Upcycled Instructions

When Aspen Lite was released back in December, Tricia created her super-efficient instructions for the kit and I shared them on the blog HERE.

Tricia's layouts 1&2

Just for fun, I grabbed some papers from my stash and created another double page spread by duplicating the instructions from the layout above.

I set these assembled pages aside waiting for just the right pictures to come along. My husband and I took our daughter Shannon on a whale watch this summer and the photos were the perfect fit.

Don't be afraid to look into your stash and create unique pages using the plethora of assembly line instructions created by Tricia. The possibilities are endless!

Julie

Aspen Blog Hop

I hope your holidays were wonderful! Today we're celebrating the December Aspen collection.

I just love the Wood Grain Embossing Folder included in the Aspen Lite kit. I knew my project had to incorporate it somehow. There are also a number of quotes on the Aspen rubber stamps that I really liked. So how could I put the two together? This is what I came up with:

UM stamped onto 8-1/2 x 11" Print

A fun little art piece that showcases the faux wood frame and one of my favorite UM quotes. Here's a close up of the faux wood frame:

Bridges Brown Plain embossed with Wood Grain Embossing Folder

Now let's see what our other bloggers have in store for us . . . enjoy!

Next up:

Inkstains with Roni

Deb at Liftbridge Cards and Crafts

Deb Duz Scrappin'

Jill P's Place

Tricia at The Efficient Crafter

Hetty at Craft Chaos

Kay's Keepsakes

Cathy at the Artful Gamut

Ann at Crzymom's Tidbits

Shona's Scraps

Debby at Masculine Inspirations

Dishing with Janet

Tiare at iClassy Girl

Lisa at Carpe Memoria

Marya at A Notebook Novel

Digital Musings by AnnetteD

Creatively yours,
Karen

Embossing--One Folder Three Ways

We are loving the new Aspen Lite Wood-grain Embossing Folder! Our design team had a blast creating three different cards with this versatile tool. Each card uses a slightly different technique to achieve a variety of looks.

Technique One:

Tricia's card features White Pigment ink highlighting the wood-grain texture on a Green card panel.

Place Green Plain panel into folder and run through embossing machine.

Add White Pigment Ink to raised surfaces to highlight wood-grain texture.

Technique Two:

Kay created the background on this card by embossing an Almond panel and adding two complementary colors of Gelatos on the raised surfaces.

After embossing, use two Gelatos colors on the raised areas.

Use fingers or soft cloth to blend colors.

Technique Three:

For the final card panel, Kay combined both mediums . . . Hybrid Inks and Gelatos . . . in a two-step process. The dimension and texture of this card is amazing!

Open embossing folder. Add Earth Hybrid ink to raised area.

Spritz with water.

Add Almond panel and run through embossing machine.
(Be sure to clean ink from embossing folder right away.)

Choose 3-4 coordinating Gelatos  and color onto raised surfaces.

Using fingers or soft cloth, blend colors.

Add more Earth Hybrid ink to raised area, if desired.

You can add a little texture to more than just cards. In fact, Tricia used the embossing folder on her photo mattes on some of the Aspen Lite Assembly Line Scrapbooking pages. I'm sure there are even more ways to use this versatile embossing tool than what's shared here. Why not schedule some play time with your Aspen Embossing Folder? We'd love to see what YOU create!

Creatively yours,
Karen

**********THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED**********

It's Day 18 of Club Scrap's 25 Days of Giveaways! Today's vintage kit is the Paisley Club Scrap kit from March 2006. This kit has beautifully textured papers, an overlay stencil, rub-ons and more!

To qualify for the drawing, simply leave a comment below. We'll choose one commenter at random and announce the winner on the Thursday, December 19th blog post. Good luck!

Yesterday's (Day 17) Giveaway random drawing winner was comment #72, Stef (Anonymous)! Congratulations! Please email Karen at karen@clubscrap.com with your contact information so we can arrange to send you your prize!