Crafting Brilliance: The Beauty of Dimensional Embossing in Cardmaking
The “Merry and Bright” message of this Christmas card is expressed well through the design with festive fonts and playful decoration.
November 11, 2013
The “Merry and Bright” message of this Christmas card is expressed well through the design with festive fonts and playful decoration.
Folding paper can be the bane of both printers and designers. Nothing is more aggravating than seeing a beautiful design project brought to its knees by a lousy fold…cracking its way deep into the fleshy folds of your psyche…ouch. In the next few paragraphs, I’m going to share some simple and very useful information about the proper folding and scoring of paper, to help you successfully complete your projects as planned.
Try making this quilled flower card that is composed of heart-shaped scrolls. I used textured paper for the card layers and added a message inside. It could be sent as an engagement, wedding, or Valentine’s card.
Will you fold, score and bind your paper, or will you crush, break and warp your paper? That is the question. Proper folding, scoring and binding of paper are mostly a matter of understanding the major properties of paper fiber. One of the most important properties to understand about paper
The ‘trick or treat’ pop up inside is an easy way to make a fun card with a die cutting machine. Just die cut the pattern and fold it. This card is given an elegant look with embossing pattern seen throughout the design. A few purple bats and a paper flower on the front make this Halloween card quite a treat!
The elegant shine of the Elan Metallics paper used in this card is brought out in multiple ways. The embossed front plays with the highlights and shadows as light hits the card and the flower gives a complimenting look with a subtle shine from the roughened texture. The three dimensional look of the embossing is enhanced with an extra layer on front achieved with foam tape under the embossed card stock.
Onion skin paper is an intriguing paper on many fronts. Once, Onion skin paper was most commonly used as a typewriter paper, tracing paper and to hold carbon paper in place while making copies, and it was loved for its light weight, which was perfect for airmail letters. Today, this
These wedding invitations are perfect for a couple who share a love for bikes with a bike icon’s wheels representing the traditional interlocking rings. The use of black and teal on a Silver Ore stock give these invitations a classy look which is enhanced by the custom envelope liner and belly band.
At first glance the card makes you want to endulge in a your favorite dessert but after reading it’s clear the card is made to make someone feel just as special as a day at the scoop shop. The beauty is in the details with this card’s die-cutting and embossing accents and combined with the paper color selection it all comes together for a wonderfully sweet theme.
The selection of paper for this card makes it truly unique, combining different metallic papers for a soft elegant luster. The swirl of Constellation Jade Ricco creates a perfect look for the clouds which is highlighted well with the reverse cutout. Finished off with a little bike accent makes you want to make the most of the beautiful days to come.
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