Lefty

Texana Design Stamps - Lefty & "Hats Off to You"
4" food grade doily - white
    stamp with black and emboss in clear
    color white parts of the image with versamark pen and emboss with clear again
Distress Stain - Orange Marmalade to color doily (embossed image works as resist)
Distress Ink - Vintage Photo to distress edges of doily
Cardstock
Graphic 45 & Memory Box patterned papers

Creative Chemistry 102 - Day 2 - Embossing through Stencils

Embossing through Stencils

This tag turned out really cool even before I put the stamped images on it.  I first embossed the hat in copper on the blue kraft core paper, but it just didn't look right after I had it cut out.  So I stamped and embossed with Zing Vanilla on the blue.  That was better but a little too light.  I went over it with a brown blending foam and distressed it a little.  Then I needed a little something to put my sentiment on.  Might as well use the trash... the flip sid of the hat I didn't like worked like a charm!

The pictures just don't do this technique justice.  I below are a couple of close ups where you can see the clear distress powder over the distress ink through the stencils.

If you haven't signed up for Creative Chemistry 101 and 102, you don't know what you are missing!

Tea Bag Folding Class at Stamp Salado - Sunday, July 14 2013

I will be back at Stamp Salado next month for another tea bag folding class.  It's been a couple of years since I've taught tea bag folding, so the time has come.  This class is geared to beginners as well as showing new techniques for veteran folders.  One card will feature the medallion suspended on string so that you can see the front and back!

Don't miss it.  Call (254) 947 - 8848 to sign up.