There's a great challenge over at
Merry Monday Chrstmas Challenge this week, it's create a masculine Christmas card. I think we all find masculine cards the hardest to do, so it's good to get pushed out of our comfort zone occasionally.
My card gave me 2 challenges one was the technique (stamped embossing folder) and the second was the masculine card.
I've seen lots of cards using the stampin up woodland embossing folder which look amazing and in the instructions always seemed so easy. Not for me, I could never quite get a good impression of the image, so after a few throw away's I decided to reverse the technique. Instead of stamping the folder I placed the folder on the stamp, that way I could see the image transfer and make sure all the surface of the folder came in contact with the stamp.
I used this stampscapes stamp at Lolls which has a lot of detail. I was amazed at how well it worked. I kept the background pretty plain, perhaps next time I'll try brayering. There are lots of tutorials out there but this is the one I liked by Ann Craig
embossing folder stamping
I hope you like the card
Card Recipe
Stamps: stampscapes
Paper: 110lb white, michaels black
Ink:ranger archival
Accessories: SU embossing folder
Techniques: Embossing folder stamping
