When it comes to embellishing your cards and layouts how do you know what items to place where? How do you know when enough is enough? Well today we are going to help 3 lucky winners get answers to these questions and more!
Our Design Team Coordinator and design expert Danielle Flanders has created an embellishing handbook e-book in collaboration with Ella Publishing to give you 20 stylish strategies for dressing up your scrapbook pages and cards!
In this ebook you will learn Danielle’s top 5 strategies for WHY we embellish:
- To establish a focal point
- to set the mood
- to reinforce a certain style
- to add character & creativity
- to incorporate texture
You will also delve into Danielle’s top 5 strategies for HOW to embellish:
- varying scale
- using repitition
- choosing odd numbers
- creating accent clusters
- combining patterns
Each embellishing secret is illustrated by two different projects – a beautiful layout and a must-try card concept all designed by Danielle herself! Get ready to embellish like a pro! This ebook is normally $7.99 but today we are going to give 3 lucky blog readers access to this ebook for FREE!
How To Enter:
All you have to do to enter is leave a comment on this blog post and tell us what is your favorite embellishment? What is the one embellishment product or technique you go to over and over again? We will choose the winner this Friday March 1st, 2013 so you have 3 days to leave us a comment!
We also want to congratulate Danielle for creating such a fabulous handbook with creative tips anyone can put to use!
February 26, 2013 - 12:18 pm
At the moment I would say my favorite embellishment is banners of all kinds.
February 27, 2013 - 3:53 am
I love using matching stamps so you can create your own colours. Lovely big shiny brads are my favourite at the moment as well.
February 26, 2013 - 12:26 pm
Love using washi and my favorite are the butterflies from Artisan.
February 26, 2013 - 12:27 pm
My favorite embellishment technique right now would have to be using masks with paint or mists, i could do it over and over again…i just love the look it gives me!
February 26, 2013 - 12:28 pm
My new favorite embellies are arrows…. I just can’t get enough of them!!!!
February 26, 2013 - 12:31 pm
Buttons! Buttons & twine!
February 26, 2013 - 12:37 pm
Right now I love playing with handmade flowers – cutting them, layering them, misting them whatever!
February 26, 2013 - 12:41 pm
I like to use buttons
February 26, 2013 - 1:29 pm
I still like the old fashioned brads.
February 26, 2013 - 1:35 pm
Well my favorite embellishment would be flowers because they have a way of filling up space. As far as technique that I use over and over…hmmmmm I have lots of stickers but really don’t like them as is so I adhere them to chipboard, cut them out and apply them to my project with foam squares for dimension.
This book looks awesome! Need all the help I can get, lol. Congrats Danielle.
*gina*
February 26, 2013 - 1:35 pm
Thanks for the chance. Usually my favorite embellishment is something I cut with my silhouette, but thats because it’s still new to me!
February 26, 2013 - 1:50 pm
Flowers and inks. It’s hard to stop
February 26, 2013 - 1:55 pm
I have to say my favorite embellishment right now is spray mists and flicking them across the page! I love making little splatters all the time now!
February 26, 2013 - 2:09 pm
I love a taste of glimmer on every card I make. Whether it’s mist, stickels, bling or glitters, it isn’t finished without a hint of sparkle.
February 26, 2013 - 2:11 pm
my favorite embelishment at the moment is pearls becaus the brighten up a lo or bought embelishments.
The one I use when I’m stuck is makeing flowers with a die and the papers i’m using
February 26, 2013 - 2:13 pm
Tags…all kinds but my fav is just the simple manilla shipping tags!!! Love them
February 26, 2013 - 2:30 pm
Perfect pearls, tags and buttons. Any new and different techniques would be greatly apprieciated, I probably need some new inspiration.
February 26, 2013 - 2:32 pm
Well i really love flower and bling. Thanks for a chance to win.
February 26, 2013 - 2:42 pm
Right now im really into Washi tape!!!! It can be such a focal point or just a hint of color!!! xoxo
February 26, 2013 - 3:00 pm
Could so use this book!! I struggle with embellies. Thank you fornthebchance to win!
February 26, 2013 - 3:02 pm
I tend to keep going back to inks and glimmer to embellish my projects.
February 26, 2013 - 3:26 pm
Lately wood veneer, enamel dots and sequins
February 26, 2013 - 3:32 pm
Flowers and paint. Can’t get enough
February 26, 2013 - 4:02 pm
Buttons & flowers, but I want to expand. I need this book!
February 26, 2013 - 4:10 pm
I’ve been using a lot of twine on my cards. They make thinner bows and I don’t worry about them poking through the envelopes when I mail them.
February 26, 2013 - 4:38 pm
I love metal charms. Almost every project I have ever created has had at least one charm hanging directly from a jump ring or as part of a chain. I love the dimensionality, the movement & the sparkle of the metal.
February 26, 2013 - 4:38 pm
I love my Cameo, so I am really into diecuts right now. I sometimes use them as is; I sometime dress them up… but diecuts it is!
February 26, 2013 - 4:40 pm
I like to use pre-made embellishments on my projects.
Also do some of the dry embossing. I love using
Washi tape on everything and twine.
Carla from Utah
February 26, 2013 - 4:46 pm
I love sequins lately!
Thanks for the chance to win!
February 26, 2013 - 5:07 pm
I love buttons and wood veneer!
