Cherish the Moment

Hi everyone,

I was inspired by the beautiful cards created by the Group of Seven Cardmakers, and tried my hand at the Stenciling over Heat Embossing technique.

Here's what I made:

I heat-embossed the background using a Balloon String background stamp with Clear Sparkle embossing powder, and then stenciled over it with a City Scene stencil and three blue distress oxide inks.

A lucky accident happened during the process. The Clear Sparkle embossigng powder has glitter, so when I stenciled over it, most of the glitter on the cityscape image came off. This unintentional effect worked well for the image I had in mind - a rainiy cityscape!

I hope you can see the sparkly rain in the sky in this picture:

I created a frame impression using a rectangular die and an embossing pad, and then I attached a foild sentiment strip to the front panel. 

I usually visit Tokyo in spring and fall, but I didn't make the trip this fall, which left me feeling a bit nostalgic.😢 Maybe that's why I picked up this cityscape stencill for this techniqe. 

Thanks for visiting me today!

Stamp: Balloon Strings (My Favorit Things)
Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch - Ranger), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Others: Stencil (Sity Scene - Altenew), Embossing Powder (Clear Sparkle - Wow!), Glimmer Hot Foil Plate (Glitter Wishes - Spellbinders), Glimmer Foil (Prism - Spellbinders), Connect Glue (Gina K), Dies (Nested Frame Rectangle - Hero Arts), Embossing Pads (Spellbinders)