😜😜😜 Super Easy And Fun Card Making From Old Supplies - Including A Cheeky Faux Letter Press Card !!

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[@mammasmitch1387]

Thanks

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much, I really appreciate that 🥰🥰🥰

[@judiharting5265]

I love your videos- I am in my late 70’s and just getting started in card making. I too talk to myself, laugh at my mistakes and admire my cards that turn out. I just can not stop - I have over 100 in my stash now. People ask me what are you going to do with them - right now I don’t know I just love making them and can’t seem to part with them. You are so much fun to watch.

[@marionemberson]

Oh that’s brilliant, it’s all about enjoying what you’re doing. I give lots of mine to a friend who sells them for charity and I give a lot to the local hospice to raise money, but there are some that I just can’t part with, until the next favourites come along 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@michelegourd5742]

I am from the US and I love your accent!!! What creative ideas!! Love all your cards!! Very helpful!!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much Michele! 😊😊😊

[@jarsofglitter]

Who doesn't love embossing powder? It's like literal magic watching it change!

[@marionemberson]

I’ve been embossing for over 40 years and I never get bored of it 🤗🤗🤗

[@paulawray6210]

Another successful fun evening watching you create! Thank you!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much Paula 😍😍😍

[@Tom-sm3dn]

Lovely cards, have you always spoke like that? Lovely to see a commoner like you doing well on KZbin 🖤

[@marionemberson]

No offence, but that cracked me up 😂😂😂😂 of course I’ve always talked like this, I’m a common old bird from Essex, no airs and graces here 😂😂 glad you liked the cards 🥰🥰🥰

[@Sparkleberry7]

I just want to say I love watching your videos. I am glad I am not the only one that has racing ideas spouting in my head !!! Love the way you giggle at yourself!!!!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much, sometimes my head hurts with ideas 🤗😂😂🤗🤗🤗

[@lindawilliams6626]

Marion, you are hilarious! I so enjoy your videos and wish I could spend an afternoon making cards with you!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Linda, I’m just going to have to sort out doing some lives 🥴🥴 that’s the next best thing 🥰🥰🥰

[@joeyhoney1]

If you roll your brayer over another card topper instead of wiping with a baby wipe, you will end up with another background without wasting ink😉cheers from 🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta🇨🇦beautiful cards!! 😊

[@marionemberson]

I must admit I do that when I do my mixed media journal, but I find that there’s still ink left, I probably don’t roll hard enough 😂😂 I’ll try and remember to do that with my cards, I’m always needing spare backgrounds, thanks for reminding me 🥰🥰🥰

[@reneecassidy7279]

Fun video, Marion! I keep telling myself I don’t need any new stuff, but I don’t listen very well!

[@marionemberson]

Exactly! 😂😂 I’m sitting on my hands right now, it’s hard 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@thebuzzwithmamabee3432]

I want to be your American best friend. I have just recently come across your channel and I feel like we should be besties. You are so inspiring! Buying supplies and using them are 2 separate hobbies for me.

[@marionemberson]

😂😂😂 thank you 😍 I feel you, I’m really good at buying them but not so great at using them 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@mammasmitch1387]

I buy stuff and just stockpile it - I'll be dead before i can get through it. I need professional help! Love your channel, Marion, thanks for being you 😁 xx

[@marionemberson]

I hear you, I’m exactly the same 🫣🫣 I’m just hoping my granddaughters will love craft as much as me, I have to leave it all to someone 🥰🥰🥰 thanks for being here xxx

[@susantalcott2485]

You are adorable!! Love your advise about backgrounds!! Lots of fun!!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much! 😊😊😊

[@lynnemorton6055]

Hi Marion, beautiful cards and very educational. All the hearts n just have to say I ❤ thwm all. Thank you as always x

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much Lynne 🤗🤗🤗

[@sarahjohnston2681]

Absolutely Love them all, my favourite is the Pink Hearts across the middle. Thank You ❤

[@marionemberson]

Thank you Sarah 😊😊😊

[@deejohnson827]

Marion, you crack me up so much! 😂 I enjoy how your mind changes because that shows your creativity. The cards turned out so beautiful!

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much! My poor brain doesn’t stop 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@deejohnson827]

@@marionemberson 🥰

[@carolcahill2175]

fabulous Marion love to watch you making cards ,thank you

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome, glad you’re here 🥰🥰🥰

[@annenewman6002]

You could make an angel using the hearts.

