Stitched leaves dies - Inlaid technique AUC March 2021

This month at the Adamstown Uniting Church card-making group we worked with embossing folders.  My technique was to teach the inlaid technique.  The Inlaid technique was very popular when we had the square lattice die a few years back.  It was in our 2011 Annual Catalogue and is still one of my favourite embossing folders.  For my card I decided to use the Stitched Leaves dies and show the difference between the square lattice and tasteful textures 3D embossing folder.

The first card is using the square lattice embossing folder which gives a very deep imprint 

My second card uses the tasteful textures 3D embossing folder, and is a softer look.  The leaves are sponged with their corresponding colours and then glued on to the whisper white layer.

Stamp set:  love of leaves

Card:  merry merlot, whisper white, just jade, cinnamon cider, bumblebee, rococo rose, terracotta tile, pretty pink

Ink:  merry merlot, just jade, cinnamon cider, bumblebee, rococo rose, terracotta tile, pretty pink

Accessories:  tasteful textures 3d embossing folder, sponge daubers

Stamp set:  seaside notions

Card:  merry merlot, whisper white, just jade, cinnamon cider, bumblebee, rococo rose, terracotta tile, pretty pink

Ink:  merry merlot, just jade, cinnamon cider, bumblebee, rococo rose, terracotta tile, pretty pink

Accessories:  tasteful textures 3d embossing folder, sponge daubers

Adamstown Uniting Church card-making group meets the 3rd Sunday of the month at 1pm at Belair Baptist Church, 130 Garden Grove Parade.

Grunge Rock

Stamp Set: Grunge Rock
Card: basic black, riding hood red, whisper white
Ink: sahara sand, basic black, riding hood red
Accessories: square lattice embossing folder

Pick A Petal

These cards below all use the "pick a petal" stamp set.

Stamp Set: Pick a Petal
card: baja breeze, whisper white
Ink: so safron, taken with teal (retired), real red
Accessories: top note die, 1" circle punch
Stamp Set: pick a petal
Card: baja breeze, whisper white, regal rose
Ink: tempting turquoise, rose red, so safron
Accessories: scallop edge border punch, 1" circle punch


Stamp Set: pick a petal
Card: blushing bride, bashful blue, whisper white
Ink: bordering blue (retired), pacific point

Inlaid technique meets punched posies

All my cards today use the Punched Posies set.

This card uses pretty in pink for the base and whisper white for the layer. Happy Birthday stamp is from SAB 2011 Punch Bunch set.


For this card I have used the scallop circle die and cut out the sides to form the shape of the dress. There are many variations on the web for this style of dress, Dawn Olchefske's blog is where I got my inspiration from here.



This card I have used for the base marina mist. I have stamped the images using bashful blue and pumpkin pie ink.

On these cards I have stamped the images then glued them on whisper white and then run through the bigshot machine in the square lattice textured embossing folder.

Motor Cycle

Stamp Set: Motorcycle, afterthoughts
Card: Marina Mist, old olive, whisper white
Ink: Stazon, old olive, baja breeze, chocolate chip, cajun craze
Accessories: Aqua Painter, square lattice textured embossing folder

Sail Away

This is the card I made for my nephew, Craig's 18th birthday. I thought it would be a good card to do at Bel Air Baptist Church's Creative Card Group tonight (10th May at 7.30) and Friday morning (13th May) at my watercolouring technique class. Come and see the different ways that you can do watercolouring. On this card I have used blender pens and the stamp pads.
I will also demonstrate with the Wonder Watercoloring Crayons as well as the Pastels.
It's hard to see but for the sails I have used sahara sand and shaded with crumb cake, the water is marina mist and the yacht, early expresso.

Pop back tomorrow to see the 2nd card that we made.

Card Recipe:
Stamp Set: Sail away, bring on the cake
Card: Old olive, marina mist, whisper white
Ink: basic gray, marina mist, sahara sand, crumb cake, old olive, early expresso
Accessories: big shot, square lattice embossing folder, blender pens

Inlaid technique part 3

Stamp Set: SAB – punch bunch

Paper: tempting turquoise, whisper white

Inks: Tempting turquoise, baja breeze, marina mist, pacific point, not quite navy

Accessories: scallop circle, square lattice textured embossing folder

Inlaid Technique Part 1

I've been playing around with the "Inlaid Technique" recently. It's a great technique. You punch out some shapes, glue them to a whisper white layer and then run it through the bigshot using the Square Lattice embossing folder which is in our current mini catalogue (page 17).

We will be doing this technique at Creative Card Group at Bel Air Baptist Church on Thursday 31st March at 7.30.

Here are some sites that I got my inspiration from:-

Kerin Sylvester over at Stamping 411

Kathy at Stamping Still

Nicole Derendorf

The first card, I used the circles # 2 die through the Bigshot. I then punched the circles out using my circle punches, layering them inside each other.

Stamp Sets : punch bunch SAB

Ink: baja breeze, pacific point

Paper: pacific point, whisper white, marina mist, baja breeze

Accessories: big shot, circles die, circles punches, scallop circle punch, square lattice embossing folder

My next card I used some ends from the Top Note die and punched the Happy birthday stamp with the square scallop punch.

Stamp Sets : punch bunch SAB

Ink: not quite navy, baja breeze, pacific point

Paper: not quite navy, whisper white, marina mist, baja breeze

Accessories: big shot, circles die, circles punches, scallop circle punch, square lattice embossing folder

My last card I used the birds & blooms sizzlit dies through the bigshot and punched Fancy flower punch in whisper white. Sponge around each piece using different inks Glue them to the card and run it through the embossing folder and the bigshot.

Stamp Set: Punch Bunch (SAB)

Ink: concord crush, elegant eggplant, rich razzleberry, melon mambo, perfect plum, regal rose, pretty in pink, garden green, rose red (greeting)

Paper: melon mambo, whisper white

Accessories: big shot, birds & blooms sizzlit dies, square lattice embossing folder, fancy flower punch, modern label punch, sponge daubers

Tropical Party

Stamp Sets : tropical party, teeny tiny sentiments

Ink: old olive, not quite navy, melon mambo

Paper: whisper white, not quite navy, old olive, tangerine tango, melon mambo

Accessories: big shot, square lattice embossing folder, island floral die, chocolate chip marker, stamp positioned, basic rhinestone jewels, modern label punch, word window punch