Who Doesn't Love a Twofer

Afternoon All,

I hope that you are all having a fabulous Bank Holiday weekend, just a shame that the weather isn't up to much. Still I suppose that's par for the course for an English Bank Holiday weekend lol.

Who doesn't love a Twofer? Two cards for the price of one. It's always a good option and a great way to use up bits and pieces. I do hate to waste anything.

I used a floral shaped circle die to create my window for this card. I dry embossed the outer panel and added some distress inks to the edges which helps to highlight the embossing.

The background to the 'window' has been created using a piece of card stamped and embossed in black and sponged with Distress inks. I splattered the panel with some water to give some added interest.

I ran the die cut 'waste' from the first card through a floral embossing folder and then added inks.

Always dry emboss after die cutting your shape so as not to flatten the embossed pattern.

Of course this may be the effect that you are going for, slightly more subtle embossing.

Or you might just have forgotten to die cut first, like me. Still a little bit of gilding polish helps the pattern to show up. 

Better get on. I've got some tidying up to do before I can start on the next round of samples. It's all part of my creative process, as bizarre as it sounds. I have to sort out, tidy up and clear away everything from the previous things that I have been working on, and then once everywhere is clear I start to make a mess again. I'm sure that I'm not the only one that does that. My craft room needs to be clean and tidy for a few minutes at least.

Have a great afternoon.

Hugs Kimx