die cut but I snipped it in half and glued the tails hanging down. Good save, eh?

Ready for a couple bonuses? First a daffodil card:

Supplies: Paper - Copic/printer friendly cardstock;

Paper Studio A2 card

Digi - Jo's Daffodils

Stamps - unk for sentiment

Dies - Elizabeth Craft Stitched Rectangles (retired)

Other - Copic Markers; Hero Arts Pitch Black ink;

Versamark ink; Ranger clear embossing powder

I colored the daffodils three different ways based on photos I found on google. On the SheepSki site for this image, the inspiration photo has some hand drawn lines on the glass vase so I tried to replicate that. Thought it added some shape to it. This time I stamped and clear embossed the sentiment. Put the stamp set I used in a safe place, then couldn't find it to note the brand - oh well...

For my final bonus, I got another Christmas card made!! Arlene sent me this sweet birdie image and I had fun coloring it with Copics. Added some sparkle to the snow and matted it in black. Embossed a 4.25x5.5 piece of Bermuda cardstock using a new Honey Bee embossing folder. Since the folder is newly used, I'll send this card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge #65.

Supplies: Paper - Copic/printer friendly cardstock;

Hero Arts Bermuda; MFT black; Paper Studio Glitter

Digi - SheepSki Designs Winter Robin

Dies - Elizabeth Craft Stitched Rectangles (retired);

Recollections Handwritten Works (retired)

Embossing Folder - Honey Bee Snowflakes 3D

Other - Copic Markers; Hero Arts Sparkle lacquer

The JOY came out of the bits box where it had languished forever! I had to search my blog to find what brand it was (Michael's) - LOL. Anyway, it was cut with a bright pink glitter paper but my berries were red and I wanted red. So I colored it with increasingly darker red Copics - still retained some pink so I added some dark pinkish Copic to my berries - good enough!

That's it, friends - hope to see your last minute creations in the August Diva Gallery using embossing. If it's wet embossing, be sure to include a die cut in your design!

Thanks for visiting & happy crafting!!