December Daily™ 2012 | Day Thirteen + Hero Arts Blog Hop
Tags:In addition to sharing today's December Daily™ spread I'm also participating in 2013 Hero Arts Catalog Blog Hop.
The stamp I'm using from their set of new releases is the Looped Flower Pattern (CG504).
Here's a look at my spread with an embossed vellum page as an insert.
To create the vellum insert page I stamped the background stamp using Versamark on vellum and then dumped some Silver Zing Glitter (embossing glitter) on top before cooking it with the heat gun. I love that silver Zing. Love it.
The heat embossing worked really well on the vellum.
I then cut it to the same size as my photo (about 7.25 x 4.25) and added Hardcover Silver Thickers along the end (and stitched them down for good measure). Those Hardcover Silver Thickers are currently on clearance at Scrapbook.com. I picked these up at JoAnn's yesterday.
"Celebrating December" and "Tis The Season" are part of my December Daily™ stamp set and also got the same embossing treatment.
Here's a look at the back:
Behind the stamped vellum page I added an overlay from Hambly + some of those little silver stars I can't stop using.
I also added a little strip of the stamp (embossed) along the bottom of the journal card. The lines were drawn with a Faber-Castell Silver PITT Artist Pen (awesome).
On top of the photo I drew a line with that same silver pen and added a silver thicker + a cute button from the Studio Calico kit.
GIVEAWAY | Hero Arts will be giving away several prize packs, with winners randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received by midnight PST on Monday, December 17. Feel free to leave a comment below to enter.
NEXT UP IN THE HERO ARTS CATALOG BLOG HOPtoday is my wonderful friend Jennifer McGuire.
Remember, if you find a link that doesn't work, you can always hop back to the Hero Arts Blog for a list of direct links to all the blogs in the hop.
Here's a link of all my days so far for 2012:
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Thank you for the tutorial, the finished product is lovely!
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Fantastic project!
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I'm glad to see the vellum paper did not burn; looks like another great idea to try.
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How pretty! Love the silver embossing.
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Love mini books. You have been one of my favs for years. Good ideas with the stamp and that silver. Wow!!
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Love the background stamp!
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Love this new background stamp, especially with the silver embossing
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Looks fabulous embossed on the vellum
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That is such an amazing looking background! I want to try that technique!
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Oh my gosh, I love the look of that embossed vellum. I've never tried stamping vellum before, and now I can't wait to give it a shot!
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Pretty! Never thought to emboss on vellum.
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That stamp... GORGEOUS!!! I hope I win.
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I am wanting that stamp. It's on my list. Love how you used it
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Great idea with the stamp. And, another great give-away.
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This definitely convinced me I NEED that looped flower background! LOve it.
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Love it!
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Love that looped flower stamp. GOT to have it!!
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So sorry to have posted twice. I got an error message on the first comment, so I thought it wasn't accepted. Please forgive me!
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I love the silver embossing. I gotta have that stamp! :-)
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Beautiful silver embossing. I love your blog.
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Ali, just loving this page.
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