Tutorial Tuesday - Embossed Foil

Hi! Dana here today sharing a quick and easy way to add dimension and color to your projects. I created the card with the July Nesting Components Mixed Media Kit. If you love the sand, sun and surf, you're going to want to pick up this kit! I feel home when I'm on the beach, and that was my inspiration for my project.

My favorite items in this kit are the metallic accents from the Pink Paislee Luxe Circles and Rub-Ons and the Lindy's Stamp Gang Madonna Robe Blue Gold Two-Toned Embossing Powder. I thought it would be fun to play up the metallic elements in the kit so I embossed a piece of aluminum and added color with the Madonna Robe Blue Gold Two-Toned Embossing Powder.

Step One: Add watermark ink directly to the inside of the embossing folder, slip the piece of aluminum inside the folder and run the folder through an embossing machine. Remove the aluminum from the folder, sprinkle with embossing powder and heat to set. Note: If you are using an aluminum sheet, the metal will become very hot upon heating, so please be careful! Depending on which side of the embossing folder carried the watermark ink, either the embossed or debossed area will be colored.

Here is what my piece of aluminum looked like after embossing.

Step Two: Using the Seaside Cling Stamp Set from the July Kit, stamp the sentiment onto a piece of cardstock. Punch the sentiment from the cardstock with a shaped frame die. Apply ink to the sentiment using a sponge dauber and the metal die as a guide.

Step Three: Select a piece of patterned paper for the card base, I'm using a piece 6x6 cardstock from the Pink Paislee Hope Chest Collection that I had leftover from my June Nesting Components Kit, and randomly apply circles and stars from the Pink Paislee Luxe Rub-Ons Set.

Step Four: Assemble the base of the card. Add some chipboard pieces from the Pink Paislee Luxe Circles Set across the center of the card.

Step Five: Add an image from the By The Sea Clip Art Sheet, the stamped sentiment from Step Two and other embellishments to finish the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! You can pick up the July Kit, as well as the previous June Kit that I used for this project, from the Paper Wings Productions Store while supplies last!

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By the Sea - PWP DT Blog Hop

Happy Friday Everyone and WELCOME to the July Paper Wings Production Design Team Blog Hop & Giveaway!  This month we're featuring some gorgeous ocean/sea inspired projects.  We're also giving away a gift certificate to the NEW Paper Wings Productions online store AND some of our designers are getting in on the blog candy fun too!  That's right, there will be blog candy along the way!

 For a chance to win all you need to do is:

• be a follower of this blog 
• visit each of the participating designer's blogs and leave a comment  
• come back and leave us a comment telling us you completed the hop.  

To increase your chances of winning:  like our Facebook page and/or invite your friends to the hop.  Be sure to leave a separate comment for each of your additional entries. 

 We will announce the winner here Tuesday, July 9, 2013.

 Now it's my pleasure to introduce you to this month's featured guest designer and new design team member, the super sweet and extremely talented Cathi O'Neill of Celtic Knots.

I am so excited to be guest designing this month for Paper Wings Productions!! My name is Cathi O'Neill, and I am an American (Maryland/DC area native) who married an Irishman and have been living here in Ireland since 1997. I live in a beautiful village on the Shannon River with my DH of nearly 18 years (wow, that makes me feel old!) and my two beautiful daughters, Aine (onya) 10 and Aisling (ashling) 8 who are the subject of many of my projects!!

I have always love crafting since I was a little girl. My grandmother taught me to knit and crochet and I remember sewing Barbie doll clothes with her on her front porch! I am a knitter and quilter as well, but have recently in the last two years found cardmaking and scrapbooking, and an obsession was born!! I truly love creating and make vintage cards to sell here in our local village cafe as well as stacks of shabby/vintage style layouts of my girls to keep and share with family! I also love to do tags, ATC and altered projects, barely a day goes by when I haven't done something crafty!!

Cathi, Thank you so much for joining us this month.  We look forward to seeing all of your beautiful creations as you begin your new DT term next month.

Well friends it's time to get started.  This is our last hop with our current design team and we'd like to thank them for all of their hard work and gorgeous creations over the last six months.  Ladies you have been absolutely amazing to work with, thank you!

You first stop in the hop is at our lovely guest Cathi's blog - Celtic Knots

***Here is the complete line up just in case you get lost along the way***

Cathi O’Neill - www.celticknotted.blogspot.com

Carrie Avery - www.carrieavery.com

Tara Chaussee - http://secretbeesstudio.blogspot.com

Amber Rasmussen - http://sew-ink.blogspot.com

Norma Gomez - http://lilhoneybeestudios.blogspot.com

Dana Tatar - http://www.datatar.blogspot.com

Shay - www.verdigrishall.blogspot.com

***then come back here to leave a comment http://paper-wings-productions.blogspot.com/***

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US, ENJOY THE HOP!!!

July Nesting Components Kit

The NEW July Nesting Components kit has been released!!!!

Here is a nice close up look at this beautiful new kit:

Visit the NEW Paper Wings Productions website to get your kit by clicking HERE.

Here is a little Nesting Components kit inspiration for you courtesy of Dana.  Isn't that gorgeous?!  You can see her complete post and tutorial HERE.  

And just a quick reminder about our blog hop going on this Friday.  The hop kicks off at 7:00 am CST and we'll be giving away a $25.00 gift certificate to the online store.  Some of our designers will also be giving away a little candy along the way so I hope you'll join us!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a beautiful day!!!