How To Create A Magnolia Mood Birthday Card using Faux Embossing – Technique Squad Blog Hop

Aug 15, 2024 | Birthdays, Blog Hop, Colouring, Step by step, Techniques

Hello there Crafty friends. Welcome to this month’s Technique Squad Blog Hop. Where each month we share projects using a particular technique. This time we are creating using the Faux Embossing Technique and & I am very excited to share my Magnolia Mood Birthday Card.

Magnolia Mood

When this bundle was released I just knew I had to grab it. The floral images remind me of a wonderful Magnolia that we had stretching across the front of our house, which unfortunately we had to remove as the roots were damaging our drains.

The images have a Victorian lithograph feel. The stamp set comes with a a fabulous set of dies , which were key to todays technique.

What Is The Faux Embossing Technique

Faux embossing technique is a lovely technique which allows you to use your stamps & dies in a different way to create fun backgrounds

Ink – Stamp your image/background in white ink, then stamp again in a darker shade just the left. This creates 3D effect imitating embossing.
Dies – By placing die cut shapes on a background of the same colour, it mimics the look of embossing, but it’s not!

Magnolia Mood Birthday Card

Today’s card uses dies to create the background and I couldn’t be more pleased with how it came out.

How To Create A Magnolia Mood Birthday Card using Faux Embossing

Take your scraps of Night of Navy
- Die cut four of the large detailed magnolia dies
- Arrange on the Night of Navy Layer (L1) & glue down using multipurpose glue
- Trim off the excess die cuts
- Add to the base card with Glue
Take the piece of Basic White
- Stamp the image in Night of Navy Ink
- Colour with Stampin Blends
- Die cut out the shape
- Add a loop of ribbon to the front the card using Tear & Tape
- add the die cut to the card with Dimensionals
Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy Ink onto the piece of Bubble Bath Card
Trim the ends and add to the card with Dimensionals
Finish with three embellishments

Magnolia Mood Birthday Card – Measurements

Base – Night of Navy: 21.0 cm x 14.8 cm scored at 10.5 cm
First Layer – Night of Navy: 9.5 cm x 13.8 cm
Second Layer – Night of Navy: large scraps minimum size 9.0 cm x 8.0 cm
Third Layer – Basic White: 9.0 cm x 8.0 cm
Inner – Basic White: 9.5 cm x 13.8 cm
Sentiment – Bubble Bath: 7.0 cm x 1.5 cm

I think you might agree, this card is simple yet stunning!

Voila!

I so enjoyed making this card and I would love to know what you think? Please do leave me a comment.

If you would like to know more about any of my projects please do get in contact and I would be happy to help you. I go live on Facebook every Monday and Wednesday at 11.00 am UTC +1 (BST) showing lots of cardmaking tips and tricks based around a particular Stamp Set or Bundle.