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Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches

Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches is what we have for you today. Making sympathy cards are difficult so trying to make a card that is sensitive to your loved ones loss. Here I will show you how to do just that with a simplistic design but an elegant feel.

Supplies Needed for the Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches Project

A Creative Journey with Melissa Sentiments For All Occasions Stamp Set

Stamping Block

Card Base

Mat for butterflies

Embossing Folders

Paper to Emboss

Gray Ink

Twine

Paper to Emboss with

Punches

Die Cut machine

Scissors

Take out your mat paper, adhesive and your card base.

Apply adhesive to the back of the mat paper.

Adhere the mat paper to the card base. Set aside.

Take out your paper to emboss and your embossing folders. Place your paper inside the embossing folder.

Run your paper through the manual die cut machine.

This is what t he paper for your Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches Project looks like once you have embossed your paper using your die cut machine.

Put the paper in the embossing folder…

Run your paper through the machine and…

PRESTO!  I love the texture of this one!

Pull out your embossed paper and punch for your Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches Project.

Punch your butterflies out of the embossed paper. You can use different embossing textures for each punched item or all the same. Mix it up!

Take out your paper to stamp on, sympathy sentiment, stamp block and gray ink. Place your sentiment on the block, ink and stamp your sentiment.

Here is a close up of the stamped sentiment for your Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches Project.

Punch out your sentiment. Using your white twine, wrap it around one end of the sentiment. Tie a knot.

Cut the extra twine off with your scissors. Place adhesive on the back of the sentiment and set aside.

Fold the butterfly like shown.

Round the wings of the butterfly like shown.

Apply adhesive to the back middle of the butterfly and place on your card.

Adhere the rest of your butterflies to the card front. I love the 3-D effect with the texture and punches!

Place the sentiment on your card. You are finished!

For this weeks giveaway we are giving away the A Creative Journey with Melissa Sentiments For All Occasions Stamp Set!!

 Winners announced next week so be sure to check back!

To qualify to win, you must be BOTH:

A public follower on YouTube, subscribe to our mailing list/blog posts and you may also comment on this blog post for an additional entry to win! Winners will be announced next week on our Mondays with Melissa blog post!

BE SURE TO check to see if you are a winner EVERY WEEK. If you do not contact me within two weeks of the your name being picked, you will forfeit your prize. Thank you for your understanding.

Subscribe to BOTH with MATCHING NAMES to be eligible. If I am unable to match you with your subscription to both the email list and the YouTube Channel, you will miss your chance to win a prize. If I can’t decipher if you are a matching subscriber (if your profile doesn’t show publicly who you subscribe to) and I can’t confirm you have subscribed to both, you will not be eligible.

For last weeks giveaway we are giving away a $15.00 store credit to our store!

 The winner is Sue R!

Winner, please send me your contact information via contact page on our website, which post you are a winner from and I will get your prize out to you! Thank you so much for being a YouTube follower and subscribing to our mailing list/blog posts!

Thank you for joining us for the Sympathy Card using Embossed Paper with Punches Project. I hope you take this time to enjoy and embrace your handwriting and be creative!! BE SURE TO CHECK BACK TO SEE IF YOU ARE A WINNER!

Have a wonderful week and thank you for going on A Creative Journey with Melissa.

 

Embossing Upcycled Packaging Materials – Mondays with Melissa

Have you ever upcycled something or repurposed it? Do you know what upcycling or repurposing is? If you don’t, you are going to LOVE me.. and maybe hate me a little too. Upcycling or repurposing is when you take an item and find another purpose for it and in many cases making it better! Whether it is an old book, table, chair, outfit.. The possibilities are endless!

As a crafter, I LOVE to buy new creative items because the industry is forever changing however I also want to be kind to our planet. This is where upcycling comes in. Embossing Upcycled Packaging Materials is really fun and makes you think outside of the box. Its a great way to get your creative juices flowing! I love to try to upcycle and repurpose as much as I can-almost to a fault-so that I can try to find another way to use an item. Especially on creative projects. You would be amazed at what you can come up with!

Here I created a card using the upcycled packaging material from an embossing folder set I purchased as seen in the video. I punched a circle out of paper and stamped the celebrate sentiment from our Sentiments for All Occasions stamp set. It’s a great set that covers just about anything you would need for a sentiment. I thought it would be cool to use the sentiment as a background. I really love how the project has the added texture with the upcycled element.  I think the embossed upcycled element also helps to highlight the colors surrounding it. In this creation, I punched out a flower from the upcycled material with a flower punch. It worked GREAT!

 On this creation, I decided to do something a little different. I made an embellishment by punching out a circle out of decorative card stock and put it BEHIND the embossed upcycled tag so you can really see the dimension and texture of the embossed tag. I used a punch after I embossed the upcycled material to obtain the tag shape. The sentiment with sympathy is from our Sentiments for All Occasions stamp set. The upcycled material is easy to use and work with. A word of caution; be careful with the edges when you are cutting them because they can be sharp.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you enjoyed what you saw be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel for more tutorials, creations, surprises and of course for Mondays with Melissa!