It’s time to play at PPA! Pals Paper Arts challenge #86 is Element of Style…Embossing. To emboss simply means to adorn or decorate with a raised design. Whether you use an embossing folder, embossing powder, letterpress plates, or even lines created with a stylus, the Pals are challenging you to make a “good impression” and add texture to your design! As for me, I indulged in a little “Inlaid Embossing” and created this quilt for you. My mother, aunts, and grandmother were all fabulous quilters. As for me…I will have to be content with the papercrafted version! I hope you enjoy my “Quilt for the Pals”!

The Stampin’ Schach Stampin’ Tips:

• It’s hip to be square! This traditional “Box in Star” pattern is quick and easy! I simply cut four 1″ x 1″ squares from Very Vanilla card stock and four 1″ x 1″ squares from the new Paisley Petals Designer Series Paper. The DSP squares were arranged as pictured in the center of a 4″ x 4″ square of Cherry Cobbler card stock. The Very Vanilla squares were cut into triangles and adhered as illustrated.
  

• Be the boss…the embossing boss! The “quilt top” was then embossed using the Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder. Hint: With “Inlaid Embossing”, you may find yourself being more successful with folders that have closely compacted patterns, such as with the Square Lattice folder.
• Decisions! Decisions! Although this card could have been made into a standard sized card, I felt that adhering the Cherry Cobbler “quilt” directly to the Not Quite Navy textured card base failed to complement the beautiful Baja Breeze DSP squares. Therefore I made the decision to mat the quilt onto Baja Breeze card stock. A 4-3/4″ wide x 5-1/4″ tall card was born, which still fits into the Stampin’ Up! square envelope.
• Finishing touches! Two lines were then embossed at the bottom of the card, just perfect for nestling three large Basic Pearls!

Quick and easy? YES! Does it look quick and easy? NO! To the non-stamper, it probably looks like you spent hours on it! But that will be your little secret. For fabulous FREE quilt patterns, check out this link: Free Quilt Patterns. I am so anxious to read what you think of my very first quilt card, so please, will you leave me a comment? And as always, I am more than happy to answer any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use! I am only an email away! Until next time…

Stamp Set: None; Inks: None; Designer Series Paper: Paisley Patterns—available April 1, 2022; Card Stock: Very Vanilla (101650), Cherry Cobbler (119685), Baja Breeze (111352), Not Quite Navy (119932); Tools: Big Shot (113439), Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (119976); Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls (119247)

I just love my Wednesday “PPA Peek” Day. It’s fun to give you just a little taste of things to come before the big reveal on Thursday! Pearls and texture are two of my favorite elements to see on a card, and this card has both. And while you are waiting for Thursday, why not stop by Pals Paper Arts and check out this week’s PPA Picks!

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One of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that you have such wonderful resources at your fingertips! One such resource is Stampin’ Success, a monthly publication filled to the brim with ideas. So when asked by a recent hostess, Karen, to demonstrate a layered flower at her party last week, I reached for my February Stampin’ Success and found this beautiful card made with the Fun Flowers Bigz Die. Needless to say, the flower was a huge hit at Karen’s party and at Krista’s party the very next night!

I changed the card ever so slightly by adding a center punched with the Scalloped Circle Punch. I substituted a Rhinestone Brad for an Antique Brad. Instead of having my party-goers stamp a sentiment directly onto the textured Crumb Cake, we stamped the sentiment from Bring on the Cake onto Very Vanilla card stock and punched it out with an Oval Punch. Of course, I just had to add Pearls!

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