Embossed - A Party Layout

Happy Friday Tando fans! Dana here sharing a layout I created for the embossed theme this week. I used two of my favorite Cuttlebug embossing folders on the chipboard on this page. I love that Tando Creative chipboard is thick and sturdy, two features that make for a great embossed impression!

I colored this fun Speech Bubble with several colors of distress ink.

After embossing this Scalloped Frame, I covered it with a light coat of Gesso and then a coat of Mello Yellow Shimmerz Blingz.  I highlighted the embossed areas with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink. After three layers of wet mediums and a trip through my Cuttlebug, this chipboard piece is still strong with no peeling or cracking!

I love polka dot patterns for birthday pages, so in addition to the Swiss Dot embossing folder I used on the frame, I also added some more dots with the Random Circles Mask and some paint. Once the paint was dry I doodled around the painted circles to highlight the pattern.  I used one of the painted areas as the base for this birthday rub-on.

I hope I have inspired you to emboss your chipboard! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Happy Birthday Cupcake Toppers and a Bookmark

 

And there's more......., just a recap of what has happened so far. To take part in a our fabulous Retailer blog hop just click HERE.

Gez and Caro kicked off the tutorials on Tuesday with THESE incredible projects 

 

Carol added to them with her fantastic printer tray HERE.

 

And yesterday Karen showed us her beautiful Key Holder HERE

If you show us your take on the projects then you will be entered into a draw for a prize :o)

 

It's time to party Tando fans!  Dana here today and I'm thrilled to help celebrate Tando Creative's 3rd Birthday!  If you'd like to learn how I created these fun cupcake toppers out of Tando's Small Speech Bubbles, hop on over to the Tando Class Blog and I'll show you how.

and now it's Kaz, don't those cupcakes look yummy?! I made into a bookmark incorporating my 3 things:

If you would like to see how I made it, you can go to the ~{Tutorials}~ page.

Kaz xxx

Say what?

The speech bubbles are great fun to use with character stamps to have them "say" the sentiment on a project. I used a shape from the small selection but if you're a scrapper you could try combining one of the larger ones with your photos for little bits of journaling, too!

This is a birthday card for a boy celebrating his seventh birthday - very simple with just a stamped image and the chippie speech bubble coloured with a Copic marker and stamped with the birthday greeting. A bit of inking through the smallest holes on the sequin waste mask finish off the image panel and the chippie. I couldn't resist a little Kaz-style doodling for a border.

Tando stuff used on this project: Speech Bubbles Small, Sequin Waste mask

Other stuff: CHF stamps (retired), Versacraft Spring Green ink, Brilliance Graphite Black ink, Copic markers, Copic Multiliner, white and black card