Colored Embossing

I had to make a sympathy card recently. Here is what I came up with.
I started by embossing white vellum with a Craft Concepts embossing folder called Yves then I colored the embossed areas with my Prisma pencil crayons. I matted the vellum on a piece of white cardstock to give it stability. I matted everything as shown and added an Impression Obsession sentiment stamped with Cataloupe Memento ink. The swirls on either side of the sentiment were done by hand with a pencil crayon. The bottom lacy border was done with a Spellbinder Romantic Rectangle die. Ribbon is by Hero Arts. I added some Liquid Pearls (petal pink) to the centers of the flowers to some extra definition.
Don't forget tomorrow Crafty Capers is having a free Ranger Alcohol ink demo between 10:30 am - 12:30 pm. Drop in anytime during those hours and see some of the neat things you can do with Alcohol inks!

Finally a bit of time to play

Got a few spare minutes this past week to make a card just for fun.
This card is pretty straight forward an embossing folder, some ribbon, a big brad and a stamp.
I embossed the ornament folder on Coredinations cardstock then I used my Ranger Pearl Paint dauber over the raised areas to make the embossing really pop. I then matted the piece as shown and wrapped 2 colors of ribbon around the card and added the large Kaisercraft brad. I stamped a Hero Arts background stamp on the main card to add another layer.
Card Recipe:
Embossing folder: Couture Creations Xmas light
Stamp: Hero Arts Dot Flower pattern stamped with Vintage Photo Distress ink
Embellishments: Ranger Pearl Paint dauber, Ribbon and Kaisercraft brad