A Step by Step Tutorial ~ Creating a Stamped and Heat Embossed Thank You Card

I was asked to create 6 thank you cards...

my choice...

my design...

total creative freedom for me..

But...
there was one request...

they needed to be purple.

I immediately had a few card sketches bouncing around in my head...

I knew which stamps I wanted to use...

and...which inks...

which tools and techniques etc.

There was no pondering...or hesitation...I knew exactly what I wanted to do!

So I got to work right away...

creating both card designs.

I'll be sharing one of the cards here day...

along with step by step instructions accompanying  each photo.

Whenever I create a card I always get all of my tools and supplies out prior to getting started.

This is helpful to me...because I always create multiples of a card design.

If someone requests a particular card design...

I create what they've asked for...plus a few extras...

for my ETSY shop....

or to keep on hand for when we (my family and I) personally need to send a card.

So...keeping the idea for each card in mind..

I gathered everything up...

and got started!

(this is when having an organized studio 

where everything has a place and is labelled....comes in handy.)

For the first card....

I created a background of purple and green with my Clarity brushes and Altenew Crisp Ink.

I chose to keep the color application in the subtle zone...

because I knew that I would be stamping over it.

 I used Altenew's Dahlia Blossoms layering stamp set to create the floral background.  

This is the first "layer" of the flowers...stamped in the lightest of the purple ink colors

Here the background paper is starting to come together...

The flowers are complete with 2 layers of purple ink

and I had begun to stamp the leaves ...

which were done in 3 steps...with 2 colors of green ink

When the background stamping was complete....

I cut the 8/12 x 11 sheet of stamped card stock into 4 identically sized pieces.....ready for matting.

I chose the mat color....purple metallic card stock...

and cut 4 identical mats.

I also cut 4 strips of vellum paper...

and used Versamark ink to stamp the Thank You sentiment ..

from the Hero Arts stamp set

(Sorry...can't remember the name of this stamp set).

I heat embossed the 4 sentiments on the vellum strip 

with Sparkle N Sprinkle fine detail gold embossing powder.

I positioned each strip over the stamped piece of card stock

and adhered it by placing tiny dabs of clear liquid adhesive with a precision tip applicator...

behind the embossed sentiment.

Once the vellum sentiment strip was in position...

I used ATG adhesive to secure the vellum on the back of the stamped card stock.

I applied ATG adhesive to the back of the stamped piece....

and 

I then positioned it on the purple metallic mat.

Then I got out 4 white base cards 

created from Papertrey Ink's White card stock....

my Scor-Pal and a bone folder.

*Note: I keep approx 200 pre-cut white card bases 

and 200 cream colored pre-cut card bases on hand at all times.

When I am creating a card...I just have to score and crease...

and wha-la...

a card!

Here's the completed card.

It turned out EXACTLY as I had envisioned it in my mind....

which in this case...

is a good thing!

Pretty...

isn't it?

and...

kinda neat to know that just a short time before this photo was taken...

I had started out with a sheet of plain white card stock.

I'm happy to share this step by step tutorial with you today

in hopes that you've been inspired to create a few cards of your own..

and that you feel confident in knowing that creating in multiples is something that's do-able!

Thanks for visiting...

and don't forget to visit again tomorrow...

when I'll share the second purple thank you card 

here at my blog.

Wishing you a great ...crafty...and creative day!

Michelle.