STAMPlorations sketch #20

 

All that glitters is not gold. It may be Holographic or Liquid Platinum embossing powder! And it may be on a hexaptych!

Meet the new sketch at STAMPlorations. See those five panels. I went a little cutter crazy. Oops.

Meet my card. I took a watercolored CS (from mopping up leftover ink from another project), sprayed it with some bronze perfect pearls water and did some random stamping of the water mark from Holiday Artsy using white pigment ink.

Then I did some major heat embossing on it using two feathers from VIGNETTE: Trendy Feathers. First using holographic embossing powder, but that didn't show up like I had hoped. So when it was cool, I stamped over the embossed feathers again (slightly offset) and embossed them with Jennifer M.'s fave, Liquid Platinum. That stuff is good enough to eat. Not really, but it is awesome. I dipped the edges of the panel into Versamark and embossed them too.

Cut the panel into strips and attached them using various thicknesses of foam adhesive.

For the sentiment, I heat embossed onto black CS and trimmed. Added a swatch of organza fabric behind it cuz I loved the touch of the gold stars! And then a strip of washi along the inside edge - cuz one can never have too much gold, right?

Show us your pentaptych! The challenge runs through September 26th. You might be chosen to be our next guest designer.

Supplies for just a note:

Paper:  cream CS Bringmann, watercolor paper

Stamps: STAMPlorations

Ink : Distress, Versamark, Hero Arts pigment

Tools: 

Other: embossing powder, organza

furry (CASology)

Know how I'm always complaining that challenges should be open longer?  Not this time.  Thanks for creating a challenge just for me, ladies ;)  On a fluke I happened to see this at CASology four minutes after it was posted! 

and have leftovers from this card still on my workspace (read:  ironing board).  Know where I'm headed?

The challenge is sponsored by Paper Smooches - such cheeky stamps.  Love 'em.  And this set, A little Lovin', is fabby.  When I bought it I thought I would only use the mama/baby elephant image in it for baby cards - it's precious - but no, this froggy has seen his share of ink too!  Just realized you can't see his gold crown :(

Happy CASing folks.  And thanks to all of my followers out there.  So nice to see your cheery faces every day.  Maybe I'll have to giveaway some furry pink hearts soon!

Supplies kiss me:

Paper: CS Bringmann

Stamps: Paper Smooches

Ink: Versamark, Versafine

Tools: heart die Sizzix

Other: gold embossing powder, furry fabric

giving gallery idol a go! . three (PC)

Here's my last birthday card for the open auditions at Paper Crafts Gallery Idol 2013 challenge. Have you joined the fun yet?  As another wise man once said  "Ever tried.  Ever failed.  No matter. Try Again.  Fail again.  Fail better."  Lookin' kinda regal and elegant from the little photo, eh? When I showed DD this one, she wrinkled her nose.  Well, keeping with the theme "Birthday Cards for Teens and Kids" please meet "for a 16-year-old-kitschy-but-true":

What was I thinking when I bought that shaggy neon pink fabric?  Pillow.  Nuff said.  It will never meet my sewing machine.  But my Big Shot, yep!

Have a good one.

Supplies dreams take flight

Paper: CS Bringmann, vellum The Paper Company

Stamps: Hero Arts, sentiment PTI

Ink: Versamark, Versafine

Tools: heart die Sizzix, butterfly die Hero Arts/Sizzix

Other: white embossing powder Stampendous, washi Masking Tape, gold wire, shishkabob stick, glue dots