The 5th Day of Christmas

On the fifth day of Christmas my craft store showed to me... beautiful embossed Christmas cards and tags! Guest designer Christina Thomas is back today to show us a few Christmas cards she created using the new Sizzix Textured Impressions designed by Basic Grey! I also made some Christmas Tags using these great embossing folders. Take a look:

Embossed Christmas Cards by Christina Thomas

Christina used the Sizzix Textured Impressions Snow Flowers folder to create this gorgeous card. She also embellished it with a Petaloo Velvet Poinsettia.


Christina used the Sizzix Textured Impressions Evergreen folder for this amazing card! Be sure to check out her video to see how she created it!


Christina used both Sizzix Textured Impressions Powdered Sugar/Snow Globe folders on this beautiful card!

Christmas Tags by GenCraft

I ran chalk over each of my embossed images to make them pop! I also added a bit of glitter to the embossing on the red ornament tag. I added a stamped to-from sentiment on the back of the square tags. These were super-easy and really fun to make! Here are some close-ups:


I used Basic Grey Jovial Pomegranate, Snowball Fight, Element Stickers; Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Combo Rings and the Sizzix Textured Impressions Thin Ice Embossing Folder.


I used Basic Grey Jovial Crushed Velvet, Snowball Fight, Element Stickers and the Sizzix Textured Impressions Plaid Embossing Folder.


I used Basic Grey Jovial Snowball Fight, Element Stickers and the Sizzix Textured Impressions Powdered Sugar Embossing Folder.

Happy Crafting!

Tim Holtz Texture Fades

It's Wednesday! Today we have a little inspiration for you from Designer Teri Berrios using the new Tim Holtz Texture Fades Embossing Folders for Halloween and fall! I bet you didn't know we had those, did you? Well, we do and Teri has definitely given us a lot of inspiration with these! Take a look!

Harvest of Plenty by Teri Berrios



Teri used the Tim Holtz - Texture Fades Cattails/Pumpkin Patch for this gorgeous card! This card shows the Cattails Folder. Check out all that detail!

Fall Frame by Teri Berrios



Teri used the Pumpkin Patch Folder, which is the other folder in the Cattails/Pumpkin Patch Set. Can you believe that there are two amazing folders in the pack for less than $10 (our price!) I love how Teri cut out just the pumpkins and added glitter glue to really make the embossing pop!

Halloween Cards by Teri Berrios







I love these fun Halloween cards! Teri used the Tim Holtz Texture Fades Halloween Words/Cobwebs for these gorgeous cards. There is so much that can be done with embossing! You can leave it alone, rub a file or ink over the raised design to make it pop or add in some glitter glue!

We hope you were inspired to try a little embossing of your own!

Stay-tuned for even more inspiration!

Happy Crafting!