It feels like summer, and my blog has been neglected of late.... BUT I got my garden planted, so now I feel like I can devote a little time to it!
"4th of July" is the theme for my June scrap booking club, and I had SO much fun coming up with this layout! I wanted to show the "faux metal" technique, and it worked perfectly for the little metal star.
That cute little banner across the top is made with a (new to me set) -- Pennant Parade -- and the Pennant builder punch. This set is quite versatile as that little banner piece also makes the cutest little Christmas trees! OR use it for a an ice cream cone as well!
Now for the "faux metal" technique:
To make that adorable little metal star, take a scrap of card stock -- apply Versamark ink directly to the paper, then add silver embossing powder and heat with a heat tool. Repeat this step four times. On the fourth layer, quickly stamp your stamp into the embossing powder while it's still melted -- you have to stamp quickly after heating/melting the embossing powder. AND, if you mess up, no worries -- heat the embossing powder again and re-stamp. Next, punch out the star with the (now retired) small star punch. You can use any stamp and just trim around the image -- you don't have to have a punch, of course. But, as much as I hate to cut, I tend to choose images I have a matching punch for. :)
The colors used on this layout are Night of Navy, Real Red, and Whisper White, and Red Glitter paper -- LOVE that stuff! It is so sparkly and the sparkles don't fall off. The framelits featured for the journaling element are the new "Apothecary Framelits" from the new catalog -- available for purchase on June 1st. That cute "rick rack" along the top is from the Tasteful Trims XL Bigz die. It is such a great, versatile die for scrap booking especially. I find myself reaching for it again and again.
That's it for today! Happy Saturday, Everyone!
