Graciellie Design

We've been sharing project ideas for Fall and Halloween all week long on Therm O Web and now I'm joining the team with a foil stamped Halloween card using the new Gina K. Designs Sparkling Silver Glitter Deco Foil and Brutus Monroe stamps and inks. This is my first proper Halloween card ever, so I hope you enjoy that quick tip video tutorial I prepared for you. It may seem strange but the truth is Halloween is not a traditional holiday in my country. Still, I had lots of fun preparing this video for you (with spooky music and all)! Supplies and Recommendations You'll find the complete list of supplies and some extra recommendations on Therm O Web's blog.   I also invite you to subscribe to their newsletter and follow them on YouTube and social media, as they will be sharing lots and lots of project ideas for Fall and Winter. That's all for now. Thanks so much for always supporting my creative journey. If you haven't subscribed to my You...

I love using transparencies on cards. I usually use vellum because of how delicate it looks. So I decided to use one of Sweet 'n Sassy's latests flower stamp from a set I designed - Floral Greetings - in a non-traditional way. You will see me using a couple of stunning papers today from Paper Temptress too! I used a quick and easy DIY technique to foil the flowers on  heavyweight #48 vellum  to create these stamped embellishments. First, I stamped the flowers using pigment ink (which works just as well as any embossing ink), and I then heat embossed the images in gold. But because I wanted to create a metal on metal effect I went ahead and foiled the flowers in silver. All I did was cover the images with a piece of Deco Foil Silver Foil transfer sheet and ran them through a laminator making sure to wrap the stamped vellum within at least 2 copy paper sheets folded in half, to avoid the embossing powder from melting completely. This trick will allow you to get a distre...

With the new year also come new crafty tools and new techniques to try out; New opportunities in every sense and new energy to give it our best. So today I have a card for you that represents all of the above in an elegant and inspirational way. I went for black and white, adding gold as my transition shade and the result ended up reminding me of the old 30's glamour. The Arched Elegance dies also contribute with the look of the card and since they are new to my stash I went ahead and layered them as uniquely as I possibly could. I used so many different materials on this card: vellum, craft metal, decofoil and even acrylic paint for the monoprinted background. I started out using a 5" by 7" Gelli plate to create a gold and silver background (love the effect), then I heat embossed in silver a few snowflakes on it; I also cut the flourishes from the same paper. I die cut a few archs on craft metal (which looks like aluminum foil but it's sturdier), and layere...