Need thank you cards for holiday gifts? Create winter thank-yous with Memory Box holiday designs like the Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies.
Hi, Jean here – moving from bright reds and greens to soft winter pastel pinks on a glossy double-embossed design. Snowflakes, poinsettias, birds, polar bears or snowmen would be great on holiday thank you cards!
Heat-embossing the pressure-embossed design darkens the background and details – adding gloss, contrast and dimension. The remaining sections retain their original matte light pink color. Yellow ink highlights the centers.
Cut a piece of textured pink cardstock to fit into the Perfect Poinsettia 3D Embossing Folder. We’ll emboss the smoother side of the cardstock to contrast the textured card.
Place the open folder on a hard, flat surface and use a soft rubber brayer to ink the top half of the folder with VersaMark (from a clean, juicy inkpad). Brayer the ink horizontally, vertically and diagonally – be sure the leafy bottom half of the design is well-inked. Heat-emboss the entire design with detail clear powder. Switch the heat-tool off several times during the process so it doesn’t overheat.
Cut completely cooled design with the approximately 3-¾” x 5″ Rectangle Basics die. Trim the corners with a corner-rounding punch.
Punch a ¼” hole from scrap paper and stencil the centers with Pearlescent Yellow Brilliance ink. Or Sunflower Yellow for a brighter look. Move the stencil around a bit so they’re not perfect circles. Heat-set the yellow ink. Run the heat-tool briefly over the edges of the embossed rectangle to eliminate any rough spots or corners.
Stamp the greeting – from the Big and Little Reverse Words Clear Stamp and Die Set – on the smoother side of the pink cardstock with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair. Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Trim it with the die that’s included in the set.
Round the corners of a textured pink A6 card (4-½” x 6-¼”). Attach the diecuts to the card. Add clear Christmas Fairy Crystals. Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.
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