Studio Calico

sundrifter card - start to finish

Hi everyone, I am so excited to be able to share a glimpse inside my card making process. For today’s card I chose to use the beautiful and inspiring products from the Studio Calico’s Sundrifter Collection. Now I will be the first to say that I am not an organized pre planned crafter. I do not have an exact idea in mind when I sit down to create and I seldom create a sketch to base my project on beforehand, a lot of times I just sit down and make whatever comes to out while working with the product. I do however get very inspired by pictures and colours and a lot of times will draw inspiration from home décor magazines; whether it be from a certain fabric, pattern or texture that catches my eye. But for this card I was really inspired by the pattern papers and colours in the collection, and I had a special person in mind when making it :)   Click here to download a PDF showing how I made this card from start to finish.

Supplies : Sundrifter Frames and Feathers Stamps Set, Sundrifter Love This Stamp Set, Sundrifter 6x6 Paper Pad, Sundrifter Die Cut Shapes,  VersaMark, ZING Powder, ZING Blush, Onyx Black Versafine Ink, Foam Tab Circles

-Jennifer Picard

Tutorial

Hi Everyone - Susan here today with a tutorial on embossing chipboard.  I've gotten a few questions about how I embossed the chipboard pieces on my "Singing in the Rain" April gallery layouts - and wanted to show you all how easy the process is, here.

You'll need chipboard shapes, embossing ink, embossing powder, two sheets of scrap paper, and a heat tool to start.

Press the front side of your chipboard shape directly into your embossing ink pad at an even angle, making sure to cover the entire front side with ink.

Next place your inked chipboard piece on a scrap sheet of paper (i just use printer paper for this) and shake embossing powder all over to cover.



Gently grab the sides of your chipboard shape and shake off excess powder - then transfer to a second sheet of scrap paper.  Use your heat tool to apply even heat directly above your shape, pointing down at it so that the chipboard doesn't move around the surface area that you are working on.

Embossing powder will transform with heat and your chipboard shape will now have a glossy coating of color.

I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial and try some embossing techniques if you haven't already!

Tutorial

Hey everyone, Nik H here! Just wanted to share a quick video tutorial on the basics of using all of those SC stamps you love with the Zing Embossing Powders that are now in the shop...this should get you started, but please feel free to ask any questions! (Side note: please forgive my helper's shaky hand... but I want to thank her for being such a great sport while her mama started/stopped/erased this video 297 times before uploading.)