Embossed Paper Strips (Great for Scraps!) + Simon’s Handmade Holiday Hop
I am always trying to make use of the seemingly endless scraps of cardstock that I have in my drawer; I always feel like I make more than I actually use. Do you have that problem too? Today’s cards helped me make a good dent in my stash (for the holiday colors, at least), as I am paper stripping some festive backgrounds. To make these colorful backgrounds even more beautiful, I’m stepping them up by adding some embossing over top. Each of these cards feature new embossing folders from Simon Says Stamp’s Handmade Holiday release!
Of all the cards I created today, my absolute favorite is this colorful card with the beautiful Etched Berry Branch on top. The berry branch features some sparkly glitter and Mica Flakes on top of the colored cardstock it was cut from. The embossing folder I used for this card was the Snowflake Visions folder. I added a sentiment using stamps from Simon’s XL Christmas Greetings set.
If you wanted to tone this card down a bit, I made a second version using that same Etched Berry Branch…
This stem is cut from Matte Silver Cardstock from Simon, with little red sequins adhered over the “berries”. I embossed the background with the Christmas Floral folder, and again used that same XL Christmas Greetings stamp set for the sentiment.
Another beautiful embossing folder from this release is the Pine Bouquet. I used this folder on one of my backgrounds that features a lot of gold paper stripping; you can see how that specialty cardstock embosses with such detail! I added a greeting from CZ Design’s Good Cheer stamp set, along with a small red heart die cut to finish off this card. This card is simple, but pure elegance!
Finally, I made a card with some random strips of embossed paper, interspersed with strips of Matte Silver (not embossed). I tied some Tim Holtz Velvet Trims around the card, added a greeting from the Good Cheer stamp set, and even glued some snowflakes on top! If you look closely, you’ll see there are some gem stickers adhered to the center of each snowflake for some added sparkle.
All of these embossed cards may look similar, but each have their own unique characteristics that make them special. I love that I not only got multiple cards out of this, but I also made some progress in using some of my paper scraps! Now if only I could stop making more than I use…! :)
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so lovely and great use of scraps
Beautiful cards Nina!
These are Amazing!!! I love the design of your cards!!!
I love the colorful paper strips you used.
Nice project design share for using up the scraps. Great look to the embossing and finishing details.
Terrific use of paper strips.
I love the colorful paper strips you used.
Very colorful card.
Love the idea of embossing the cardstock strips! Your cards are great!
So pretty and festive with the colorful strips.
So fun! The embossing folder really amps up the strip background!
Such bright and cheerful cards. Sorry but I can’t pick a favorite. Love them all. I really like the way you used metallic cardstock in with your other scraps. Thanks for all the great inspiration!
So pretty! Love the bright cheerful colors!
Such beautiful and inspirational cards!! Love this release!
I love the colorful stripes, and how you used that beautiful embossing folder with it. Thank you so much for sharing ????
Love all of these!! What a great use of paper scraps and embossing folders! Definitely have to try this!
I love the idea of using scraps with the embossing folders. The beautiful Christmas colors indeed made this card a favorite of mine too. Thanks for sharing.
So many fun colours, and I love all the texture!
I love your card. That is such a clever use of embossing folders, I never would have thought to use them and my scraps like that. Thanks for sharing
I love this simple classy, scrapbusting card set!
I am in awe of your cards! Can’t wait to try it myself. Thank you for sharing your creations and a how-to!
I can never part with my paper strips and have made backgrounds with them but never thought about embossing them – thanks for the tip!
I love the striped colors on this with the embossed background. The pretty leaf cluster pops!
So nice to the variations on a single theme!
Scraps everywhere! Always love to see the colors and cheerful cards stripping makes! Love the grand sentiment fonts, yup cheerful!
What a wonderful way to use up your cardstock scraps, lovely cards.
I love the bold colors you used in these cards.
Love the mica chips but also love the big word stamp. All are very festive. The silver strips are a nice touch.
LOVELY cards! Thank you for the wonderful video
Beautiful Card and love the colors!
