Embossing Folder Stamping

by Audrie Magno-Gordon

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Use ink or paint on an embossing folder for a unique monoprinted background.

Supplies

• Watercolor paper
• Water-based paints or inks (Salty Ocean & Mowed Lawn Distress Paints used here)
• Embossing folder (Stampin' Up! Honeycomb used here)
• Mister bottle, filled with water or pearlescent spray (Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist used here)
• Archival or permanent ink (Jet Black Stazon used here)
• Stamps (Stampin' Up! Trust God Stamp Set used here)
• Cardstock and other supplies to finish the card (Baja Breeze cardstock and Spellbinders Rectangle Dies used here)

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Cut watercolor paper to fit your card front.
   
2. Alternative:
   Instead of precutting the panel, cut after making a print.
   

3. Step 2

   Open the embossing folder. On the side with the logo, use ink or paint daubers to daub color in different areas.
   
   Use glimmer mist or water to wet the embossing folder (plenty of water will help the pigment lift and soak into the paper).
   
   Note:
   A print can be taken from either side of the folder. The design on the logo side is the 'negative', which covers more area. The other side will print a finer outline.
   

4. Step 3

   Lay the watercolor paper into the wet paint. Don’t close the folder; just press with your fingers here and there (try not to press evenly).
   
   Allow a few seconds for the paint to soak into the watercolor paper.
   

5. Step 4

   Pick the watercolor paper straight up off of the folder (try not to drag it on the surface). Allow the panel to dry completely.
   

6. Step 5

   Use a stamp positioner to determine good placement, then stamp a sentiment in the selected location on the printed panel.
   
   Hint:
   Use Stazon to stamp the image on the clear Stamp-a-ma-jig sheet to avoid smearing while you are working.
   

7. Step 6

   Assemble and complete the card.
   

Video!

From  www.splitcoaststampers.com

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Telescoping Card

by Beate Johns

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Create an expanding card with three or more cardstock shapes.

• Supplies
• cardstock
• Patterned paper (optional)
• Shape Dies (Classic, Beaded and Jumbo Scallop Circle Nestabilities™ used here)
• Paper piercing mat and tool
• Two Brads
• Stamps, The Greeting Farm Clear Christmas used here)
• Ink
• Scor-Tape™, or other strong adhesive

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Cut three shapes of choice out of cardstock or patterned paper. Cut shapes that are each slightly smaller than the one before.
   

2. Step 2

   Decorate the shapes with stamps and, if desired, additional layers and embellishments.
   

3. Step 3

   Lay out the shapes by size.
   

4. Step 4

   Pierce a hole in the bottom of the middle shape.
   

5. Step 5

   Place the medium size shape with its image upside down over the largest shape.
   
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7. Step 6

   Using the hole on the medium shape as a guide pierce a hole through the bottom shape.
   
8. Connect shapes with brad.
   

9. Step 7

   Pierce hole on the lower edge of your smallest shape.
   

10. Step 8

    Line smallest shape up with medium one, the image of the smallest shape should be upside down. Pierce hole into the medium shape on the opposite side of your first brad.
    
11. Attach layers with brad.
    

12. Step 9

    Your telescopic card is done.
    
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14. From spilt coast stampers.com

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Never-Ending Card

by Lynn Mercurio

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Create a four-faced interactive card for any occasion.

Supplies

• Cardstock in coordinating colors
  
• Scoring board
  
• Paper trimmer
  
• Bone folder
  
• White craft glue
  
• Stamps and embellishments to complete the project

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Cut 4 cardstock panels for the base, each 3” X 6”.
   
   Cut 8 pieces from coordinating cardstock to decorate the large square panels, each 2 3/4” X 2 3/4”.
   
   Cut 4 pieces from coordinating cardstock to decorate the rectangle panels, each 2 3/4” X 1 1/4”.
   
   Cut 16 pieces from coordinating cardstock to decorate the small square panels, each 1 1/4” X 1 1/4”.
   

2. Step 2

   Score each of the four base panels along the long edge at 1 1/2” and 4 1/2”.
   

