Cheerful Get Well

This is another commissioned card for my client. She wanted an assortment of bright, cheery get well cards, and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to try out the Versa Shadow Technique.  It's a quick technique that can turn an ordinary card into a WOW card!

It works best on medium- to deep-colored cardstock. Stamp and heat emboss the image with light-colored embossing powder and a heat tool. (Don't forget to use an embossing buddy first to eliminate static!) Then take a VersaMark pen, and trace around the image to make the "shadow". Easy-peasy!

Actually, there are two techniques on this card.  I did the "rock & roll" technique on the flower.


Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Mixed Bunch
Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink: VersaMark pad, VersaMark pen, Peach Parfait Classic, Pumpkin Pie Classic, Basic Black Classic
Accessories: White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Blossom Punch, Oval Punch, Paper Crimper, Summer Sun Corduroy Button Brad (retired), Lucky Limeade 1/8" Organza Ribbon (retired)

JOY (ful) (ous)

It occurred to me when I was playing around with the Big Shot and the Joyful Sizzlits die that I should have gotten the Many Thanks Sizzlits die, too.  It has 'thank' and 's' and 'you'.  Between the two, I could have spelled 'joyous'.  Or 'shout thanks'. Or my son's name 'josh'. Or 'flush'. Or 'santa'. Or....(hehehehe, it helps to be a Boggle Master).  I see all kinds of possibilities with these dies! :-D 

I thought the flower stamp in the Baroque Motifs set was a close match to the flowers on the embossed piece, so I made my own DP by stamping them on the white cardstock using the Platinum Shimmer Paint with a sponge dauber to ink the stamp.  Me likey!

See my post here for some tips on embossing with the Petals-A-Plenty Impressions folder.


Stamps: Delightful Decorations (116517), Baroque Motifs (113490)
Cardstock: Bravo Burgundy (105123), Handsome Hunter (105122), Whisper White (100730)
Ink: Handsome Hunter Classic (105215)
Accessories/Tools: Platinum Shimmer Paint (116807), Sponge Dauber (102892), Clear Circle Rhinestone Brad (113144), Ornament Punch (116794), Silver Elastic Cord (109866), Whisper White Organza Ribbon (114319), Joyful Sizzlits Die (115973), Holiday Windows Movers & Shapers dies (116821), Movers & Shapers platform (114506), Big Shot Die-Cut Machine (113439), Petals-A-Plenty Textured Impressions embossing folder (116824), Paper Cutter (104152)