Sympathy Card

I took a (small) break from soaping to make a sympathy card for a friend who just lost her Mama. :(

You would think with all of my card classes I would have some already made, but I obviously steer away from the sad ones and stick to the fun ones.

So off I went on a Google search for the stamp set I wanted to use (Elements of Style) and one of my favorite card making blog sites Krafting Kreations used this set a couple years ago on this card and I used that as my inspiration...this is what I came up with.

Hard to tell in this photo...I embossed and lifted up the bird and the wording...and there are 3 little rhinestones in the lower right hand corner.

Cracked Glass Thank You Card

I wanted to try a technique called "Cracked Glass" that I read about at Krafting Kreations.
I used Stampin’ Up’s “Sense of Time” stamp set and stamped the clock with crumb cake ink onto vanilla cardstock and then cut it out.



Then I stamped versamark onto the image…



Added clear emboss powder and took the heat gun to it…





See how it is bumpy? So I versamarked and embossed 3 more times…



Now look how shiny and smooth it is….



Then I put it in the freezer for about 5 minutes, and bent it so it cracked



I sponged a little crumb cake ink very very lightly over it to fill in the cracks a bit to distress it some…



Don’t use black or apply it heavy….no good :(!!...



I am happy with the results and I think it is a neat technique that has endless possibilities...What do you think?