I have been on a bit of an embossing kick, it is because I am enjoying those Tim Holtz Texture Fades so much. This project also uses a few more products that are unique that lend themselves to a luxurious, vintage feel.
To start the project I cut a 4" x 6" piece of Grungepaper and a 4" x 6" piece of the Metal Foil Tape.
Remove the backing from the tape and adhere it to the Grungepaper. I then ran it through my Sizzix with the Damask Texture Fade embossing folder.
This is where I got a little creative with adding some color to the foil. I wanted to soften the silver color, and also give a bit of an aged appearance.
I had also wanted to use my felt ink applicator, but had run out of the replacement felt. So I used a piece of Cut N' Dry Foam, used my Copic markers (YG95, E44, YG63) to apply ink to the foam, put a few drops of Gold Metallic Mixative and Copic Blender solution on the foam to loosen it all up and make it easy to apply.
After the ink and mixative was dabbed on, the piece was trimmed and ready to be put onto the card base. Basic Grey Out of Print was used along with the Tattered Florals die to make the flower, an Ornate Bookplate, some Maya Road Trinket Pins, and a big Organza Ribbon bow. Then sentiment is Cosmo Cricket Top Secret Tiny Type stickers.
The color and dimension of this card were hard to capture. The lustre from the foil and the vintage feel from the papers all combined to make this card a lot of eye candy, and I am excited to try this technique again on other projects.
Hope it has given you a little inspiration as well!!
B-
