I don't know if you can tell, but I have been spending a lot of time on Michelle Zindorf's blog and was especially inspired by her tutorial titled Butterfly Season #227 tutorial. If you never have looked at her blog, get over there. This lady is truly amazing. While I didn't copy her outright, I tried to incorporate some Zindorf style and also used the same colors.
Believe it or not, you can still emboss with digital stamps. I printed this lovely butterfly (from Winged Things digital stamp set from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff) on glossy white paper. (Tip: Rub with an embossing buddy and blow off the dust before putting in your printer.) As soon as the image came out of the printer, I dumped my clear embossing powder on it. Through trial and error I have found that the finer the embossing powder, the better it sticks when using digital images. I tapped off the excess and heated it using my heat tool. If the powder does not stick in any area, you can touch it up using your Versa Mark or embossing pen, although I did not need to do that. I used the glossy paper from Stampin' Up here but you can use any glossy paper or paper that does not absorb the ink quickly when embossing digital images. The PaperTemptress has several types of paper that would work. I have used the Silver Lustre paper and was impressed with the results. (In fact, I am hording some right now. I am going to try to make it a goal to make a project with this lovely paper soon.) You might be able to use glossy photo paper but I have not tried it. I do know that my photos smear if I touch them too soon after I print them so the ink must take a while to dry.
After I was done embossing the image, I colored it using my Stampin' Up markers in a similar manner to Michelle. In between colors I gave it a blast from my heat tool to make sure the ink was dry so as to not muddy the colors. When I was satisfied with the coloring (and the ink was dry) I went over the entire image with my embossing pen and embossed it one more time with clear embossing powder (just like Michelle's tutorial). I then sponged and stamped my background. The great thing was that I did not have to mask my butterfly when sponging because any ink on it would wipe off.
Now I know this seems like it might be a labor intensive or a daunting project, but it wasn't. Once the heat tool is plugged in, you are ready to go. For me the hardest part was walking back and forth to get my supplies (because I don't have a craft room).
Since I made two butterflies at the same time in case I made a mistake with one, I cut out the extra and used it for the inside of the card.
I hope you enjoyed this post and apologize that it was so text heavy. If you have any questions on embossing with a digi stamp, please feel free to leave me a comment or email me using the addy in my profile. Let me know if you would like to see a tutorial. If enough people want to see it, I will put one together.
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Challenges for this card:
Andrea's Stampin' Moments - SS300110 Sketch
Crafty Creations - #53 Wings
Fab 'n' Funky - #9 - Emboss It!
Flutter By Wednesday - #95 Open Challenge
Pile It On - #4 Enough of Winter Colors
Pollycraft - #33 Things with Wings
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SUPPLIES:
- STAMPS: Winged Things digital stamp set by Lindsay's Stamp Stuff, Take Flight by Gina K. Designs, Key To My Heart by Close To My Heart
- PAPERS & CS: Stampin' Up glossy white, Always Artichoke, So Saffron, and Whisper White CS, Paper Studio black CS
- INKS: All Stampin' Up - So Saffron, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Really Rust, Ruby Red, Basic Black
- EMBELLISHMENTS & TOOLS: Ranger clear fine embossing powder, Zig Emboss Writer, Provo Craft Floral Fanatasy embossing folder, Hero Arts black gemstones, Stampin' Up markers in Apricot Appeal, More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, and Close to Cocoa, heat tool, embossing buddy
- TECHNIQUES: Embossing a digital image
43 comments:
Hey Cheryl! I had to make you one of my first stops this morning and you sure made it worthwhile! This is just beautiful!!! I love Michelle Z. and have stalked her blog for a long time... lol! I have some lame attempts at cards using her style, but none are as gorgeous as this...I love your background sponging and the inside is beautiful as well! Love it!
love those butterflies, wow!
Beautiful Cheryl! Thanks for the clear and easy explanation, too. I'll have to give it a try. The whole card is so nice, with the inside decorated, too.
I like the shading and coloring! Nice job!
Cheryl, This card is absolutely stunning. I have wanted to try this and now after your explanation I feel that I can. Very well done.
