Cards made over Thanksgiving

I'm home and unpacked, so it's time to post the cards that I made over Thanksgiving. I used some of my mom's stamp sets that I don't have to make these cards. The first card is from the Luv ya Bunches set, which retired last year. This card was cased from last year's catalog, except I doodled around the edges of the real red cardstock instead of sewing it. The second card is another faux cracked glass card using the set Abundant Joy. The third card I cased from the current catalog using Vases in Vogue. The last card I used my new Lizzie Anne snowman stamp and the Marvy Giga Oval Punch to create the main image. I also colored a few Bellas during my days off, but I haven't made them into cards yet. We went craft shopping and I found a few things to alter, so I'll be posting that when I'm finished too.

Faux Cracked Glass

I finally tried this technique yesterday. I used SU!'s True Friend set from the current mini catalog for the main image. I stamped in Groovy Guava, then rock n' rolled the tips in Blue Bayou. I embossed 6 times, then stuck the paper in the freezer for a few minutes before cracking it. I couldn't get the powder to stick to the embossed part while it was still warm, so I just versamarked over the whole image each time. I went over the cracks with Chocolate Chip, but you can't really tell. I finished off the card with some Purely Pomegranate ribbon, a spiral shape clip, and some cream and peach ribbon tied around that. I like the look of this technique, but didn't like embossing so many times, so today I went to the LSS and bought some Ultra Thick Enbossing Enamel. Hopefully I will only have to emboss 3 times to get the desired effect.