Three Unique Background Looks With Stars And Fronds Frame 3d Embossing Folder

Hi friends! It’s Nora here from @nonniscards with 3 different inking techniques for your 3d embossing folders. The new Stars and Fronds Frame 3d Embossing Folder is so cute, I thought it would be perfect for getting a bit inky and creative with!

I’ve kept the card designs pretty clean and simple, so these are even good for mass producing if you want to send a lot of Christmas cards. And of course you do! 🙂

All of my 3 card bases are made from green colored Spellbinders card stock; I used Rainforest for the cards with the floral die cuts and Fern for the card with the white bow. All of the die cuts come from one of my favorite new Christmas die sets: Gifting Bow. Let’s have a look at each card and each technique a bit more closely!

The design of the pattern in the Stars and Fronds Frame is beautiful; it leaves an empty space in the middle of the card, which is great if you, for example, want to stamp your greeting straight to your background. I wanted to emphasize this design, so I used Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, and Evergreen Altenew Fresh Dye Inks to ink a monochrome glow, making the edges dark and getting lighter towards the empty center. I inked my panel both before and after embossing it. I wanted to get a lot of ink to my card so on the first time I added ink directly from the ink pad to the card… And then smoothed out the look with adding more ink on top with an ink blending tool. I embellished this background with cute poinsettias cut from Bellini and Coral card stocks, along with leaves from Rainforest and Fern. White paint splatters are my favorite embellishment to add to almost all cards that I make lol!

In this card, I used white pigment ink to transfer the original color of the cardstock. You do this by inking the top flap of your embossing folder, the one that presses on the card, before you run the folder through your machine with the card panel inside. Repeat multiple times to get the ink coverage you want. Let the ink dry completely before adding your die cuts on top!

The third and final card showcases the ”flip side” of the embossed panel, the debossed side. I call this technique ”Batik” because it reminds me of those fabrics. This is very fun: you basically choose whatever inks you want and swipe them onto your card stock, see how you like it, and either continue adding inks or call it done when you are happy with it! I used white pigment ink, the green inks from Altenew, and golden Delicata ink for shimmer. Again, make sure you let this background dry well before adding your die cuts!

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Other Supplies

Hero Arts white pigment ink, Delicata Golden Glitz ink, Frayed Leaf, Forest Glades, and Evergreen Altenew Fresh Dye Inks, Ink Blending tool, White Acrylic Paint, and paintbrush for paint splatters, White Neenah card stock for card bases, and white die cuts

I’d love to hear which one of the backgrounds is your favorite! I’m super happy with them all and find it very exciting how versatile embossing folders can be… Three such different looks with one same folder! If you switch the ink colors to something else, you again get very different looks. I hope I’ve inspired you to get a little bit experimental and inky! Thank you for popping by today. If you want to see more cardmaking ideas from me, make sure to visit and follow @nonniscards on Instagram. Happy crafting!