…And The Greatest Of These Is Love – Embossed Impression Technique

Hello and welcome!

Today, I’ve got for you card using beautiful Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits Dies. I’ve made various cards using this die in the past, but this time I wanted to try something new: an Embossed Impression Technique. This is very easy, yet effective technique. And great way to stretch your dies too.

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I’ve used Stampin’ Up! White Shimmery cardstock for this technique, as I planned to do a bit of water colouring later on. I prepared my Big Shot sandwich: Big Shot on Tab 1 -> Cutting Plate -> Silicon {embossing) mat -> cardstock (I swiped the cardstock with embossing buddy). Next, I tapped Versamark over the cutting edge of the die very gently, and placed the die, cutting edge down, on my cardstock. Remember, once it’s on the paper don’t move it or you will mess up your image. I then carefully placed the second cutting plate over the top and run it through the big shot.

Because I put Versamark Ink on the die, now I had that ink in all the ‘valleys’ of the impression I just made. So I sprinkled Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder over it and heat embossed it.

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I love those tiny gold lines! Next, I made few watercolour washes over my piece, using Mint Macaron ink pad and Pool Party reinker. Once dry, I cut my panel to 3-7/8″x 4-3/8″.

I also die cut five flowers, two large and three small, from Whisper White cardstock (I probably should have used Shimmery White cardstock for them too), and adhered them to my piece with glue dots. I’ve added some soft Mint Macaron watercolour wash to the flowers to add some depth to them

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My card base is Very Vanilla. I stamped ‘Love’ in Mint Macaron using Brushwork Alphabet stamp set. I adhered my embossed panel with liquid glue to a piece of Mint Macaron mat (4″x 4-1/2″), and add them both to the card base with dimensionals.

To finish off my card I’ve added some shimmer to the flowers with Clear Wink of Stella Glitter Brush and put a rhinestone in each flower centre.

I hope you like my card, and that you give this technique a try.

As always, if you wish to purchase any of the products I have used, simply click the images below to go directly to my online shop.

Thank you for stopping by and have a blessed day

Brushwork Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

Brushwork Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set
[141772]
£23.00

Bloomin' Heart Thinlits Dies

Bloomin’ Heart Thinlits Dies
[140621]
£22.00

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock
[106550]
£8.25

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock

Shimmery White A4 Card Stock
[121717]
£7.25

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock

Mint Macaron A4 Cardstock
[138344]
£7.25

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

Whisper White A4 Card Stock
[106549]
£8.25

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin' Pad

Mint Macaron Classic Stampin’ Pad
[138326]
£6.00

Pool Party Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Ink Refill
[122933]
£3.00

Versamark Pad

Versamark Pad
[102283]
£7.75

Embossing Buddy

Embossing Buddy
[103083]
£5.50

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush

Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
[141897]
£7.25

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

Gold Stampin’ Emboss Powder
[109129]
£4.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments

Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments
[119246]
£4.50

Aqua Painters

Aqua Painters
[103954]
£15.50

Stampin' Dimensionals

Stampin’ Dimensionals
[104430]
£3.75

Liquid Multipurpose Glue

Liquid Multipurpose Glue
[110755]
£3.75

Silicone Craft Sheet

Silicone Craft Sheet
[127853]
£5.50

Heat Tool - Uk Plug

Heat Tool – Uk Plug
[129054]
£27.00

Big Shot

Big Shot
[143263]
£99.00