VIDEO: Simple Highlighted Embossing Part 2 of 2

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Hi friends! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving if you are in the US. We didn't do anything except try out Chef John's loaded sweet potato recipe and it was excellent. 

I worked all weekend on the Hero spring catalog and you will not be disappointed. However, it got really cold and windy this weekend - I have my space heater on as I type this, so it definitely doesn't feel like spring. 

I added a new recipe to my True Crime & Cooking tier on Patreon if you are a member over there - it's the best pasta salad in the world. I am trying to balance each category so there's about the same number of recipes in each category at all times, and I noticed I needed to catch up on salads, so that's what I'm working on at the moment.

Gardening is on pause right now - it's been cold and wet - so I don't really need to be out there watering. And there's no need to weed at this time of year - everything will die back soon enough. I have been thinking about dirt lately though - there are so many plants that I need to repot and add dirt to in the spring, That is always such an ordeal - trying to figure out the right amount of dirt - it's always too much or not enough. BUT - for whatever reason, repotting a plant in new dirt is sooo satisfying. I wish I could get someone to just deliver it to my driveway. 

I am back today with part two of my highlighted embossing mini-series - this is much simpler than part 1, but still really pretty. This will work with regular embossing folders if you have a very light touch, but it works best and most quickly with 3D folders like today's snowflake folder.

I used liquid watercolor - believe it or not, the same colors on both - and this copper paint on the right, white paint on the left. 

It's hard to see, but the snowflake on the left is die cut from clear glitter paper. I used this sentiment set and these embellies.  

This is absolutely an easily reproducible holiday card - each one will look different! Just get a big sheet of watercolor paper and then cut it up afterwards - my favorite type of process for holiday cards, which I really need to get going on. I'm trying to de-stash and that's taking priority right now. If you are interested in a de-stash bundle, you can get on the waiting list here. 

Here's the video - enjoy!

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Loveyameanitbye.

VIDEO: Photo Paper Resist Three Ways + New Patreon Benefit

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Happy Friday! 

It's been a long week, but I'm happy to report that I've let Maddie out of her cone after three weeks and she's done with her antibiotics. In the last few days, she's perked up a bit. I was seeing a ton of depression in her with the cone. Splotchy hissed at her non-stop, she couldn't play - it was really sad. Now she's getting back to her feisty little self. 

I have a new video for you today with several different ways to do one single technique and ONE of the results is so different from the others - I think you'll love it. 

I used photo paper and a few watercolor mediums: Neon liquid watercolor, powdered watercolor, and reactive ink.

You'll see in the video what happens with one of the mediums - it's really neat. I used this background stamp for all the testing, and I used a Christmas and a Thanksgiving word die and kept the cards simple.

On the medium that behaved so differently - look at the difference in the stamp lines! - I finished the background with this geometric stencil and glitter paste. It's hard to photograph so here's a closeup.

Here's a side view closeup. 

Here's the finished card where you can REALLY see the difference in the reaction.

Here are all the supplies you'll see in the video:

Snow Background [ HA ] Frame Stencil [ HA ] Seasonal Word Dies [ HA ] DF089 Grateful Words Fancy Dies (D) |... [ HA ] Golden Sands [ SSS ] Sunset Beach [ JGG ] Root Beer Reactive Ink [ HA ] Neon Yellow Watercolor [ HA ] Neon Pink watercolor [ HA ] Mister [ AMZUS ] Photo Paper [ AMZUS ] Neutral Glitter Paper [ C&9 ] Sticky Mats MINI 3 pack [ MSP ] Black MISTI [ MSP ] Glitter Paste [ HA ]

And here's the video!

I added a new Patreon benefit today to the True Crime & Cooking level! A lot of podcasts will do series on certain topics, but they are all mixed into their feed, and you have to hunt and peck to find them, especially if they come back to them after there's a resolution in a case after a long period of time.

One such case happened recently, so I've gone and put together playlists so you can listen to them all with no interruption, and the first one I posted is INSANE. So far there are 17 episodes, but they aren't done. You can binge the first 17! I'll add the new ones as they come. PS this is not a violent crime. No spoilers. :)

I hope you have a great weekend! Loveyameanitbye.

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VIDEO: Easy Embossed Highlights - Part 1 of 2

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I experimented with a new meatloaf tonight and this is big news. I make a GREAT meatloaf, so I actually never try anything new. I'm sort of the same way at restaurants - once I find something I love I rarely order anything else. Bad habit! But having to cook every meal since 2020, I've branched out by necessity even from my most sacred recipes. This branch was a hit! It was a green chile meatloaf and it was delicious. It had tomato sauce in it and on top, which is not my habit, but it was absolutely delicious in this recipe.  My friend Dana told me about a great salsa macha she had recently and now I want to try to make some of that. But the good news is - I made TWO meatloaves last night - the green chile and my normal one, so I don't have to cook for a while. 

My neighbor gave me a big envelope of seeds from her oriental poppies! I scattered them yesterday, so I'm really hoping I get poppies in the spring. Hers are STUNNING - like 4 feet tall - they line her "hell strip" - the little strip between the sidewalk and the street. I've been keeping a little garden journal - it's a now discontinued EC perpetual calendar I got off my Buy Nothing group, so I write down each time something blooms or goes dormant on the day it happens, and then it becomes like an almanac. So for the poppies, I just drew out a little map of where I scattered the seeds. You're not supposed to bury them - they need sunlight to germinate. We will see! 

Enough about mundanities. I love that embossing folders are having a bit of a renaissance. I probably still have the first embossing folder I ever bought and I'm still intrigued by them. It just seems like there's no end to the techniques, and like stencils, they are an inexpensive and durable supply. 

Today's video is like an EXTRA light version of the three different fresco videos I've done. 

It's absolutely perfect for watercolor, as you will see in the video. So much fun to do. I used this 3D embossing folder, which I also used in one of the fresco videos above! It's so pretty. I haven't moved it off my desk since I got it. I think this ended up looking like silk the way the watercolor blended. The sentiment set is this one. I had no intention of making this a Christmas card until I finished it, and noted that the colors were very much holiday colors. 

Isn't that fun? You have to look closely to see the three little silver embellishments but they are super shiny in real life. 

Here's the video:

Here are all the supplies I used today.

3D Embossing Folder [ HNB ] Peace Dies [ HNB ] Peace Stamps [ HNB ] Clear embossing powder [ HNB ] Embossing Ink [ HNB ] Watercolor [ HA ] Continuous Spray Mister [ AMZUS ] Cold Press Watercolor Paper [ BLIC ] Mixed Metallic embellishments [ HNB ]

What are you cooking? I'd love to hear!

Loveyameanitbye.

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