CAS Mix Up Sept. 2020 - Embossing With Dies

Hello friends.  Getting in under the wire with the CAS Mix Up Challenge this month, but I do have a couple cards to share with you.

The first card I'm going to share is actually my 2nd card, as I messed up with my 1st one...don't you hate it when that happens?!!  I salvaged it though and it was just too pretty not to show it to you...just doesn't really fit the challenge now!  But anyway, on to my 2nd card first...

  I used SSS's Holly & Pine Frame Die with my rubber mat to emboss the frame onto my white card panel.  I purposely embossed it off center to add a little interest since I knew this was going to be a very CAS card.  My sentiment was stamped in red using PTI's Christmas Blessings stamp set, and because I was using my MISTI, I was able to stamp over it again in Versamark and heat set it with clear embossing powder.  I matted this layer to a piece of Real Red cs and then adhered to a white card base.  Very simple, but I  didn't want to detract from the embossing as it's soooo pretty and busy enough all on it's own!

Now for my first card that I goofed on...

I wish I could tell you made this die, but I don't have the packaging and I thought for sure it was Pinkfresh Studios, but can't find it in their products.  I've checked Memory Box, Poppystamps, & SSS, but with no luck!  If anyone knows, PLEASE let me know...thanks!  But anyway, I started by using the die and my rubber mat to emboss the image on a piece of white cardstock (so far, so good!) and then used some Fine Tec Iridescent Watercolors to paint the inside of the leaves.  Then I tried to paint the berries...simple, right??  My red circles looked like blobs and I was disgusted!  This is where I stopped and went on to my 2nd card that I showed you first.  After looking at my mess for awhile, I decided to actually die cut the image rather than dry embossing again, and then pressed it into an Old Olive ink pad.  I carefully glued this over the embossed panel with the pretty inner painted leaves and yucky red blobs.  I used the die to die cut again from red glitter cardstock and cut off the red berries and glued them over over the blobs, and voila...it actually looked pretty!  Here's a close up where you can still see a bit of the dry embossing underneath...

I finished it off by using a Lil Inkers stitched rectangle die, added some gold twine (SU!) and a Tiny Tag (PTI), and attached to a white card base.  Are you still with me??  I know...loooong story for such a small card!  But anyway, I liked how it turned out in the end, and even though it doesn't really show any dry embossing which this challenge is all about, it was just too pretty not to show you!

There are lots of videos showing how to emboss with dies and lots of BEAUTIFUL cards from the DT on their site right HERE, so check it out and play along if you have time...this challenge is open till the 24th.
  

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!