The EMBOSS-able Dream

So many wonderful, clever, beautiful takes on our embossing theme this fortnight; here are a just few that especially caught our eye; but we highly recommend scrolling through the entire Readers' Gallery if you haven't done so yet!

Leslie M of LRoseCreates

...used an embossed background and an embossed sleeve, paired with traditional holiday colors and several different star motifs to make this fun and festive coffee card shine!

Chris of And Here's One I made Earlier...

...added a white embossed panel behind her beautifully framed stamped image, with bonus points awarded for her exceptional coloring and shading skills!

Darnell of DJ Kard Kreations

...used the same embossing folder for both the crisp white background and the elegant framed focal image, but made them look entirely different by painting the latter with translucent gold ink!

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And now let's see who's won that very fun Gina K Holiday Embossing Folder:

The Random Number Generator has chosen...

Lucky Number #2

which means that...

Bonnie of Stamping with Klass

 is our lucky winner!

Please send your snail mail info 

to llaurenb@hotmail.com so we can get that on its way!

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Many thanks to everyone who played along, we loved seeing ALL of your beautiful cards. We'll be back at midnight with a brand new prompt AND a special "Christmas in July" crossover challenge! 

*Mission Embossable*

Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it, is to join the Jingle Belles in creating a holiday card that features heat and/or texture embossing.

Here's how we went all EMBOSS-ible this week:

Lauren's Other Card

Lauren says, "I stumbled upon this background panel, which, at some unremembered point in the past, I had embossed using Memory Box's Poinsettia Corner e/f, colored the raised design with Wendy Vecchi's Leaf Green Ink and Sunflower Liquid Pearls, and then set it aside. This serves as a good illustration of why I am a Setter-Aside rather than a Thrower-Out (ok apart from mild hoarding tendencies) and that is because although this did not originally meet whatever my goal or requirements might've been at the time, it was a beautiful background which seriously helped me out on a crowded and busy week. All I had to do to make the panel into a card was add Penny Black Poinsettia and Joy diecuts, plus a couple of coordinating mats et voila! Job done!"

Stephanie's Other Card

Stephanie says, "I went with the oh-so-magical Emboss Resist Technique this week using stamps from Gina K. Designs (which is also perfect for her Christmas in July #monthlymixchallenge).  I just love how the image comes to life as you blend the ink into the cardstock."

And remember, one lucky participant will win the awesome gina k. designs Holiday Flora Embossing Folder

My Sweet EMBOSS-able You

This week's EMBOSS-able theme is asking you to create holiday cards that feature embossed texture or heat embossing (or both if you're an over-achiever).

Here are our Sweet EMBOSS-able creations this week:

Stephanie's Card

Stephanie says, "I started with the Spellbinders Forevergreen Embossing Folder on white cardstock and then I applied dark green ink to bring out the embossed texture.  Next I added spritzes of Bella Luna Gold Shimmer Spray.  I finished with a Merry & Bright CZ Design STAMPtember Merry & Bright sentiment die cut in dark green & then layered with gold cardstock.  I finished with a stamped sentiment from Simon Says Stamp Abstract Holiday."

Lauren's Card

Lauren says, "I'm currently somewhat obsessed with the emboss/resist technique, so I chose to go with heat embossing. I stamped the gorgeous oversized Snowflake Spin background from Stampendous in Ranger's Clear Emboss It Ink, sprinkled with White e/p and once it was cool I applied a combination of Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar Oxide Inks, which I splattered lightly with a waterbrush for even more variation of shades. The "Merry" die is so old I'm actually not sure who made it, but I love how it looks cut from magenta glitter paper and mounted on some coordinating May Arts ribbon. 

And one lucky random participant will win the lovely gina k. designs Holiday Flora Embossing Folder.

This challenge runs until 6pm (Eastern) on Wednesday evening, July 17th. Keyword for galleries, etc, is JB2414.

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