Golden Deer

I love fall, the leaves, smells, pumpkins.  I just don't love knowing that the cold weather is on the way :(.

The Paper Craft Crew Challenge has an image inspiration:

I paired the Darice Deer in Forest and Inka Gold Brown and came up with this:

Love the contrast between the kraft and the gold.  I made the sentiment from Just Rite letters. 

Cardinal in Winter

I broke out my Inka Gold and colored an embossed image:

I heat embossed the Hampton Arts sentiment, rounded the corners, and mounted it on a black card base, leaving only a small edge showing.  Sharing this with Addicted to CAS #132 - Birds, hopefully it is CAS enough!  Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Phenomenal Woman challenge - it closes April 4. 

JUGS - Bring on the Shine

I'm playing along with a different challenge today, JUGS - Just Us Girls.  Their challenge:

 

 Here is my project:

The black layer was dry embossed with a Pine Branch folder, then highlighted with Inka Gold green and gold.  The Recollections sentiment was heat embossed with copper powder.  Both were matted on bright gold card stock. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Craft By for our Vacation challenge!!!

Colors of Fall

I so love playing with Inka Gold, so many ways to play.  I mixed the Inka Gold with a little bit of water, and this is the effect:

Embossed background highlighted with Inka Gold red, gold, brown, and copper, heat embossed sentiment, both edged with Krylon gold paint.  I love this!!!  I think this will be my Thanksgiving card!!!  I am linking this up to the Cards in Envy Colors of Fall, Simply Create Too Autumn Splendor, and the Simplicity Thanksgiving challenges.  There are still a few days left to play along with the Words 2 Scrap By Ahoy Matey challenge!!!

Inka Gold is Fabulous!

I love working with Inka Gold on black paper.  Rich colors, usually with a masculine feel. 

Tim Holtz Time Pieces embossing folder on black paper, Inka Gold color Old Gold to highlight the raised embossing, "birthday" from a Cuttlebug embossing folder highlighted with the same medium.  I am a bit schitzo when it comes to music.  This could relate to the Beatles "They Say It's Your Birthday", Jim Croce's "Time In A Bottle", Hootie and the Blowfish "Time", or even Ke$ha's "Tik Tok".  Pick your era!!!  I am linking this to The Male Room Song Title challenge.  "Sugar" sweet - that's the Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com challenge this month - come play along!

V is for Vellum

The Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers (how cool is that name?!?) has a challenge to use vellum on a project.

Tim Holtz Gears embossing folder, Inka Gold bronze, copper, gold.  Unity sentiment VersaFine ink and clear embossing powder.  The black is a frame on top of the vellum, created using a square die, twice to create a rectangle. 

Come play along with us at Words 2 Scrap By for our June challenge - It's a Man's World!

Shopping Our Stash #180: Favorite Technique

This week's challenge is to create a project using our favorite technique.  If you follow my blog, you know that I love embossing of any type.  I was lucky to have attended a class by Cheryl from The Paper Hollow in Michigan, and learned about a product that highlights dry embossing with a metallic finish - Inka Gold:

I have received a lot of questions about how I have made these cards.   Since I am not savvy enough to make craft videos, I will try to explain.  Inka Gold is a beeswax based paint medium.  It is really thick, like a chapstick that has softened a bit in your pocket.  I used the Tim Holtz Pine Bough embossing folder, and dabbed copper and green Inka Gold on the raised part of the design.  The applicators look like foam marshmallows, and the paints add amazing shine.  Best of all -  not expensive!!!  The paints are about $3 each, and the foam daubers are 3 for a $1, and can be cut into smaller pieces.  I am not affiliated in any way with The Paper Hollow, but they are one of the few places that carry the small containers.  A little bit of the paint goes a long way.  The copper metallic paper and heat embossing match a lot better in person than they do in the picture, I thought it was more important to show the beautiful sheen of the paints!!!

SOS #178: Thankful

This week's theme is Thankful. With the US Thanksgiving right around the corner, we are challenged to make a Thank You or grateful project, or make something based on the Thanksgiving theme.

Another embossed paper and Inka Gold card.  A few people have asked me to post more information about the technique.  Check out the Poly Clay Play blog HERE.  A tiny bit goes a long way.  If you choose to buy, the smallest sizes will be plenty for paper projects, and the towers are the least expensive way to go.  Not affiliated in any way, just enabling!!  The sentiment is heat embossed in copper.  Ribbon and paper are from SU!

Shopping Our Stash #176 - Leaf Me Alone!

This week's title is Leaf Me Alone! (alternate name: Un-Be-LEAF-able!) to use leaves on a project.

Here is mine:

Falling Leaves embossing folder, swirls embossing plate.  Sizzix and Spellbinder dies.  Leaf heat embossed.  I used Inka Gold metal gloss paint in copper, gold, and bronze.  It is a very thick paste, applied with the marshmallow style sponges.  It's pretty amazing stuff!!

Our November Words 2 Scrap By challenge is open through November 21. If you have a chance, we'd love for you to play along!!

November Challenge:
Nov. 1 - Nov. 21