I love these cards! Great job!
You are great talent – love your videos!
So colorful and bright!
I can’t pick a favorite, all of your cards are lovely! I really like this technique and plan on trying it on my next card.
Beautiful cards! What a great way to use up some scraps which for me are never ending!
Wow, I love the colors, a way to use up scraps, and using the embossing folders for extra texture.
Love this idea! Who doesn’t have way more scraps than they’ll ever use? And I like the color combinations that you used.
Gorgeous cards Nina! Loving the 3D Embossing folders!
Great ideas for scraps and embossing
Great cards! Love the idea of using up scraps and the uniqueness of each card. Thanks for the idea.
Gorgeous cards, great idea to use paper scraps and embossing them, love that idea! Another terrific release from Simon!
I love the idea of using scraps with embossing folders! Lovely cards!
I love using embossing folders! Thank you for reminding me of another way to use them.
Beautiful Holiday cards. This also looks like a great way to use up some scraps!
Love the color pop in these cards, beautiful way to use scraps too!
Gorgeous cards and lovely ideas! I love those mica flakes too. Thank you for the great video and inspiration.
Love your creativity. Beautiful!
Love love love your color combos and designs.
Gorgeous cards! Great video tutorial. Love all the new products.
As a recycler I always appreciate ideas on using scraps! Beautiful!
Now I’m going to go look in my scrap drawer!
Fabulous cards! I love the embossed backgrounds with the paper strips! Great colors!
Gorgeous cards. And what a fun way of using up the paper scraps!
Super cute. I love the idea of embossing all the different paper strips.
Great cards, so bright and cheerful! So many great products, love that berry and branch die.
Fun idea to use up those scraps! I love the new embossing folders.
Gorgeous holiday colors and I love the textured background.
Your cards are always so beautiful and these are no exception! Just gorgeous!
Absolutely love every one of these cards!! Thanks for sharing this fabulous tip for the never-ending scrap pile!
Wonderful use of scraps embossed.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
fabulous way to use those scrap bits we’ve all got floating around!!
Beautiful card! I love the embossed colour strip panel!
Nina, these are GORGEOUS! I especially like the Be Merry and the Be of Good Cheer ones… although the addition of the mica flakes make a really cool effect on yet another great card. You are incredibly talented! Thx for showcasing a number of products from this release.
Lori S in PA
Absolutely gorgeous cards! Such a great way to use your scraps…
Thanks for sharing.
Great way to use scraps to make awesome cards!
What fantastic cards!
So beautiful!! I love how you created a Christmas rainbow with the colours you chose! They look amazing!
Love these cards! Clever use of scraps, and they are all beautiful.
Lovely technique. I am going to try that.
Nina I love all your cards. As usual they are stunning.
Never thought of embossing on card strips.
Such cheerful cards you made!
Nina-Marie I’m so liking your super idea to add strips of paper to a solid piece & then emboss it, Your cards are fabulous & I like all of the colour combos you used. Who among us doesn’t have paper scraps we can put to good use? This is the best Christmas release I’ve seen.
Great way to use up scraps
Your choice of color for the striped background add a wonderful festive look! all the finishing touches are great!
Your cards are amazing. Thank you so much for your great ideas and inspiration.
Great cards, love the colors.
The colors on these cards are so festive they all turned out really nice
Great ideas! Only found your blog yesterday and I love all your stuff.
Great idea! love the colors you used.
Nina, beautiful cards! Fabulous way to use up those scraps. Thanks!
What a wonderful way to use up all the card stock scraps. Your card is so colorful!
I am a scrap hoarder! Great and beautiful ideas to use those scraps with SSS awesome 3D embossing folders to make terrific backgrounds!
Love your cards
Very bright and colorful cards. Simple too
Very bright and colorful cards.
Fantastic and such festive cards! Love the color combinations of those strips! The embossing looks so pretty! Thanks for the inspiration!
Lovely cards and a great way for using scraps! Never thought of that!
I love this idea.