February 26, 2013 - 5:17 pm
I love stitching,tags and banners. Need some ideas on using washi tape!
February 26, 2013 - 6:01 pm
My favorite embellishments are tags of all shapes and sizes and flowers made with anything and everything. I’ve never seen a book dedicated to embellishments. This is so cool. Thanks for the chance to win!
February 26, 2013 - 7:02 pm
I love using brads, buttons, and tags.
February 26, 2013 - 8:36 pm
I love flowers and ribbon. I seem
to use them all. I use tags and
washi tape on occasion.
February 26, 2013 - 10:38 pm
Fave embellishment is ribbon or twine.
February 26, 2013 - 11:48 pm
Butterflies, I seem to be finding room to add one to everything i make at the moment. Where anyone else woulod use a flower, I use a butterfly!
February 27, 2013 - 12:28 am
Depends on the card I’ve made, but I love my crinkled seam binding, my enamel dots, buttons, and half pearls! Would love to win a copy of this book. Danielle is so talented!
February 27, 2013 - 3:06 am
Since I am new to this I guess I would have to say that the sprays add so much color and interest to my project. I also like to edge my pieces with Walnut Distressed Ink. That makes them POP. I also like to use buttons (of which I have more than 500) and paper flowers. I have been collecting old poetry books, etc. to use as background paper. I just LOVE to create and decorate. I collect neat projects and put them on my Pinterest boards.I am always looking for new ways to do the things I love. I have also started painting with chalk paint. I wonder if it would work on a canvas? Good luck to everyone!!!!
February 27, 2013 - 7:07 am
Flowers with buttons and brads
February 27, 2013 - 8:33 am
I love mists right now to add a bit of unexpected glimmer!
February 27, 2013 - 11:22 am
My favorite go-to embellishments are wood veneer and twine. Thanks for the chance to win-this book looks wonderful!
February 27, 2013 - 11:12 pm
twine!! Can never have too much twine
February 28, 2013 - 10:55 am
I am loving washi tape right now. Also buttons…buttons…buttons!
February 28, 2013 - 11:02 am
At the moment I love doilies and glassine baaaags!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thankssss
February 28, 2013 - 11:05 am
I would have to say it is still flower clusters followed closely by any ribbon use. Two of my favorites. Looks like a great book!
February 28, 2013 - 11:06 am
I still use a ton of buttons. Thanks for the chance to win, I love Danielle’s work…her blog is awesome!
February 28, 2013 - 11:13 am
I love washi tape and twine. and brads and flowers…. and really anything that adds dimension.
February 28, 2013 - 11:26 am
I always use stamps. Then I go for the ribbon or twine and pearls or rhinestones.
February 28, 2013 - 11:27 am
I use small tags and some of the Epiphany shapes for embellishments. However, I really need to learn more about embellishing! I’m a novice, and I could use help learning out to do this better. Thanks!
February 28, 2013 - 11:27 am
I love layering paper banners and glitter and mist!
February 28, 2013 - 11:28 am
I love Danielle and follow her blog. She is the master of creating projects that look amazing with little effort. My favorite way to embellish is to use die cuts. The possibilities are endless and you can’t go wrong with all the choices available.
February 28, 2013 - 11:58 am
I enjoy adding a variety of embellishments. I am thinking buttons are one of my favorites at the moment. I am leaning toward flowers to think springtime quicker as well.
February 28, 2013 - 11:59 am
I just love pendants! I am also drawn to any embellishment that includes birds or birdcages! Thanks for the chance to win ” Embellishing Handbook”.
February 28, 2013 - 12:06 pm
My favorite embellishments are a tie between stamps and chipboard shapes and quotes, I just couldn’t decide which one. Thanks for the great chance to win!
February 28, 2013 - 12:30 pm
My favorite embellishments are mini banners and sewing on EVERYTHING paper. All of my recent scrapbook pages and my cards are embellished with these two theings. Thanks for a chance to win this fabulous book!
February 28, 2013 - 12:57 pm
At the moment I can’t resist anything metallic and I take every opportunity to melt things so my heat gun is essential and I’ve been using various embossing powders mixed together to give random effects. I teach workshops so I’m always on the lookout for more inspiration and the e-book would be perfect!
February 28, 2013 - 1:19 pm
I love to embellish my pages/cards/craft ideas with buttons and even though I have a sewing machine…still prefer the hand stitched look! (I love this technique so much I use it on most of my projects – it’s like a signature.)
February 28, 2013 - 1:34 pm
I love clipboards as it is so versatile and can do so much.
February 28, 2013 - 4:02 pm
So hard to choose just one, but right now I would have to say Chevrons are going on a lot of my pages. Thanks for the chance to win!
February 28, 2013 - 7:52 pm
Brads seem to be the embellishment I always fall back on…I have quite a few!
February 28, 2013 - 9:11 pm
My go-to embellishment is ribbon, I can’t seem to complete a project without it!
March 1, 2013 - 2:26 am
Banners, doilies, tags, bling, washi tape, ribbon, chipboard, masks with mists or paint and, oh, you asked for one…. well then flowers, flowers and flowers!!!
March 2, 2013 - 7:39 pm
My favorite embellishment is creating my own captions with my computer – I have total control
over font, size, and color, and can speak with my own voice.
March 3, 2013 - 8:30 am
My favorite embellishment right now is washi tape!
March 3, 2013 - 9:08 pm
I love mist and buttons!