ONE ITEM, MULTIPLE LOOKS! SERIES {#4} Featuring Numbers Embossing Folder

 Welcome to my new series One Item, Multiple Looks!  

 I'm really excited to inspire myself and others to

* explore and stretch the supplies we own 

* let go of anything we don't love

* choose wisely when repurchasing 

*  explore the endless techniques and styles available to us

I will be posting one new grouping featuring a different specific crafty item each week for at least the month of January or so.  To access all posts in this series just click on the topic One Item Multiple Looks! in the sidebar Index of Posts...  Hope you enjoy!

This weeks item is an embossing folder featuring a mixed numbers font by Cuttlebug:

TULLE WINDOW CARD

(first saw this idea on Jennifer McGuire's youtube channel)

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  elephant - Stampin' Up! Elebration single stamp, words - Stampin' Up! Hooray It's Your Day set

INKS  Distress dye

DIECUT  Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Rectangle set

EMBOSSING FOLDER   Provocraft Cuttlebug 

EMBELLISHMENTS   random aluminum number 1

OTHER   white tulle, twine

CARDSTOCK  random soft shimmer pink, white

Let's get started!

STEPS 

1.  Cut pink cardstock panel to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. (ALTERNATIVE to shimmer pink cardstock: ink blend dye ink onto white cardstock and spray with a homemade shimmer mix, or use shimmery pigment ink brayered onto cardstock).

2.  Run pink cardstock through embossing machine with numbers folder. (ALTERNATIVE to an embossing folder:  stamp individual elements onto cardstock in matching ink, OR in Versamark ink and then apply clear embossing powder over top).

3.  Run pink panel through die cut machine with rectangle die placed as shown. (ALTERNATIVE to the correct size die or punch: simply measure and cut square out with a sharp blade.)

4.  Lay pink panel over card front to determine window placement. Mark corners with pencil and attach die with low-tack tape. Run white card front through die cut machine.

5.  Cut tulle slightly larger than windows and adhere to from of card.  Adhere pink panel over, aligning windows. (ALTERNATIVE to tulle: a sheet of acetate, which could be stamped with a delicate pattern in white Staz-On ink, or you could use light vellum).

6.  Stamp elephant in gray ink on white cardstock scrap and color in with Distress inks watercolor style.

7.  Stamp words in gray ink on white cardstock scrap.

8.  Fussy cut elephant and sentiment.

9.  Time to assemble! Tape or glue on the reverse any area of the elephant that will hang over the edge and adhere to panel. Pop dot the sentiment.  Tie twine through the metal number holes, place foam tape on the reverse and adhere (ALTERNATIVE to metal number: trim number from a scrap of gray cardstock embossed with numbers, and then add metallic or shimmer to it with whatever you have on hand)

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Playing along with the following Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps #396 Make Your Mark (ends 1/17)

Creations in Pink #30 (ends 2/15)

Cute Card Thursday #669 What's New (ends 1/20)

PENNANTS CARD

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  fox - Stampin' Up! Storybook Friends set, words - Stampin' Up! Hooray It's Your Day and Happiest Birthday Wishes sets

INKS  Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

MARKERS Copic

PUNCH pennants - Stampin' Up!

EMBOSSING FOLDER   Provocraft Cuttlebug 

OTHER   twine

CARDSTOCK   random orange and white

PATTERNED PAPERS unknown, possibly older Stampin' Up!

STEPS 

1.  Cut white cardstock and patterned paper panels to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. (ALTERNATIVE to patterned paper: emboss off white cardstock with pattern using clear embossing powder and then ink blend or brayer dye ink over).

2.  Run white rectangle scrap cardstock through embossing machine with numbers folder. (ALTERNATIVE to an embossing folder: stamp individual images in Versamark ink on white panel and then apply white embossing powder over top).

3.  Stamp fox image on white cardstock scrap using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and color in with Copic markers. (ALTERNATIVE to Copic markers: use any coloring medium on hand, being careful to choose the correct black ink.) Fussy cut fox and flag, discarding pole.

4.  Punch pennants from patterned paper (ALTERNATIVE to specialty punch: cut triangles utilizing a pencil and ruler or Scor-Pal, etc). 

