Welcome to the Totally Techniques Blog Hop. My name is Jackie VanderSar-Boot and I am a demonstrator in both Canada and the Netherlands. My business name is The Pampered Stamper.
I have been welcomed as a guest to help out until my fellow Canadian demonstrator Diane Evans is feeling better. What an honour to be here, I hope you enjoy my cards. I was just invited yesterday and I am leaving on Saturday for the Stampin’Up! incentive trip to Alaska, so time is of the essence. Let’s take a look at my cards, I made two different ones because I couldn’t choose between Moonlit Flora or Delicate Dreams designer series paper.
How do you get this look?? Dry embossed and sanded two-tone cardstock is what it is called. A long name for a simple technique.
Well, truthfully, it is so easy that I almost hesitate to call it a technique. Yet, it is a simple and very satisfying technique. You only need three things:
- two-tone cardstock because it has a white core.
- embossing folder
- sanding block or nail file or piece of sandpaper
First, run your piece of two-tone cardstock through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine. Choose whether you want the light side or the dark side. Now you can lightly sand it and the white core will show through. That’s it!
Diagonal Flip Card
I have combined this technique with a really easy designer series paper trick. To see how it’s done, you can check out my YouTube video here. Mixing your embossed and sanded two-tone cardstock with patterned paper is really striking. Another huge benefit of two-tone cardstock is it’s light weight. It has less bulk and will save you on postage!!
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I really hope that you hop along and see what all the other amazing demonstrators have done with this simple but effective technique: Dry Embossed and Sanded Two-Tone Cardstock.
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