[@marionemberson]

Oh YES !!! That’s a lovely idea Anne 😍😍😍

[@annenewman6002]

Marion you are so creative, watching from Australia.

[@kimwakeman2630]

Great cards as always Marion. Love watching your thought processes!! And thanks for reminding us to use our old stuff - I have the hearts and the leafy twigs - note to self to use x

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome Kim, thanks for watching 🥰🥰🥰

[@cheryl7476]

Great ideas, Marion.

[@marionemberson]

Glad you like them Cheryl 🤗🤗🤗

[@TheArussell5]

Hi Marion, what a superb video!! You’re thought process is just amazing to watch and just love it when you have a different idea from the one you initially started out with, it really is the best to watch!! I love all your videos, your cards are just beautiful and your personality just shines through. Thank you so much for all the inspiration ❤. Take care Much love…Ann ❤❤ xx

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much Ann, that’s so kind of you ! 😊😊😊

[@micheleburridge4289]

Hi Marion, I have only just found you on KZbin.. love your videos and how your brain works!!! I'm not alone! Lol🤣 I'm in Australia now, but originally from the UK, so your accent reminds me of home. Thanks for taking your time to show fab ideas and share some laughs. X

[@marionemberson]

Awww you’re very welcome Michele, thanks so much for being here 🤗🤗🤗

[@kathyfisher4038]

Yea Marion I need new contacts STRONGER!!

[@marionemberson]

😂😂 I’ve just got my new glasses and now I have headaches… I can’t win 😂😂😂🥰🥰

[@lornajohnson8781]

You are the BEST !!!

[@marionemberson]

Awww thank you 🤗🤗🤗

[@lindabarrett7543]

Hi Marion, I've only just discovered your videos but l am hooked, I'm useless at embossing despite trying many times, but I'm so inspired by you and your flitting about with ideas and just being who you are, it's so freeing, l love laughing with you and now want to try so many things, my mind is just blown away with your inspiration l don't know what to try first. Keep up the amazing work l love it and you. 🎉

[@marionemberson]

Awww thank you so much Linda, I really appreciate that 🥰🥰🥰

[@susanfitzpatrick4978]

I love your ideas and the creativity that you bring. It’s wonderful. You make things so easy without having to buy a lot. Thank you very much.❤

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Susan, I’m so glad you enjoyed it 🥰🥰🥰

[@cathysunderland296]

My biggest problem with card making is trying to come up with ideas

[@marionemberson]

Pinterest and You Tube will be your best friends for ideas, warning though, you’ll get lost for hours 😂😂😂 Or do what I do and just plonk some stuff in front of you and start playing, if it doesn’t work out, it’s just a piece of card 😍😍😍

[@RamoArt]

I almost never come up with an idea and execute it. I make things in batches, like backgrounds, die cutting and assembling shapes, stamping and cutting out images, fussy cutting sentiments etc. Or die cutting certain words from alphabet dies. Then I make a big old mess and play around with all of it! Sometimes I make a single card in a week and other times I finish 10 cards in a day because I've made so many little elements that then all work together perfectly.

[@marionemberson]

@@RamoArt that’s such a good idea, I love it 🥰🥰🥰

[@fierceritarm]

Me too, hard time coming up with good ideas 😅.

[@marionemberson]

@@fierceritarm I have been crafting since I was about 8, I’m 59 now, I’m sure I just up cycle my ideas from all those years 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@kathyfisher4038]

My favorites are the hearts

[@marionemberson]

You can’t go wrong with a heart 😜😜🥰🥰🥰

[@anniemcnaught2728]

just seen your video for first time, will surely be watching more, xx I'm a beginner

[@marionemberson]

Aww welcome Annie, I hope I inspire you 🥰🥰🥰

[@judytracy5231]

You are so real I love your videos.