Rhonda
SBS29
So beautiful! I love the background with your butterfly. I have heard people talk about embossing with digis, but haven't seen an explanation of how. Thanks!
Gorgeous card! Thanks for all the info on the process!
wonderful, I'm linking to this today;)
Wow! Great discovery on the embossing. Thanks for sharing. The butterfly looks beautiful. The whole card does. Thanks for joining us at Pile It On!
Wow girl! Stunning card! I can tell you have put a lot of work into this one!
Such a beautiful card! Love how nicely you finished off the inside as well! :>
Gorgeous card! I love how you finished the inside, too!
Cheryl - this is really beautiful. So very pretty.
Such a beautiful card! I love the inside as well. You text was very informative. Thanks :)
Stunning card and so beautiful...
Thanks for joining us at Pollycraft and good luck.
Hugs Emma x
Wow! I've been wanting to emboss my whole digi image. Wonder if it would work the same way? Love what you did!
love the sponging on the bg.
cheryl this is gorgeous--my favorite part is the inked/chalked background--gorgeous!
Hugs,
Kristal of Digi Kitty
What a beautiful card! And I had no idea you could emboss with digital stamps! That's amazing! thanks so much for sharing this with us! it's really a beautiful creation!
Wow Cheryl this is truly stunning!! I am a huge fan of your cards!! I've been following your blog and you are just the bomb!! Thanks for explaining the embossing. I'm not sure if I can still do it. I don't think my ink is wet when it comes out the printer but will see! Great job!
What a beautiful card! Thanks for playing along with my flutter by challenge!
simply beautiful, thaks for joining in with our challenge this week at FnF :)
wow - such a beautiful card - if you have time come by and see my card for this weeks challenge.
tina
mommyscrapsalot
Wow - great job with this card! Although I don't use digital stamps I was intrigued by how you made your card!!!
It's beautiful :)
Maria
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card Cheryl, it's simply stunning! Thank you somuch for playing along with me this week.
Andrea
Cheryl, your butterflies are just gorgeous!Both of these turned out so pretty!
What a beautiful card... I love anything butterfly and your card certainly honors the winged creature so beautifully.
Carole
As the night moves on so must I. got my cards made and came back to leave a comment on the awesome new technique. How clever some people are to bring new ideas into our arena. One question- when you print are you using black ink only, grayscale, or just printing and not using color preferences?
gonna give this digi embossing a try.
Beautiful card- I love the tutorial! I cannot wait to have a few minutes free to give this a try! Thanks! I love that you decorated the inside of the card too.
Hi Cheryl, this is such a beautiful card, the embossing technique and your stunning background....
I wanted to pop in and awnser the "frou frou" question :)
Im a girly girl {glitter, lace, sparkles,pink} and my hubby always called me a fu fu girl it evolved into frou frou over the years..it judt kind of stuck. however it would be a way better story if it were related to the band dontcha' think?? LOL :)
keep up the outstanding work!!
This is really a beautiful card and I really appreciate the mini lesson on embossing digital stamps! Who knew? Oh yeah, you did!
Wow! That's really cool! Thanks for sharing! Your card is stunning!
Hugs
Nicola
This is such a stunning piece. Thanks for joining us a Flutter By.
absolutely beautiful...so stunning,thanks for joining us at pollycraft
sue
xx
Absolutely beautiful card! I love love love it!! Need I say more? LOL
Julie sbs29
This is a beautiful creation! Thanks for joining us at Pile It On.
thanks for joining us on crafty creations this week with your stunning creation :)
Gorgeous card! I am so glad you joined Blutter By Wednesday this week so I could see it!
Wow Cheryl your butterflies are awesome and your colouring is ace. Thanks for tips on embossing digis and thank you for joining us at Flutter By Wednesday.
Hugs,
Nicola -x-
Gorgeous!! Thanks for fluttering with us this week!!
Wonderful wings project - thanks for playing along at Crafty Creations! Wonderful butterfly!! Cheers Claire x
Thanks for trying out the embossing with a digi image and sharing the results with us. Your card and inside came out great. Gonna have to give this a try.
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