Wow, great ideas, Margie!  That was just the help I needed to finish this layout of my son’s first 5K race this past weekend.

I gathered my supplies and got busy.  Included are my Spellbinders’ Die Templates: S5-015 Large Deckled Mega Rectangle #5, S3-149 Double Ended Tags #3, and S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Borderabilities Grand,  as well as JustRite Stampers’ Harmony Rectangle Stamper Set and Times New Roman 50pt Font, Core’dinations Core Color and Whitewash Cardstock, My Mind’s Eye’s Free Bird “My Friend” Bonded paper,  Creative Impressions brads, Clearsnap Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink, some plastic netting, sandpaper, and a variety of fonts and sticker numbers.  Yes, I used Spellbinder’s fonts that are no longer available, but I justify it this way: you probably have some kind of font dies, or letter stickers or chipboard that will do exactly the same thing.  Let me show you!

First I cut/embossed the Core’dinations Whitewash cardstock with the S5-015 Large Deckled Mega Rectangle.  Then I cut the numbers and letters I needed from the fonts.  I stuck the fonts and stickers on a piece of scrap paper, then embossed that sheet into the Large Deckled Mega Rectangle die cut.  See, it doesn’t matter what color they are, and the more variety the better!

I sanded the raised areas to reveal the colored core of the paper.

Next I embossed the plastic netting just like Margie did here. The results differ depending on which side of the Core’dinations paper you choose to sand. The Whitewash shows a subtle diamond pattern, and the Core Color appears as dots. That’s 2 textures from 1 item!

I cut/embossed the S7-013 Heirloom Scroll Borderabilities Grand and the largest of the S3-149 Double Ended Tags set and sanded the embossed areas.  I spelled out and stamped the words with JustRite Stampers Harmony Rectangle Stamper Set and Times New Roman 50pt Font and Clearsnap Colorbox Charcoal Fluid Chalk ink.

I assembled the layout on the My Mind’s Eye Free Bird “My Friend” Bonded Paper.   I sanded and crumpled the edges a little bit.

Keep on embossing!
Beth

Either way…it’s all good!

Hello, everyone! I’ll be pinch hitting for Eli while she is out for the summer.

Since reading this past Savvy Saturday post, I have been wanting to try this flower pounding technique! It seems like I didn’t have any flowers that were “pound-able.” So as I was doing yard work this past weekend, I noticed the ever growing pile of dandelions and then “AHA!” Why not reuse these into my work?! This is the only time I’m glad we had those pesky things!

When using your Wizardâ„¢, your sandwich is pretty much the same as embossing with the exception of using flowers instead of the Die Templates.

From the bottom:
White Master Mat
Watercolor/Cardstock paper
Flower (facing down)
Watercolor/Cardstock paper (or wax paper, plastic wrap, paper towel)
Tan Embossing Mat
White Master Mat

Pass through the Wizardâ„¢ once - that should do the trick! Yellowing in the flowers tend to dry brown so I sprayed an archival “fix” so the color will keep.

With all this pounding, I came up with a page called “One Fine Day” to celebrate my boys enjoying a sunny summer day! I used the S4-171 Nested Butterflies and S4-114 Standard Circles LG. The papers are from My Mind’s Eye “Feeling Groovy” collection and embellished with Clearsnap Queue and Hero Arts Gemstones.

Design Team Member Karen Hunsaker shared her pounding skills by picking out some Bougainvilleas and making this beautiful card, “Sending Sunshine.” Karen used a combination of S4-161 Labels One, S7-014 Classic Lace Borderabilities® Grand and S3-149 Double Ended Tags to start the card’s shape. Finishing touches were added with Hero Arts “Thoughtful” Stamp Set, Clearsnap Fluid Chalk Ink, Scrapbook Adhesives 3-D Foam Squares and Creative Impressions Bit of Bling Pearls.

This “Thanks A Bunch” card is from Design Team Member Heidi Blankenship, using the S4-190 Labels Four, S4-192 Blossom, S4-199 Floral Accent and I2-1004 Impressabilities® Flower. She pounded some violas to get this beautiful effect. WOW!

So does this make you go out to your garden and pound some flowers?! Go for it and have fun!

MargieH