Creative Team Technique Tutorial with ME!

I am so honored to have been selected to be the First Design Team Member to have their "Technique Tutorial" featured on the Taylored Expressions Blog this morning! I love how my project turned out and hope you can easily follow along to create one for yourself. 💕

So I chose to work with an Embossing Folder along with a coordinating product for my project so for this one I am working with the Blooming Botanical Embossing Folder + Blooming Botanical Layering Stencil along with a myriad of other Taylored Expressions products which you'll find links to at the bottom of this blog post.

Step 1: Create a Masking Stencil

• Cut a piece of vellum slightly larger than your A2 sugar cube card front then center it on top of the sugar cube piece.

• Place the open heart die on top of the vellum, positioning it about 1-¼ inches from the top of the card front which is beneath the vellum.

• Tape the heart die in place with a few pieces of Post-It tape.

• Run the Vellum and heart die through your die cutting machine. You have just created a masking stencil!

Step 2: Ink Blend the Heart using the Layering Stencil

• Now place your vellum stencil over the Sugar Cube card front and secure it with Post-It tape on the back in several places.

• Secure the vellum and card front to your work surface using teal tape. 

• Grab the first stencil and your choice of ink and stencil over the visible heart-shaped area of the sugar cube card front.

• Continue ink blending each stencil until you’ve used all 4 of the layers.

Pro Tip: Deby uses a glass board for her work surface and put four pieces of Post-It tape where the stencil alignment squares are so she can easily line each stencil up perfectly.

Step 3: Add Embellishments (Optional)

• Use a pink gel pen to place accent dots in the white space around the design.

• Use a white gel pen to add highlighting dots on the darkest flowers.

Step 4: Die Cut & Emboss

• Position the second-largest Petite Scallop Rectangle Stacklets die over the ink-blended heart panel so that you have even spacing on each side, still keeping the top of the heart about 1-¼ inches from the top, then die cut.

• Carefully line up the ink blended panel into the coordinating 3D embossing folder so the design lines up as perfectly as you can get it, then run that through your die cutting machine using the manufacturer suggested sandwich.

• Die-cut the largest Petite Scallop Stacklets die from Sugar Cube cardstock and set aside.

Step 5: Assemble the Card

• Prepare an A2 Sugar Cube card base (5 ½ x 4 ¼ in.)

• Adhere the largest scallop die-cut to the card base using foam adhesive strips.

• Layer the ink-blended, embossed panel on top with foam adhesive for extra dimension.

Step 6: Stamp & Emboss the Sentiment

• Using a scrap piece of sugar cube card stock, position it into your Misti then rub it with the anti static powder tool.

• Stamp your sentiment on a scrap piece of Sugar Cube cardstock using VersaFine ink and a MISTI. Stamp the image 2-3 times until you get a solid impression.

• Now take your sentiment and pour the clear embossing powder over top then melt it using your heat tool.

• Once that’s cooled, use the coordinating die to cut the sentiment.

• Cut an extra piece of cardstock with the die and stack it behind for extra dimension.

• Glue the sentiment to the card front.

Step 7: Finishing Touches

• Add three Green Glitter Drops around the sentiment for a touch of sparkle!

And that’s it! A beautifully textured, layered, and ink-blended floral heart card—perfect for a variety of occasions.

I had SO much fun creating this Technique Tutorial for you and hope you come back often to create your version of my pretty little card.

Thanks SO much for your support and for visiting my blog.

I truly appreciate you. xoxo Deby 💕