I love this idea.
super idea of using scraps – awesome results – thanks for the inspiration
I love these cards, great backgrounds. These new embossing folders are so beautiful. I want them all. Thanks for showing us these great cards.
These are so gorgeous Nina…I am so guilty of having too many scraps! I just can’t seem to part with them. This idea is a game changer and with all the new folders out…I’m in !
very clever and creative way to use scraps!
Really like the look of the embossed strips! Going to use this idea to make some cards.
Love the stripping. Good way to use
up scraps also. Colorful, happy card.
thanks for sharing.
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What a great way to use up scraps!
Love those embossing folders and what you have done!
Love this card and to think it was from just scraps. Awesome.
These are all such pretty cards. I love seeing new ways to use up scraps of paper and this one is perfect for that. Great embossing folders for this holiday release.
Lovely colorful and festive cards.
Oh my…all lovely cards. Can’t decide which i love best. Wow!
Your cards are adorable and I really enjoy how you repurpose your scraps. What a great idea. Always a pleasure to watch your ideas come to life.
Cheerful and distinctive. What more could you want in a holiday card?
I love this idea. Great way to use up a few of those scraps.
Love paper strips and your idea to emboss is a great one! All of your cards are pretty and doable for the everyday crafter.
Love the way you used the embossing folders. I love embossing folders and am so glad they are on the come back.. thanks for sharing your ideas. So talented.
These new embossing folders are wonderful. Love what you did w/ them.
Love the creative way you used scraps to make a classy card.
A great idea to use up those scraps! I love all the colors!
I love the idea of embossing over the striped card bases!
Love the embossed strip backgrounds!
What a great background, and I love the etched berries!
I am so glad embossing folders are making a comeback! Love your card!
I love your card and thanks for sharing this fun technique.
Beahtiful cards! I love your backgrounds!
Love the beautiful cards and teaching us all your amazing techniques.
Always live to see what beautiful creations you come up with. Gorgeous!
Simply beautiful ????
I absolutely LOVE this technique, thanks so much for sharing!
Love this idea, and the colors!
Such a fun technique! There are so many beautiful embossing folders out there now, and while I don’t have any holiday-themed folders, I have a couple of recent Simon folders that I think would be beautiful with this technique. Can’t wait to give it a try!
My favorite is the etched berry branch one with the mica flakes….it is absolutely perfect. Thanks for such seemingly foolproof techniques. I will be using them.
This creates a great look for a background!!
What a great look. I’m going to go back and see how you did it!
Love the colors and technique! It’s a very different Christmas card look. Thanks for sharing your ideas!
Beautiful cards! I love ideas for using up paper scraps!
I’ve been trying to use paper strips lately, but forget to emboss them! Such a great affect with the various folders!
Great cards with wind inspiration.
What fun and funky cards! Seems almost therapeutic to piece together. Thanks for the inspiration!
Gorgeous designs, love the colors
such pretty colorful backgrounds with embossing, love the touch of greenery with them!
Very cheerful colorful cards!
Love this card, I had never thought of that.
Beautiful card, Nina. What a clever idea and great way to make multiples.
I love these cards! I will be trying the paper stripping tonight!!
Nina you always rock it! Great cards????
Gorgeous bright card, love the way you have used your scraps of oaoer.
Thanks for a great use of those scraps that are two big to throw away but too small for an image!
What a beautiful card idea.
Sooo pretty! I love all your cards
Great color combinations & your cards are all pretty!
Oh my goodness – love your ideas and how you blend techniques! Just beautiful!
I love this idea! I can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!
Great idea—always looking for ways to use embossing folders
Love this idea to use my scrap stash
I love the colors you used and the embossing folders are amazing! GORGEOUS CARD!
Embossing folders are so popular lately – I really need to dig mine out and put them to better use! Thank you for the fabulous inspiration (as always) :D
The multi-coloured embossing looks great!
Your cards are fantastic!
The berry card with the sparkling accents makes it look so realistic!
We all have scraps of paper in our stashes, thanks for some inspiring ideas for using them!
Great card for mass producing love it