More cracked glass cards

This is a fabulous card that I had the pleasure of making at Debbie Lamb's class a wee while ago & it's fabulous in name too as it uses the lovely level 2 hostess set Fast & Fabulous

Stamp sets: En Francais (background), Fast & Fabulous
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Regal Rose
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip
Ribbon: 5/8" chocolate chip grosgrain (retired now but replaced with Early Espresso - darker chocolate in colour)
Technique: Cracked glass

Cracked glass technique

This is a fun technique where you stamp an image & then apply layers of clear embossing powder (4-5 works best) freeze for 15 minutes & then crack. Sponge in the cracks to emphasise them & viola:

This is the card my upline Jacque taught us the other night & had a few techniques extra on board as well - a bit of popping pastels, we've used the Signo white gel pen to make the flowers pop - but it was fun & I'm going to use it for a Sympathy card as it's a bit somber to me. The stamp set used is Upsy Daisy.

Elements of Style - my new favourite set

Well I had a lovely crafty weekend just gone which started off perfectly with a cracked glass class at Debbie Lamb's place and it was payback time for Debbie as I loved the first card (& so will you) & have now ordered the stamp set - it's normally the other way around. She's always telling me off for making her fall in love with sets that she hadn't looked twice at before. Clever Debbie worked out how we can still have spotted ribbon too!

Stamp set: Elements of Style
Ink: Versamark, Pacific Point, Marina Mist - also yummy I love it!
Paper: Marina Mist, Whisper White
Punches: 1" circle
Other: Marina mist 5/8" grosgrain, white Signo gel pen, silver hodgepodge, clear embossing powder
Technique: Cracked glass

This is definitely a class I'm going to CASE as it was so much fun, thanks Debbie. So look out for Cracked Glass technique on my class schedule if you'd like to make this card or contact Debbie to schedule a workshop and have the class bought directly to you.

Cracked glass

I learnt this technique at my upline Jacque's class several months ago & just loved it.  This is the card I created in her class using Thoughts & Prayers stamp set:

As I don't own this set I had to improvise with another set & chose the very versatile Bird on a Branch - I just love the writing style of Thinking of You which comes with this set; which is only $39.95 for 5 stamps - phenomenal value!

Stamp set: Bird on a Branch (or Thoughts & Prayers)
Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Mellow Moss, Versamark
Paper: Kraft, Bravo Burgundy, Whisper White, Urban Oasis DSP
Other: Gold Brads, 5/8" Bravo Burgundy grosgrain ribbon, clear EP, sponge
Contact me if you'd like to order any of these products.

To crack the "glass" you need to emboss the image at least 4 times with clear embossing powder, making sure that each layer is totally melted. Then freeze for ~20 minutes. The paper curls in the freezer but straightening it out cracks will appear, sponge into the cracks with mellow moss to emphasise them. You do use a lot of EP with this technique we used a pot creating 10 cards but we all agreed very pretty!

Happy KReatin'