Have you ever done a direct to paper technique?

Try it on one a embossed piece of paper from one of your 3D folders – and make a few try it on the embossed side and the DEBOSSED side – it is amazing the magic that happens when you do this!!

Measurements:
BASE: Shaded Spruce CS: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
scored at 4 1/4″
Basic White CS: (2) 4″ x 5 1/4″, scrap for the die
Textured Garden Specialty paper: 1″ x 4″

Emboss the Paradise Garden hybrid embossing folder on one of the Basic White CS layers.

Drag your Shaded Spruce ink pad lightly over the surface of the debossed side of the paper.

REMEMBER DRAG LIGHTLY – you can always go over it again to make it darker but you cannot make it lighter.

This is what the debossed side looks like with the direct to paper technique – COOL right?

Adhere the embossed layer to the card front.

Adhere the Textured garden Specialty paper over the middle of the debossed layer.

The sentiment piece is one of the Stylish Shapes circle dies and I am using a SNEAK PEAK Sending Salutations which I got as a Prize Patrol winner from the OnStage 2026 convention!

This is a fabulous sentiment only stamp set which I cannot wait for you to be able to use!
This will be available May 5th when the new catalog goes live!

I stamped the birthday sentiment on full strength in Shaded Spruce ink and then I stamped the leaf image from the Paradise Garden stamp set twice onto my grid paper and then stamped off onto the circle die so it is lighter then the sentiment. I blended the edges with a blending brush and popped the circle up on Stampin’ Dimensionals for some added dimension.

I stamped the Fabulous Sayings “happy birthday” from the former Product of the Month onto the other Basic White layer and stamped the leaf image again on grid paper and stamped it off as a lighter generation onto the right-hand corner of the layer.

Adhere the layer to the inside of the card.

I added Pearlized Faceted Gems which are retired but you could easily substitute the Pearlized Faceted Circles.

This finishes this lovely card with a little sparkle!

Try this direct to paper technique with your favorite 3D embossing folder and make a few to see what the embossed versus debossed sides look like with this technique!

Now go and create some artwork of your very own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin,
Natalie

Reminder the SNEAK PEAK stamp set will not appear below in the photo links until it goes live for customers on posts after May 5th!