Patriotic Brayered Embossing for the 4th of July

The Technique of the Month for my local stampers is Brayered Embossing. Here is one more card with the brayered emboss technique.  

The square piece for the stars on this flag is a white piece of cardstock that was embossed with the Square Lattice Embossing Folder. Then the blue ink was applied to the raised parts with a brayer.

Actually this card has 2 techniques, the other one is an Embedded Embossing on the stripes. The base of the flag is a red piece of cardstock with 6 white stripes - 1/2" wide each - glued onto the red base. Then the whole thing was run through the Big Shot using the same Square Lattice Embossing Folder.  And finally the star field was glued onto the flag.

The vertical dimensions of the flag were 3.5" (that allows for 13 stripes). Because I made the flag proportionally longer than it was high there was an empty white area at the bottom. So a little red and white Bakers Twine adds the finishing touch.

What do you think?  Its a bit futzy, what with gluing on all the white stripes.  But really, thats the only part where you'd ask yourself why you wanted to make the card.  The brayer part is really fun, its just like painting a wall with a paint roller.  Please leave a comment below.  I'd love to hear your experience with brayering on embossing.  Or what you do for 4th of July cards.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by.  You can get the supplies to make this project and all your Stampin'UP! supplies from my on-line store.  And be sure you check out my Customer Rewards Program.

Happy Stamping

--Katie

Grab Your Greeting for this Focus on the Sentiment

Want to make a card that focuses on the sentiment? First Grab your Greeting, then choose the colors and then decide how to add some interest that allows the greeting to remain the focal point.

The greeting on this card is from a set called Sassy Salutations.  This Stamp set is part of Stampin'UP!'s "Grab Your Greeting" Promotion.  Wow - 25% off on 3 popular greeting sets.  Its all part of the way we're celebrating the company's 25th anniversary. 

Petite Pairs - Sassy Salutations - Sweet Essentials

Your choice:  wood mount or clear mount

Read about the Grab Your Greeting Promotion here

The neutral colors on this card  makes it work for either a man or a woman: Vanilla and  Crumb Cake, and accented with the Linen Thread.

The decorative piece at the bottom is an example of Brayered Embossing. This was our Technique of the Month for June. Its very easy to do as long as you have a way to texture emboss your paper.  

For this card we texture embossed the bottom half of the Vanilla card using the Square Lattice Embossing folder. Then we applied the Crumb Cake ink to the raised areas of the embossing using a Brayer.  

You use the brayer just like you use a paint roller on a wall.  Its kind of fun actually.  You can move the brayer in any direction and go back to smooth out lines and fill in gaps. Its pretty awesome.

Be sure to check out the 3 Greeting sets on sale. You can see images of the sets in this post. This sale ends soon, so if you'd like any of these sets at the sale price you have to act this month.

You can get any of these sets from my Stampin'UP! Online Store. Also be sure to check out my Customer Rewards Program.  I appreciate your business and this is my way of giving back.

Happy Stamping
--Katie

Oh, Hello - Brayered Embossing

Are you looking for an easy way to jazz up a project?  Try Brayered Embossing. You can see what brayered embossing looks like on this card.  The technique was used on the vase.

Brayered embossing is a simple concept: you texture emboss a piece of cardstock and then add color to the raised parts.  There are lots of ways to add color to paper, but with this technique you apply the color with a brayer - hence "Brayered Embossing".

This card was embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder. The ink that was brayered over the raised parts is the same color as the cardstock and it really helps add "visual depth" to the project. 

Check back tomorrow to see how I added depth to the flowers on this card.

Do you like the Greeting?  Its from a set called Sweet Essentials. And by the way, this sentiment set is part of the June Grab Your Greeting promotion.  25% off on 3 sentiment sets:

1.  Petite Pairs

2.  Sassy Salutations

3.  Sweet Essentials

Everyone needs a few good sentiment sets 

and when better to invest than during a sale!

sale ends June 30th - Order Your Greetings Here

Are you a Loyalty Rewards Customer? Each $25 purchase through my on-line website earns you a Reward Point.  Check the details here.

Happy Stamping
--Katie