5.  Score and fold tops of pennants over a piece of twine and glue in place. Tie ends of twine into decorative knots. 

5.  Using Versamark black ink, stamp words on scrap orange cardstock and cut into rectangles.

6.  Stamp fox in Versafine black ink on large white cardstock panel. Apply fussy cut and colored image over this along with tiny flag. 

7.  Time to assemble! Adhere panels and pennant elements as shown.

Playing along with the following challenges:

Lemon Shortbread #137 Anything Goes

As You Like It Favorite Color Duo (ends 1/27)

I'm always so calm and happy with vintage greenish-blue and yellowy-orange!

Wednesday's Creative Inspirations Animal Antics (ends with February)

FILMSTRIP CARD

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  dog - Rare Image Rubber Stamps Pets sheet (see sidebar), cake - Stampin' Up! unknown, frame - Artistic Outpost, words - Stampin' Up! Double Line Favorites and It's Your Birthday sets

INKS  Versafine Onyx Black, Distress Oxide Frayed Burlap

EMBOSSING FOLDER   Provocraft Cuttlebug 

PUNCH circle - Stampin' Up!

OTHER   pompom, acetate, colored pencils

CARDSTOCK   random white, black and red

PATTERNED PAPERS unknown, possibly older Stampin' Up!

STEPS 

1.  Cut red and black cardstock panels to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. 

2.  Run red rectangle scrap cardstock through embossing machine with numbers folder. Brush black ink pad lightly over the top to highlight the numbers. (ALTERNATIVE to an embossing folder: stamp individual images in Versamark ink on panel and then apply colored embossing powder over top).

3.  Stamp dog image on white cardstock scrap using black ink and color tongue in with colored pencil.  Fussy cut.

4.  Using a stamp positioner, stamp film strip box four times to make a row as shown (I wanted an aged look so I stamped the black ink off once before applying to panel). 

5.  Stamp cake slice in boxes and color in with colored pencil.

6.  Stamp sentiment box in one section with Frayed Burlap ink.

7.  Stamp sentiment in Versamark ink on black cardstock strip and emboss with white powder. 

8.  Cut, punch or die cut circle and triangle from patterned papers (ALTERNATIVE to patterned paper: emboss off white cardstock with pattern using clear embossing powder and then ink blend or brayer dye ink over).

9.  Time to assemble! Adhere panels and elements as shown. I applied a strip of acetate over the filmstrip to add to the feeling, and used some foam tape towards the ends on the Happy Birthday strip to account for the added thickness of the strip and circle.

Playing along with the following Challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters Die Cuts and/or Embossing Folders (ends 1/24)

Let's Squash It! Embossing Folder and an Animal (ends 1/31)

                         Papercraft Challenges #66 Heat or Dry Embossing (ends 1/14)

The Male Room #146 Animals (ends 2/2)

STRIPED CARD

SUPPLIES

STAMPS  numbers and frame - Stampin' Up! Memorable Moments set

DIE CUT  happy - EKSuccess Word Set #54-80027

INKS Versamark

EMBOSSING FOLDER   Provocraft Cuttlebug 

OTHER   acetate, rhinestone brads, silver detail embossing folder

CARDSTOCK  white, metallic silver

STENCIL  older random stripes

STEPS 

1.  Cut white and silver cardstock panels and acetate panel to fit a standard white card in layers as shown. 

2.  Run acetate through embossing machine with numbers folder. (ALTERNATIVE to acetate panel: many plastic packaging pieces can be cut down and run through with a folder.)

3.  Stamp frame, numbers and word on white cardstock scrap using Versamark ink and heat emboss with detail silver powder.  Fussy cut.

4.  Die cut Happy from matte silver cardstock (ALTERNATIVE to metallic cardstock: spray shimmer mist onto dark gray cardstock, or run a glimmery inkpad across gray cardstock).

5.  Lay stencil over white panel and blocking off all other stripes, ink blend yellow into panel.  Proceed with rainbow colors. (ALTERNATIVE to striped stencil: patterned paper OR use a ruler and marker OR lay down pieces of scrap cardstock cut into strips as shown.)

6.  Time to assemble! Adhere panels and elements to white card front as shown. 

Playing along with the following Challenges:

AAA Birthday Stencil Background (ends 1/31)

Thanks for stopping by!

Nancy