Heat Embossed Sunshine Card

I am loving how many techniques I can learn while card making.  My newest (and probably going to be a favorite) is heat embossing.  It is simple, takes mere seconds, and leaves my cards looking so professional!  I love it.  I still am learning the technique, but thanks to high quality powder, I am well on my way to figuring it all out.

I have two kids 4 and 1.5, so I have to make quick cards.  I don't have the time (or brainpower) to spend an hour on a card.  I usually make 4 at once, except I am making card at such a rate that I will not have room to store them!  So for challenges, I make one at a time. :)

I quickly stamped the suns on the yellow, didn't love the spacing, so I flipped it over and used the smooth side.  In the end, I wanted vairety in the stamping, so I added a few stars.  Love them.  I am finally learning what to do with the tiny stamps that come in all the sets.  Backgrounds people!  

Before I glued the strips down, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment.  Love this "Say it-thanks" set from Technique Tuesday. It includes one big "Thanks," along with 11 add on statements and some cute doo-dads. 

I made this card twice, with different colors for the paper strips, and I have to say I like the yellow best!  I think it would be cute with an aqua paper under the yellow also...hmm...Another card on a another day!

Thanks so much for reading!

~Lynette~