Wednesday Wideos - Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

Finally introducing the new baby on the block, the Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine ! The cutting and embossing block that is... 

Details are in the 2020-2021 Annual Catalogue (pages 170-172) or here in the Online Store... but launch stocks were delayed... but they are finally here... and it was worth waiting for... 

And remember that if you were to buy this now... there is a free Sale A Bration product waiting for you too...

The perfect size for easy storage and crafting on the go! And for night time crafting in front of the TV!!! Now where can I put those scissors!!

This cute machine has a compact footprint for easy storage and travel. The 3-1/2" (8.9 cm) platform works with many of Stampin' Up!'s smaller dies and embossing folders. Includes 1 Mini Base Plate, 2 Mini Cutting Plates, 1 Mini Embossing Plate, and 1 Mini 3D Embossing Plate

But please note that the Mini Magnetic Cutting Plate is not available yet... 

And I am delighted to be able to share not one... but 3 product videos with you... just click on the image(s) to play...

1. Get to know your Mini Machine

2. Die Cutting Sandwich

3. Embossing Sandwich

But before I go... don't forget that we also have the new Full Size Stampin Cut & Emboss machine too... working in perfect harmony...

But I will save all its details to another day... as I am sure you want to pass on somewhere else by now!

Friday Forest...

Many people appear to have overlooked this little gem of an embossing folder in the new Autumn Winter mini catalogue... so I thought it high time to highlight it...

So introducing the Evergreen Forest embossing folder... and the start of a series of experiments... Maybe even a series of series... is that a serii!!!?

Although you probably can't tell from these photos... this card has such texture care of the inked embossing... just love it... and not even any 3D foam Stampin Dimensionals in sight.... 

This is created by a simple inking up of the embossing folder... just dragging a Gray Granite ink pad over the raised ( back) face of the folder... with the flat part at the top being inked as well as the raised trees... And then embossing a piece of card..

Though not a perfect make as I ended up with a random sky pattern... which my eyes needed covering when making up a card... hence the circular embellishment to the top right...

Finished off with a snow bank (hand cut or die cut using the Coming Home bundle)

 

 Which I have then stamped with another greeting from the fabulous Wrapped in Christmas stamp set (think this may be my all time favourite christmas greeting set!)

And here are a couple more makes using the Evergreen Forest embossing folder... too nice not to share as well... 

Parisian Flourish Embossed Card

Another short and sweet post for today...

An incredibly simple embossed card using the wonderful new Parisian Flourish embossing folder... definitely one of my all time favourite embossing folders...

Hopefully the card just says it all... care of the Beautiful Bouquet greeting...

Gold Embossed Good Morning Magnolia & Magnolia Blooms

So this is the gold embossed card that inspired the white embossed card shared here earlier... 

And this card was inspired by many a one I have spotted around the internet... though I think the first one I saw was this one by the lovely Linda Dalke... who has a video tutorial for you there too... 

Though of course what I remembered was a white matted version... so then I searched for that and couldn't find it... so I guess that part was just in my head after all...

But simply... Crumb Cake mat temporarily stuck to an A6 Crumb Cake card blank...  gold embossed magnolias... 

Coloured in with Whisper White craft ink... using my trusty Aqua Painter... and then left to dry...

Then Petal Pink ink applied using Sponge Daubers... and then small mat stuck onto white mat... and onto card blank...

And an admittance... I don't even have Good Morning Magnolia... but I do have Magnolia Blooms... so this was my prototype... 

And then I borrowed the lovely Jill's Good Morning Magnolia when she was here... and quickly re-made the card

Remember that these 2 magnolia stamp sets work really well together... as not only are the greetings in the same script... but the magnolias co-ordinate with each other as they bring in different sizes... 

I personally like to use the largest magnolias in each of the sets on cards like these... but more on that another day...

And here are the 3 cards together... 

Butterfly Gala..

 A very quick and simple share for you today... using Butterfly Gala and Butterfly Duet Punch (now consistently back in stock!)

And Country Floral 3D Embossing Folder (currently unorderable... as are the other carryover 3D folders... Sorry!)

7 ways to colour the Country Floral embossing Folder for Tuesday Tips & Tricks....

I have a round up of different looks and ways for colouring the Country Floral embossing folder for you today... There are other ways... but I had to stop myself...

Should really have shared these a few weeks ago... But I meant to  come back to them and make some pretty cards... and so they got forgotten about... but hey... better late than never... 

But before I start... know your Country Floral embossing folder! 

Available exclusively for free with a £45 order during the Sale A Bration promotion... which ends 31st March...

It is a Dynamic Textured Impression folder... so use only one plate to emboss through your Big Shot... 

And... for the purposes of the explanations here... the front of the folder is the side with the Stampin' Up! and the Sizzix logos on... so you are looking at the front face of the front side on the picture above... 

First up... white cardstock... with simple inking up of a face... using either an ink pad direct (as I did)... or a brayer if you prefer a lighter touch and more control... 

(1) inking up the back face of the front side... aka the debossed/valley/sunken face... apologies for the different colour (Balmy Blue) here...

(2) inking up the front face of the back side... aka the embossed/peak/raised face...

Then using coloured cardstock... with simple inking up of a face... using the same colour/darker ink... either an ink pad direct... or a brayer if you prefer a lighter touch and more control... I think I used Coastal Cabana ink on my samples... but it may have been Pool Party!!

(3) inking up the back face of the front side... aka the debossed/valley/sunken face... 

(4) inking up the front face of the back side... aka the embossed/peak/raised face... apologies for the smaller panel... I must have been rushing at the time!!

And finally... a bit of multi colouring... three ways... 

I used Balmy Blue, Highland Heather, Pineapple Punch & Granny Apple Green unless otherwise indicated...

(5) Using the Many Marvellous Marker pens to colour onto the back face of the front side of the embossing folder aka the debossed/valley/sunken face... and then embossing the white cardstock... Wouldn't suit the perfectionists out there... as a more vintage random look... 

(6) embossing white cardstock... and then colouring using the Light Stampin Blends... I also used the Soft Sea Foam one here for some of the leaves... nice and precise and bright... 

(7) And my favourite... using Watercolor Pencils... Embossed white card first... then scribble pencils onto embossed/raised side of cardstock... and then Blender Pen to move the colour "out"... 

Slight variation on colours here (Daffodil Delight, Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple & Garden Green)

Now I could carry on for a while... but I need to move on with my Class schedule and projects... But my next one would be... combining (1) in Pool Party ink and watercolor pencils (7)... 

Hope you have found these a useful round up...  And now you know how to do these... you can search on Google & Pinterest etc and find lots of examples of cards with pretty colour Country Floral coloured flowers... to inspire you even further... 

But ... before I go... here is one prepared earlier for you... using the Stampin Blends method (6) described above..

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