Finders Keepers

• Dies –
  • Little B “Circles”
  • Spellbinders “Standard Circles Large”
• Stamps –
  • Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection, “Falling Leaves”
  • Hero Arts “Branch Background”
  • Hero Arts/Basic Grey “Dotted Grid”
• Embossing powders – Ranger Ink Wendy Vecchi – Red Geranium, Sunflower, and Forget-Me-Not; Ranger – Lime Green and White
• Cheesecloth
• Tea bag paper
• Sticker  – Tim Holtz Idea-ology “Small Talk”
• Ticket – Tim Holtz Idea-ology “Expedition” Ephemera pack
• Inks – Tsukineko VersaMark watermark ink and Ranger Distress and Archival inks
• Sequins – Neat & Tangled “Festive Fall Sequin Mix”
• Flower – Prima
• Twine – from the kitchen drawer

I’m kind of thinking I should rename my blog “Lots o’ Layers,” based on some of my projects! I certainly get caught up in enjoying the process and never am very sure of the outcome! For this piece I was inspired by a technique demonstrated in the November issue of Craft Stamper Magazine. The unique step that I took away was using white embossing powder almost as a paint rather than embossing from a stamped image.

I die cut a number of different circles and used one large circle for the base. I stamped the two larger circles with VersaMark and then also applied a bit more VersaMark ink with my finger before adding the embossing powder and heating. After stamping the leaves with Distress inks and moving the colors a bit with a waterbrush, I applied VersaMark ink with my finger, then white embossing powder and heat-set the powder. The bright colors of the ink and some of the embossing powders, along with the white embossing powder, made this a visually interesting collage. I added cheese cloth, paper from a tea bag cut into a circle, sequins and ephemera, layer by layer and topped it off with the little sticker sentiment: Finders Keepers. Thanks for visiting today.

Challenge: Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies Challenge