SAF Antique Embossing

Trying out Melissa's antique embossing technique ...

SAF Wax Seals

Using my new Wet Paint set and the faux wax seal method.  Man, with five of us heat embossing, it smells rather plastic-y in here! ;)

I just love my new Fresh Ink mint ink ...  It looks really cool on Kraft card stock ...

SAF Morning Timer Challenge

I tried the timer challenge and made the time at 6:17.  Not bad!

SAF Mock Mosaics

The pearlescent embossing paste finally dried so I could finish up my card ... ;)  Super simple with a butterfly die ctu on top.

 And here's one I did with some Laurie's press n' seal negatives technique using Lizzie's video idea ...

Natural Beauties and a Wet Paint die cut.

SAF Faux Frescoes

Stamp-a-Faire Meet and Greet and MIM #177

So the fabulous Papertrey Ink Stamp-a-Faire starts tomorrow!  Whoo hoo!  I am getting together with a few crafty friends in town and we will be playing along with the challenges all day tomorrow.  Can't wait!  Just gotta pack my bag and get all ready!  I just got home from dinner with a friend who is going out of town soon but made a Make it Monday card earlier that I will share ...

I started with a Soft Stone card base and used the Horizontal Stripes cover plate to cut out the pieces from some Snap patterned card stock.  I used Laurie's technique of using the cover plate negative pieces - love it!

I added a Wet Paint die cut using some credit card advertising silver card stock - it was too good to recycle! :)

The inside has a Fresh Ink Fuschia heart stamp from Wet Paint ... love these stamp sets!!

So I better get started packing up some supplies to take to my Stamp-A-Faire event tomorrow and snacks for everyone too ...  I'm sure everyone is excited to get started on the challenges.  Of course, being on the West Coast of Canada, we will be a bit behind since they start at 7am MST which means an absurdly early hour here ... :)

Oh and we are supposed to share a picture of ourselves ... here's my good old purply standby from Facebook ... kinda funky!

PTI'S Make it Monday #175 - die cut borders

Over at Papertrey,  this week's challenge is die cut borders.  I am not enamored worth my first creation,  but I will share anyways.

 I used the Fanciful Feather dies along the edges and used the rock and roll technique on the feathers with some Fresh inks.

 I stamped the large feather using Versamark and added pewter Perfect Pearls.  This is my new purchase - PTI's linen vellum. Love it!!

I finished off the card with a gold glitter Wet Paint die cut.  I will definitely be trying this technique again - hopefully creating a better card!☺

Papertrey Ink - Make it Monday: vellum overlay

This week's Make it Monday over at Papertrey Ink is all about vellum overlays.  I made a super simple card using some vellum and my new stamp sets ...

The fabulous Danielle Flanders made a great video all about this technique.  Here is my humble contribution to the linkup:

I used Vintage Cream ink with the Wet Paint stamp set on the vellum and the Ombre Builder on the Kraft card base.

Super simple but the perfect fit for the recipient! :)

AEI♥U Challenge #10–Gold! #2

I just love this AEI❤U challenge which is all about gold ... yum!  I recently got this gorgeous sentiment set from Avery Elle called Oh Happy Day.  I just love the font used.  I stamped it in VersaMark over top of a Fresh Ink Provincial Gray woodgrain stamped background from Heidi Swapp.

I added some Zing Gold Glitter embossing powder and added the flower and leaves from the same sentiment set.  Hard to capture the gold embossing but here's a closeup nonetheless:

AEI♥U Challenge #10–Gold! #1

The AEI❤U challenge is all about gold and I thought I would use this sentiment stamp I have from them with some ikat designs.

I repeatedly stamped one of the ikat designs using some Versamark and then heat embossed using Zing Gold Glitter embossing powder - this stuff is so fun and blingy!

I added a simple sentiment from Oh Happy Day using my go to black ink - Versafine Onyx Black.  It does such a good job of a true black with impeccable coverage.

Here you can see some of the shine and bling from this embossing powder ... I like the look of it on a Kraft card base ...

What a fun challenge! :-) So glad to take part ...