[@marionemberson]

Thank you Judy 🥰🥰🥰

[@ingelagoransson3560]

Ha ha😃 your videos are so fun to watch! These leaves are so beautiful. I bought mine years ago but haven´t used them for a while. I will have to pull them out and use them :) Thanks so much for your inspiration. 😍🤗

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much! 😊 glad you’re going to use them, they deserve it 😜🥰🥰🥰

[@kathyfisher4038]

Just bought Tim Holtz heart die set, thanks to you and your video😉

[@marionemberson]

Awww you’ll love them Kathy, have fun with them 🥰🥰🥰

[@SantaFeLady]

" We buy stuff and maybe use it once and never use it again...." Have you been lurking outside of my craft room window 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 great video, thank you so much as usual! ❤

[@marionemberson]

😂😂 it’s true though, and as I said in this video, I’ve bought it and NEVER used it, it’s terrible !! I’m on a mission 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@myraanderson9817]

Love them all you gave great ideas and love your sense of humour😊

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much! 😊😊😊

[@pauladyer9845]

Great ideas..thank you

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome! 🥰🥰🥰

[@janetsinnott737]

Absolutely stunning cards Marion. Thank you. I admire you so much, you start off not really knowing what you will do, have an idea and end up with beautiful cards.

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much! I try to be organised in my head but it always goes to pot 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@kathyfisher4038]

Marion, I love the card you cut the hearts out of over a white card and the pink cut hearts on the white card, the white just makes the hearts pop!

[@marionemberson]

I do love white space 😍😍😍

[@junewatts6018]

A Big Big thank you marion,over the last few months I've lost my mojo, You've given me simplicity back which I think are the card that stands out ,your brilliant xx❤

[@marionemberson]

Awww thank you June, I hope you get creating 🥰🥰🥰

[@CraigsOverijse]

Love the distress ink and oxides one of the best investments I made was an office metal filing tray with several shelves from a charity shop cost me a few quid, its next to my working area I use it to put my wet projects on when doing multiples it wipes clean i then can make a lot all at once and place them apart to dry.😮

[@marionemberson]

Sounds great! Isn’t it great when you find something like that 😍😍😍

[@gloriajbeall1194]

Thank you for these great ideas. ❤

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching 🥰🥰🥰

[@brendaelainewaddell1682]

Marion, I'm so so much love your videos. I love how you just go where you fancy and you're not afraid to try things. Thanks so much. 😊🇨🇦

[@marionemberson]

Thank you Brendaelaine, I just love playing 🥰🥰🥰

[@christinemason8783]

Lovely

[@marionemberson]

😍😍😍

[@cathysunderland296]

Love your accent

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Cathy 🤗🤗🤗

[@sharonling-LetsArtToday]

Beautiful ❤

[@marionemberson]

Thank you! 😊😊😊

[@anitagardner1419]

Love this!

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Anita 🥰🥰🥰

[@velageleva]

Love all the cards, thank you for the inspiration :)

[@marionemberson]

You’re so welcome 😍😍😍

[@donnam5891]

Amazing cards, Marion. I also love those leaf dies. Actually any leaf dies💕I think Tim H Sizzix has some leaf dies that just cut out of the background without cutting out a separate leaf. They are pretty interesting as well.

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Donna, yes, I have those dies, they’re lovely, I have used them in previous videos, I may get them out again 😜😜🥰🥰🥰

[@arlenepowders4989]

I love watching you make cards…..your accent, and how you laugh at yourself….I look forward to your videos….thank you!!

[@marionemberson]

Oh thank you so much 🥰🥰🥰

[@micheleowen1713]

Love this ❤

[@marionemberson]

Thanks Michele 🥰🥰🥰

[@Sierra0209]

wow , du papier bleu adhesif qui coupe le papier , plus besoin de machine , c est super

[@marionemberson]

So glad you liked it 🥰🥰🥰

[@denaheck1506]

You are so funny. Your thoughts flitter here & there, and I wonder “ oh no” 😯, but every time, you pull it off and they look great! 🥰. Thanks for the fun, & keeping it real!

[@marionemberson]

Thank you, you should be inside my brain, it’s a mess 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@lindajackson4779]

I just love you!!I have so much stuff and I have never used

[@marionemberson]

I’m just the same Linda and yet I buy more 😂😂😂

[@lindajackson4779]

@@marionemberson me too!!! I keep telling myself stop Buying stuff and get busy. I had to get those hearts and I ordered them today!! You are a gem!!

[@marionemberson]

I have zero will power and I suffer badly from FOMO 😂😂😂 oh love those hearts, so versatile, have fun 🤗🤗🤗@@lindajackson4779

[@lindajackson4779]

@@marionemberson Thank you Marion and have a fabulous day!

