Feeling Faux!

Stampotique Designers Challenge this week is Faux Metal. I recently purchased Vintage Cabinet Card Alterations Movers and Shapers dies, so I figured that this was a good time to break them out.

This is what happened.

I started by nesting the Mini Vintage Cabinet Card inside the larger one and die cutting black chipboard to create a frame. The next step was to make a thick paint from Pewter Perfect Pearls and water, which was painted over the frame die cut. While the paint was still wet, I brushed several colors of Perfect Pearls over the frame and blended them with a dry brush. Then I grabbed an embossing stylus and pounded it into the wet chipboard to create an aged metal look. I let it dry over night, then added additional texture by hammering with T!m's Hammer tool (which is great therapy).

I stamped Stampotique's Angel using Onyx Black VersaFine ink onto 140 lb. watercolor paper and onto Eclipse tape. The watercolor paper image was heat embossed with clear detail embossing powder and colored using Distress markers. The Eclipse tape image was fussy cut and used to mask the image on the watercolor paper so that I could create the background.  Broken China,  Stormy Sky, and Worn Lipstick Distress inks were sponged over the Steampunk Lace stencil by ArtistCellar.

When I was happy with the result, I adhered the stamped image behind the faux hammered Metal  frame.

Here's a close-up, taken in a sunny cicada-less patch on my front lawn.

Then it was time to make the rest of the card. I had a piece of leftover watercolor paper, so I painted it with a layer of Brushed Pewter Distress Stain and heat set it. The stained paper took a ride through my Big Kick inside the Super Powder Puff 5" x 7" embossing folder by Couture Creations. I sponged some Broken China,  Stormy Sky, and Worn Lipstick Distress inks over the folder to add a bit more interest. This layer was matted onto black metallic cardstock from Recollections, and then onto a silver metallic card. The stamped, framed image was mounted onto the card.

I had a scrap left of the Brushed Pewter Distress Stained watercolor paper, so I stamped the sentiment, which I *think* the Wings stamp set is by Lost Coast stamps, onto it using Onyx Black VersaFine ink. This was heat embossed with sparkly black embossing powder.  The sentiment was punched with a Paper Shapers punch.

Fabric flowers were painted with Brushed Pewter Distress Stain, heat set, and layered. The sentiment circle was added to the center of the flowers with dimensional adhesive squares.

And I called it done! Woot!

I shall enter this card into the following challenges:
• Stampotique Designers Challenge #104: Faux Metal
• Crafty Calendar Challenge: Things with Wings
• Left of Center Challenge # 8: Embossing
• Oozak Challenges: Anything Goes - with a sentiment