VC Rocks June Blog Hop - Big Shot Madness

Welcome to my little spot in the world wide web. You must have come from Nancy Keithley’s amazing Scrapbook Kits and More page at www.fancynancykay.blogspot.com. From here you will continue on your way to visit Stacey Coombs at Stampin Stace .www.stampinstace.blogspot.com If you are lost and confused you may go to back to the beginning HERE. If you are simply overwhelmed by the AMAZING creativity of these Rockers, I can't help with that J Sit back, get a bag of chocolate and a cup of coffee and hop along. I have enjoyed every VC Rocks Blog Hop and I hope you do too.

I love my Big Shot! I really do not know if it is possible for me to design a card without it. As my fellow VC Rocker, Carey Rogers, calls it a "he or him" and refers to it as "Mr. Big Shot." I honestly can say he is more useful than some of the family members in my house. But he cannot keep your feet warm at night and he does not purr.

My project below was actually from a card class taught by my Soul Sister, Shannon Miramontes. She should be a VC Rocker but she has the cutest almost 3 year old (who does not nap everyday anymore) so I share my VC Rocks experience with her. (BTW: she loves the May Swaps.) Shannon and I also have a blog we work on together with our craft fair ideas. We are SoulSisters-StampInStyle.blogspot.com

The card base is Baja Breeze. The technique used with Mr. Big Shot is called Embedded Embossing. In a nutshell, you layer all your papers, glue them together, then send the whole thing through Mr. Big Shot. He can handle it. I have never broken a plate, but I have folded back that extra flap a time or two.

Supplies you'll need for this card are: Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Old Olive, and Whisper White Card Stock. Green House Gala DSP. Antique Brads, Whisper White 5/8” Satin Ribbon, and The Bird Punch. For your Big Shot you will need the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder. Really, that's it. If you want the measurements, please email me, but it is a pretty straight forward card design with a very special technique. I hope you try this out someday. Let me know what you think with a comment.

Next you will continue on to Stacey Coombs. www.stampinstace.blogspot.com. If you want to go back one hop click www.fancynancykay.blogspot.com. To go back the beginning of the hop click HERE.

April Card Classes

March is not quite over yet, but I have had a busy and inspirational weekend. The design juices were really flowing yesterday. These are the three cards I designed for my April Card Class.

I was inspired by Amy Reinhardt at http://www.narrowroadstamping.blogspot.com/ for this card. There are lots of beautiful cards on her blog. Thank you Amy for your great design.

I learned a new technique called embedded embossing. This card features this "new" technique. Pretty cool, eh? Come learn how at my class.


For this card I actually took apart the Friendly Word Wheel and remounted it as a flat stamp. Many stampers are "Wheel Challenged" and cannot drive a straight line with a wheel. At $8.50 a jumbo wheel is a great value. By taking the rubber off the wheel I was able to color the images in as I wanted to and then stamp it when I was ready. There are lots of resources online for how to convert your wood mount stamps to clear mount stamps. I visited Susan V. Peters's blog and adapted her technique for my stamps. (Here is the link.) I used a similar process for the wheel. Below are pictures of the Friendly Words Wheel "whole" and in "pieces". I got this fabulous idea from Judy Morrow on her blog confessionsofaribbonaddict.blogspot.com.


Thank you for looking at my blog today.

Kim