[@lindaramos1]

Excelente! Abraço de Portugal 🇵🇹

[@marionemberson]

Thank you Linda 🥰🥰🥰

[@ceceliaspencer4976]

Hello new to your channel. Thanks for the inspiration! 💕

[@marionemberson]

You’re very welcome, glad you’re here 😍😍😍

[@reneeallen1118]

I swear, I love watching your videos you are great at talking about your process. Gorgeous gorgeous cards.

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoy them 🥰🥰🥰

[@elainegoodwin2810]

I love it all Marion. I feel as though I’m in your room with you half the time because I talk to you as you’re going through it all 😂 xx

[@marionemberson]

Love that! I’ll have to do a live one day 🥰🥰🥰

[@PamG012]

Wow, great video! You showed so many ideas for backgrounds, dies, embossing, and such cute finished cards! Thank you for taking us along as you create.

[@marionemberson]

So glad you enjoyed it 🥰🥰🥰

[@Jennifer-ep1sr]

I love glitter. I would use warm white glitter direct to card, topped with the heart template. ❤🇦🇺

[@marionemberson]

Love that! That would look gorgeous 🥰🥰🥰

[@lindavinson1273]

Oh, what fun, Marion. I so love your cards. Thank you for sharing your talents and your joy. 🥰

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome, thanks for being here 🥰🥰🥰

[@emmasheppard2639]

You're like me, too many ideas constantly xxx

[@marionemberson]

It doesn’t make for a good nights sleep does it !! 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@DVSDonna]

Love this "use what we have"!!! ❤

[@marionemberson]

Thank you 🥰🥰 let’s face it we all have SO much #fact 🥰🥰🥰

[@shirleysmithson4594]

Fabulous makes Marion. Such fun and inspiration . So love the way you get your finished designs very classy. Thank you for sharing 🥰 xx

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much Shirley 😍😍😍

[@debbiepohl9725]

Your "letterpress" worked way better that the actual one. I've watched a lot of videos with it and the impression is not all that noticeable. Good Job Marion :)

[@marionemberson]

Awesome, thank you! I really liked the look, subtle but effective 😍😍😍

[@annettepearce1690]

Thank you for sharing your creative talents, and bringing joy ❤.

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome, thanks for being here 🥰🥰🥰

[@wendywell4864]

The two heart cards were my favourites! Really enjoyed the video.

[@marionemberson]

Yay, thank you! 🥰🥰🥰

[@carolshaneyfelt8900]

Magnetic sheets work very well to keep your dies organized.

[@marionemberson]

Thank you, I do have lots on magnetic sheets…. And then I ran out 😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@Gloria_Davis]

I am such a big fan. So glad I found you. Love the multiple heart card.

[@marionemberson]

Thank you so much! I’m glad you’re here 🤗🤗🤗

[@bonnerdebbie]

Thanks Marion, great cards and ideas!

[@marionemberson]

You are so welcome Debbie 🥰🥰🥰

[@reneeallen1118]

Those backgrounds are gorgeous!

[@marionemberson]

I do love a background 🥰🥰🥰

[@susanmiller592]

Loved what you did with these. And too funny, but I just got an email from Altenew, and the leaf die set is on sale for $16.50.

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much Susan, I’ve popped it in the community tab to let everyone know, such a bargain. 🥰🥰🥰

[@ilemsanmartin996]

Loving This Tutorial! All the Cards turnout Beautiful. That Faux Letter Press have to try on my Big Shot. 🤩🩷🤩🩷🤩

[@marionemberson]

Thank you, yes give it a go, it’s fun 🥰🥰🥰

[@lindajackson4779]

She is funny

[@craftysquirrel2958]

Great techniques & a really enjoyable tutorial 👍🏼 thank you ! Amazing cards too 🤩👍🏼

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much! 😊😊😊

[@Lisa_GK]

You can also use the ‘stencil’ you made as a template to line the dies back up again if you can’t keep them stuck to the mint tape. 😊

[@joycemhill0703]

You are delightful to listen to, creative and clever and I learn so much…thank you so much

[@marionemberson]

I did that on another video and forgot it on this one, I’m such a forgetful numpty, thanks for the reminder 🥰🥰🥰

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much, that’s really kind 😍😍😍

[@CatherineSummerfield]

Lady... I sure wish you would stop doing these videos. It is difficult enough to get through my day without deeking into my studio to try YET ANOTHER brilliant idea that you share > No REALLY - I get NOTHING done if I even watch one video of yours because one leads to the other which leads to the other and next thing I know - yah.. I have a million and a half cards on my desk all brilliant in design ALL BECAUSE OF YOU !! Love yah !! Thanks for taking the time to teach us and thanks for your humour and side trips during your teaching when another idea pops into your head. THANKS A LOT. lololololol xxxxxxx You are a rock star ( the non druggy kind ) CATHERINE

