We have a great new challenge for you over at the Sisterhood of Crafters. Darlene is our lovely host and she chose “Embossing, Wet or Dry” which is always a favorite technique for me. Embossing is a great and easy way to add texture. Using Playful Penguins, Handwritten and Frosted Foliage stamp sets for my card, I decided to do the Embossed Watercolor Lifting that I had seen in this Jennifer McGuire video. I tried another version a few years ago but instead of lifting off the ink, I had added darker ink. (see my card from 2015)

 

 

 

My Secrets to Making This Playful Penguins Project

• My card for you today started with Stampin’ Up! watercolor paper, Night of Navy ink, Blushing Bride ink and a paint brush! I spritzed water onto the paper, painted on the inks and set it aside to dry. Once dry, I versamarked the Handwritten stamp and heat set with clear embossing powder. Then, with my spray bottle in one hand and a towel in the other, I began the fun process of “lifting” the ink off of the watercolor paper. Love this technique!
• The new Playful Penguins stamp set was a “must have” in the new holiday catalog, in my opinion. I love them in real life, and always spent lots of time watching them when taking my kids to the zoo. I stamped these in Night of Navy ink, then stamped off onto grid paper, then fussy cut them out.
• Using Whisper White cardstock, I cut out the snowy hill with the Fawn Lawn Stitched Hillside Border die, then ran it through the Seaside embossing folder. A scrap of Whisper White cardstock was punched with the 2 1/2″  Circle Punch, then adhered to the card base.
• The Penquins were popped up with dimensionals.
• The sentiment from Frosted Foliage was stamped in Night of Navy and cropped with a die from the new Ornate Frame dies collection. This set will get lots of use from me!!

 

Product Spotlight: Playful Penguins Stamp Set

 

 

Product List

Playful Penguins Cling Stamp Set [150532] $22.00	Frosted Foliage Cling Stamp Set (En) [150520] $20.00	Handwritten Cling-Mount Stamp Set [152063] $16.00	Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100867] $8.75	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $9.00
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [147110] $7.50	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin’ Pad [147100] $7.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Seaside Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [141481] $8.50	2-1/2″ Circle Punch [120906] $18.00
Ornate Frames Dies [150664] $34.00	Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109130] $6.00

Non-SU: Fawn Lawn Stitched Hillside Borders die

 

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:

• Penny Black and More Challenge: Animals
• 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Monday Challenge

 

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