Sad,
tragic news this morning regarding the shootings in Las Vegas
I
thought of skipping a posting today but we cannot live in fear and life has to
go on so I’m going to post a card today.
Every
once in awhile I dig into my scrap bag…okay confession…bags of left over bits
of paper and cardstock and arrange them into a background for a card. I happen
like blue and yellow together so that’s what I used here. I line them up how I
like them; glue them to a piece of left over white paper that measured the size
I wanted – usually 3 ¾ x 5 ¼; letting the extra bits hang off the ends; trim it
to size and then I run it through an embossing folder for extra texture. The large
blue on bottom left was a piece of cardstock that took the embossing very well
so I ran a sanding block over it to reveal the white interior for even more
texture. The piece of white cardstock has two embossed lines across it courtesy
of my Scor-Pal and then the edges were inked with blue and the sentiment and
fancy small scrolls stamped with the same blue. Once it was glued over the
background, the entire piece is glued to a dark blue card base. These are very
popular cards, especially for men who do not like any ribbons; flowers or glitz…boring
men!
Here
is an embossing tip for you. If you are embossing thin paper that seems to tear try laying it between two pieces of paper or thin cardstock before embossing. I just use
bit of left over paper that would be thrown in the recycle bin anyway.
That’s
all for a sad Monday, October 2, 2017.
Cheers
Violet
Don’t forget you are more than welcome to save any cards or other
items I post to your Pinterest account for future reference. Simply place the curser
over the picture until the Pinterest save sign shows up in the top left corner
and enter. This will take you to your Pinterest account. If it doesn’t work,
please leave a comment and let me know so I fix it. Thanks.
I have to say ... i believe in our right to bear arms.... But i'll tell you i can think of no good reason why a civilian needs to own an automatic weapon... none... And honesty i think the majority of Americans feel the same way... The problem is some people are worried that if they take the automatic weapons away then thats just the beginning and they will take more away so they just oppose it all... To me cops and military are the only ones that need an automatic weapon of any kind..
ReplyDeleteYour scrappy cards always inspire me Violet and i LOVE yellow and blue too.. Thank you so much for the embossing tip... I'm just about to enter the embossing world for the first time so i can use all the tips i can get..lol Hugs! deb