Kindness Is Always Beautiful

Products:

Stamps: Bearded Iris 889

Glitter: Bronze Mica (MF05); Butterscotch (GM2051)

Embossing Powder: Clear Detail (EP280); Cerulean Star (EP433)

Dies: Tonic Studios (Sweeping Pampas die set)

¼” Tear-ific Tape

Nuvo Smooth Precision glue pen

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Nuvo Hybrid Ink Pad (Safari Green)

VersaMark

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform

Tangerine die cutting machine

Zig Clean Color Real Brush watercolor markers

colored pencils

This is one of the new March Releases from Sparkle N Sprinkle called Bearded Iris.  Using the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform, I stamped both the image and the sentiment onto watercolor paper with a Nuvo Hybrid Ink Pad (Safari Green).  I immediately added Clear Detail embossing powder to the sentiment and heat set it.

The image was watercolored using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  Colored pencils were used to add some highlights after the piece was dry.  Butterscotch microfine glitter was also added to the center of the throat on the iris.

Bronze Mica Flakes were randomly added to the watercolor paper and were adhered using the Nuvo Smooth Precision glue pen.

A Tonic Studios die (Sweeping Pampas die set) was used to die cut my embellishments.  The two dies in this set are large!  I used one of them and cut it into two pieces for this project.  Butterscotch microfine glitter was added to the die cut using the glueless glitter technique.  I use the Tangerine die cutting machine for all my die cutting.  I've tried most of the die cutting machines on the market and I like the Tangerine the best, by far!

I wanted a non-traditional card base for this card, so I cut the cardstock at an angle and then applied VersaMark over the entire surface.  Cerulean Star embossing powder was added and then heat set.  The focal image and the embellished die cuts were adhered on top of embossed card base using Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.  I've found this is one of the best glues to use when adhering to glitter or embossing powder.

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Did you see a Mouse??

One of the new Halloween dies recently released by Die-Versions is the Mouse Sweet Petite.  As soon as I saw him, I imagined him in some sort of graveyard scene.

I started creating the background for the tag using the Tim Holtz technique he showed for his August Tag of the Month.  In addition to using Frayed Burlap and Pumice Stone, I added a bit of Peeled Paint Distress Stain to the mix.  Then I stamped a couple tombstones and the bat sentiment with Frayed Burlap so that it would blend in with the background, rather than upstage my mice.

The mouse was die cut twice and covered with Swanky Grey Sparkle N Soft flock from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  Doesn't it give it the look of fur?  I can tell you it definitely feels soft and furry to the touch.

Now, to complete the graveyard scene, you have to have something spooky flying about.  The Die-Versions Wicked Witch Sweet Petite was the perfect compliment to my mice.  She's cut out of fun foam and is flying in front of a cloud streaked full moon (thanks to Picket Fence Distress Stains).

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