Stenciling Brushos and Glittering Peace

Hello Stamplings!

I'm so nervous about the way this month is whooshing by just like January did. You guys, this has to stop. There are just way too many techniques I still have to try in my nine-inch-wide Techniques to Try binder, not to mention Mt. NBUS, which has now become Mt. NBUS I and II for reasons I'm sure I don't understand, seeing as how I resolved not to let that happen. Where's that rascal hamster?! I knew once I taught him glossification, he would soon finger out how to push that Paypal button!

But I digest. Let's move on to Show and Tell. Time's a flying.

I made this for the CAS Stencil Challenge: Powdered inks. The right side of the piece was created by sprinkling Brushos through the openings of a diamond/argyle stencil, followed by a light spray of water to activate the powdered ink. Using his nose and a nontoxic glue made from flour and water, Hammy ran a thin bead of glue along the seam and I applied a strip of colored card to finish the edge.

To keep the design clean and simple and to further enhance the movement and the diamond design, the left side was stamped diagonally with a crayon from "Smarty Pants" by Paper Smooches, which was watercoloured with Ziggies. Flowing from the crayon is a sediment from "Worm Wishes" by Reverse Confetti, stamped with a Kaleidicolor ink pad. Which magically never runs dry!

Twofer

Yay, a Christmas card! (See opening paragraph!) This design was created by smooching Oxi ink onto the corner of the card and immediately pressing glittery foil over the damp ink with an acrylic block. Harriet and I decided to try this and it was seriously that simple. The PEACE sediment is from Winnie & Walter. It was cut from fun foam and backed with silver paper. The silver looks white in the light, but the glitter foil, stars, and sediment shadow are all schparkly silver.

ETA: Oops. I'm already getting comments that this technique is not working, so I called Harriet to see if I had forgotten a step and oops, yes I did. So here's how we did it:

1. Apply Distress Oxide Ink to where you want the foil. (Here I just pounced the pad on the corner.)
2. Immediately sprinkle on Sticky Embossing Powder by Ranger.
3. Use your heat gun on the powder until it becomes sticky and shiny.
4. Cover with foil (we used Ranger Hologram foil) and press down using your acrylic block until you get the look you want.

Still easy!

Challenges

• AAA Cards: #134 One corner with the option of Music.
• CAS Christmas Card Challenge: Peace.
• Jingle Belles: All that glitters.
• Less Is More: One layer card (OLC), focus on the sentiment. Happy 8th Birthday!!

  

What's wrong with this picture?

This picture was taken at our neighborhood supermarket. The blue bins are receptacles for donating used books. We came out of the store during one of our recent rainstorms to see the rain run-off from the roof pouring onto the top of one of the book bins! By the time we took the photo, the force of the water had slowed, but I'm telling you when we first saw it, the water was just gushing out of the hole. I know we don't get a lot of rain in California and hopefully the book bins are sealed tightly, but still ...! There seems to be plenty of room to move the bins a skosh out of the way of the water. 🤷

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