3. Step 3

   Score each of the four white panels on both short edges at 1 1/2”, down to the intersecting score line.
   

4. Step 4

   Align two of the base panels vertically, and two horizontally.
   
   Hint:
   Use a low-tack tape between the panel pairs to keep them together.
   
   
   
5. Apply white glue to only the four outermost squares on both panel sets. The green tape in the photo indicates where to apply the glue.
   
   Note:
   Glue is preferred to double-sided tape, as it allows for some wiggle room before permanent fixture.
   

6. Step 5

   Take the panels from the horizontal pair, and align them one at a time across the vertical panels, lining up glued sections, corners and edges.
   
   Allow glue to dry completely.
   
   Tip:
   Carefully lining up the edges will ensure that the Never-Ending Card will function without any frictional interference.
   

7. Step 7

   Now comes the never-ending part. Turn the base so that the center line is vertical. Gently fold back the right half at the scored vertical line and burnish with your bone folder to create a sharp crease.
   

8. Step 8

   Fold over the left side of the base and score the vertical score line as in Step 7.
   

9. Step 9

   Fold back the top part of your base back and burnish the score line.
   
   
   

10. Step 10

    Fold back the bottom part of the base back and burnish the score lines.
    

11. Step 11

    After burnishing all score lines, the base should look like this for the first side.
    

12. Step 12

    Open the card from the center opening to reveal the second side.
    

13. Step 13

    Open the card from the center opening to reveal the third side.
    

14. Step 14

    Open the card again, flipping the two larger center panels toward the back, revealing the fourth side.
    

15. Step 15

    Going back to the first side of the Never-Ending Card, apply the coordinating cardstock panels as shown.
    

16. Step 16

    Open the card to the second side, and adhere the panels as shown.
    

17. Step 17

    Open the card to the third side and adhere the panels as shown.
    
    Notice that there are two sections left white.
    

18. Step 18

    Open the card to the fourth side and adhere the panels as shown.
    

19. Step 19

    Embellish the front of the card as desired. Keep stamped or die cut images from extending past the coordinated cardstock panels, so that they will not interfere with the movement of the card.
    

20. Step 20

    Open the card to the second side and continue decorating and embellishing.
    

21. Step 21

    Open the card to the third side and continue decorating and embellishing.
    

22. Step 22

    Open the card to the fourth side to finish decorating and embellishing.
    
    The finished card size is a 6" square.
    

From spiltcoast stampers.com

Partial Die Cutting

by Debby Hughes

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Extend a portion of a die cut shape past the fold for a unique card or place marker.

Supplies

• Sturdy cardstock or watercolor paper (Distress Watercolor Cardstock used here)
• Steel wafer die (Simon Says Stamp Paulina Butterfly Die used here)
• Die cutting machine, cutting and embossing plates
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Scoring tool
• Other supplies as needed to complete the project (Spray Inks from Hero Arts, paintbrush, calligraphy pen, silver thread, Perfect Pearls, and Studio Calico Sequins used here)

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   For a place card, cut card base to 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Mark a pencil line across the card at 2 3/4".
   
   For a standard-sized card, cut base to 8 1/2" x 4 1/4". Mark a pencil line across the card at 4 1/4" and at 5 1/2".
   

2. Step 2

   Place a shaped die so that one part of the die is above the center pencil line and the rest is below.
   
   For the standard sized card, position the die so that it does not go above the line at 5 1/2".
   

3. Step 3

   Line up die cutting plates along the pencil line so that only the protruding portion is cut when run through the die cutting machine.
   

4. Step 4

   Line up die cutting plates along the pencil line so that the rest of the die is encased between the plates. Run through the die cutter with an embossing mat to impress the die into the card.
   

5. Step 5

   The card now has a die cut element, with the rest of the die impressed into the card.
   

6. Step 6

   Score along the pencil line, outside the die cut area. Erase pencil markings.
   

7. Step 7

   Decorate the card as desired.
   

 From spiltcoast stampers.com

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