Embossing Only with Nestabilities

Today I was playing with the Embossing Only with Nestabilities technique from the latest video on Stamp TV.

The first card is for the Featured Stamper's Challenge on SCS. Christy S. has a wonderful gallery, and I chose her Wind to CASE. After stamping the image, I masked a rectangle and made the clouds. Then I used the Nestabilities die to make the embossed frame. I stamped the hot air balloon again on a piece of Basic Grey Lime Rickey DP and glued in onto the original image.

* Stamps – Summer Eclectic and Summer Eclectic Sayings by Gina K. Designs
* Paper – Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White
* Ink – Palette Noir Black, Bashful Blue
* Accessories – Nestabilities, Sponge Daubers

The kids' parade from the Flourishes' Patriotism on Parade is stamped within an embossed Long Rectangle Nestabilities frame. The bunting is also from that same set. I was able to use alcohol markers on the single-layer card because the Gina K Design Pure Luxury White 120 lb. cs is thick enough so that the ink doesn't bleed through to the other side. While the die was still on the card, I sponged the Bashful Blue around the top and sides. I am sending this card, along with a few others, to Flourishes for their Cards for Heros project.

* Stamps – Patriotism on Parade by Flourishes
* Paper – Gina K. Designs Pure Luxury White
* Ink – Palette Noir Blac, Bashful Blue
* Accessories – Nestabilities, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Sponge Daubers