Oh Baby! you can emboss with glue pens (Easily)

I wasn't ultra-happy with the baby card that I made for friends a while back (I haven't don't do a lot of baby cards.) So... I made a new one with the cutie patootie stamp my friend Kim gave me for Christmas: Baby Pea! It's by Stamping Bella and it's name cracks me up; I'm going to design a stamp to go with it called Baby Pooh. I know I'm goofy. Forgive me, I must have worked too many years in a daycare, hahaha ;0).

To make this card I did the following...

1....stamped Baby Pea in black stazon ink on Naturals White c.s. & did the magic patterns technique with the Paisley background stamp [You need versamark & clear e.p.] (tutorial here.)
2....used these inks: Blue Bayou, Bashful Blue, and Certain Celery ink wash & an aquapainter to paint it
3....added a wash of pink for squeezable baby cheeks
4....embossed the Certain Celery mat & ribbon strip
5.... added mat layers in Bashful Blue & Ballet Blue
6....matted the ribbon... sealed its edges with a lighter
7....added brads... distressed edges, & put it all together
8....embossed 'Oh Baby' by writing in Sakura glue pen, adding silver e.p. & heating GENTLY
9....scribbled over pea with glue pen & added dazzling diamonds


Here's a close shot to show the details of my 2 favourite things that I discovered about the Sakura quickie glue pen whilst making this card: 1) that you can add glitter quickly without obscuring too much & 2) that free-hand embossing by writing with the glue pen is even cooler than embossing with a Versamarker. Granted, you have to be a little gentle with the heat gun. However, you get a lot finer line with more dimension. (You can click the pic for an even closer look.)


It was great typin' at ya; thanks so much for reading!
;0) Mel