[@marionemberson]

😂😂😂 sorry about that 😂😂😂 I’m so glad they inspire you though 🥰🥰 thanks so much for watching them 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@dizzinese]

I love both sets I bought of those Altenew dies. But it’s been the most difficult year of my life and I can’t get to them or many of my new products. I did stock my supplies heavily all in 2 years and I just don’t have the time being doubly disabled and alone, to have time to make cards. It’s killing me working like a man all the time. I long to have time to use my great supplies.

[@marionemberson]

Just concentrate on getting yourself back to how you were…. Your supplies will still be there 🥰🥰🥰

[@dizzinese]

@@marionemberson thank you Marion. I’ve been working pretty hard. Trimming 4 spruce trees that are 12’ wide at the bottom. Then pruned out all the underneath branches on a crabapple I had trimmed but it wasn’t flat enough on the bottom. Filled a full can with 1 foot pieces I chopped up. Mowed day before yesterday, it was so hot! Humid too. I barely made it in. Yesterday had to do my nails and just finished polishing them and it 1:45 am! I cut down again on 3 meds this week so that’s probably going to be tough. But God is helping me. Thank you! I miss you!

[@marionemberson]

@@dizzinese blimey Denise, is there no stopping you, I can hardly pull out a weed, let alone prune a tree 😂😂😂 well done you 🥰🥰🥰

[@dizzinese]

@@marionemberson you’re so cute! This is how hard I work everyday. The next day I went to make as close to perfectly straight the bottom of a crab apple tree. Thought it would be just a few snips with hand shears. Of course not even though I paid to have the 2 ornamental trees trimmed, they just reshape them. So I had to drag out 100ft cord and electric trimmers and trim above my head underneath the tree. Well it wasn’t as flat because there’s tons of branches growing from one side through to the other, branches growing straight down, etc. it had not been pruned out since years before when I did it! I chopped every branch into foot long pieces and filled a large garbage can! This is normal work for me. But today I had to come to a stop. I’m on such low doses of medication as I continue and near finishing tapering off my pain meds, I can barely walk. I did as much of the heavy work while still getting some help from the meds, but that is no more. And there’s much I wish I could tell you. You were like a friend to me. It’s very sad what was done to me, illegally. But that’s for an email. I’ve tried to work on the Christmas cards I started but never finished last year. But it takes great discipline as I’m not well and in pain.

[@dieblondefrau]

W(⁠✷⁠‿⁠✷⁠)W Those "simple" cards so beautiful and amazing 🤩🤩 Love them. 🧡🧡 I don't have the Embossing//Cutting Machine..... maybe with something else I could make those cutting paper 🤔🤔 My FavCard is the one with the 🩷🩷🩷🩷 and "I miss you". 😊😊

[@marionemberson]

Thanks so much! You can always download a template, such as a heart, from the internet, draw round it and cut it out 🥰🥰🥰

[@dieblondefrau]

@@marionemberson thx 4 this Idea 🧡🧡🤝🏻

[@mechivenz]

Hi love you work! Pls, name of tape are you using?

[@marionemberson]

It’s mint tape, it’s in the description under ‘products I used’ 🥰🥰🥰

[@pennyeagle1616]

Please could you tell me where to buy 4" mint tape in the UK. Love your videos btw!

[@marionemberson]

Hi Penny, unfortunately, I’ve never found it here, hence I buy it from scrap book com every time I purchase from them. They really offer excellent shipping rates, I’ve never paid customs (yet) I’ve just done an order with them for $120 and the shipping was $7.99 and I got a free gift… I love them, that’s why I always recommend them. If you fancy giving them a go, the products I use from them are listed in the video description where it says ‘show more’ just click on one of there ones (SBC) and it’ll take you there. So glad you enjoy the videos 🥰🥰

[@pennyeagle1616]

@@marionemberson Thank you so much

[@ritah9890]

i have too many stuff and too little time to use it... :(

[@marionemberson]

That’s the story of my life 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰

[@cathysunderland296]

Love your accent

[@marionemberson]

Thank you, I have been likened to Dick Van Dyke 😂😂😂🥰🥰🥰