Welcome to this month’s Ink, Stamp, Share Monthly Blog Hop.

The theme this month is a Colour Challenge.

When I saw the Colours for the Colour Challenge I thought of flowers, however I have been playing around with the Heat Embossing Technique which I have not done for a couple of years so I made a Thinking of You using various Heat Embossed techniques.

How I blended the panels.

First I cut a piece of Basic White card stock and used blending brushes to smooch Granny Apple Green ink, Bubble Bath ink and Lemon Lolly ink over it.

How I made the Heat Embossed Panels.

First I cut a portrait A6 card base using Basic White Thick card stock.

Next I cut a piece of Basic White card stock. Using the Layering Leaves stamp set I stamped the leaf images using Versamark Clear ink. I then added white embossing powder and heated it up using a heat gun until the embossing powder set. I did each type of leaf image separately. Next using blending brushes I added Granny Apple Green ink, Bubble Bath ink and Lemon Lolly ink to the embossed piece of card stock. Once I was happy with the blending I put the piece of card stock to one side.

How I put together my Thinking of You card.

Using a piece of scrap paper I cut out squares and rectangles to fit on to the front of my card. Once I was happy I then cut both the blended piece of card stock and the heat embossed and blended piece of card stock so that they fitted on the front of the card. I then cut out a 6cm x 6cm square and a 5cm x 5cm square using Berry Burst card stock. Next I cut out a 5.5cm x 5.5cm square using Basic White card stock and stuck them on top of each other.

How I heat embossed the flower and sentiment

First I inked up the sentiment stamp from the Layered Leaves stamp set using Versamark Clear ink before adding the Berry Burst ink onto Basic White card stock. Then I stuck the sentiment panel onto the card front.

Next I did the same with the small daisy outline stamp from the Cheerful Daisies stamp set and heat embossed both using clear embossing powder. I then die cut out the daisy using the Cheerful Daisies dies. To colour in the flower is used a Blending Pen and Berry Burst ink, Bubble Bath ink and Lemon Lolly ink. Next I stamped a couple of the leaf images from the Layered Leaves stamp set using Granny Apple Green ink onto Granny Apple Green card stock before punching out using the Bough punch. Finally I stuck the leaves to the 5cm x 5cm piece of Berry Burst card stock before adding the die cut daisy using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I love how this card turned out and of course trying out the different ways that you can heat emboss. I hope that you will give heat embossing a try and please do share what you come up with either on my Facebook page or via email.

Until next time, keep stampin n crafting,

Please click on the names below to visit each website and see what lovely projects the others have designed for their Colour Challenge Blog Hop. Please do leave comments as you visit each one. Thank you..

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