In This World for Freshly Made Sketches

I have three things that I've wanted to do for a while now. One is to make a card using the Shadow Box technique, one is to use my Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder and Copper Metallic Thread, and the last is to use my new In This World stamp set. I accomplished all three with this card that I wanted to share with you today.

If you know me and my steampunk tendencies, the stamp set, In This World, really caught my eye and was in my first order from the new catalogue. And with steampunk, copper is a very useful metallic accessory. (My last name is Cooper and I've seen it spelled Copper so many times it isn't funny!)

I flipped the Freshly Made Sketches sketch on it's side for this but it was perfect for a shadow box:

I'm also playing along with Just Add Ink #318, where the challenge is Just Add S, which I did with the "Shadow Box".

Here's how it turned out:

• I used an 8 1/2" x 9 1/2" piece of Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper to create the shadow box. I used the measurements and tutorial from Caroline Hallett, from craftyhallett.co.uk to make this. It will be one of the projects in my August Technique Night classes.
• The center of the card measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4", just the size of a standard card base. I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Serene Scenery DSP stack to put in the middle. I did all the stamping with images from In This World stamp set, some in Night of Navy ink and some with Versamark ink sprinkled with Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set them. I added it to the center of the card base BEFORE I started folding and adhering the  shadow box.
• The sentiment is from In This World as well, and is stamped on some Very Vanilla and cut with the Stampin' Trimmer and notched on the end. 
• The butterfly is also an image from this set, but after embossing it with the Copper embossing powder, I trimmed off some of the image blueprint lines to look more like a butterfly shape. I added some Copper Metallic Thread to the back before mounting the butterfly with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Let me know if you'd like me to do a video tutorial for you on this technique, and I'll try to get one done this week.

We had a great time this weekend celebrating Canada Day with a BBQ with good friends and then visiting the venue of our local Westside Daze festival and watching the fireworks from our balcony. I'll see if I can get a photo or two from my hubby who was trying to capture them with his camera!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

In This World Wood-Mount Stamp Set [141946]	In This World Clear-Mount Stamp Set [142652]	Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper [141632]	Serene Scenery Designer Series Paper Stack [141642]	Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101650]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder [141636]	Copper Metallic Thread [141696]	Embossing Buddy [103083]
Heat Tool [129053]	Stampin' Trimmer [126889]	Simply Scored [122334]	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]
Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

Affectionately Yours in Copper for As You See It Challenges

Have I told you how excited I am about the new metallic copper products in the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue? I love the warm look of copper, but it's also great for Steampunk design which, if you've been following my blog for any time, you'll know that I love. I would like to be able to do more of it. The only product I've been able to get so far is the Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper*, but I do have some contraband copper embossing powder, which I am using until I can get my hands on the Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder*, Stampin' Up!'s product, which I already know is far superior to the contraband stuff, having experienced them both.

*New Products, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue

Here's some examples of Steampunk design:

Aren't these interesting designs? You can see why I have the need for copper embossing powder though.










The As You See It Challenge for the next two weeks is a sketch challenge:

The card I made for this challenge seems simple, but actually took me quite a while to get all the elements the way I wanted them:

• As usual, it was hard to get a photo that showed the shine of the copper embossed pieces, but the design paper, the diagonal stripes on vellum, the sentiment, the rose, and the little heart all gleam with a warm copper light. Because my contraband copper is really dark and grainy (not at all like the lighter, finer version that I will get when I can order the Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder from Stampin' Up!), I added some Gold Stampin' Emboss powder to it. This lightened it and took care of some of the grainy texture problems.
• I created the embossed stripes on the vellum panel using the retiring Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder. I inked up the inside of the embossing folder on the side with the raised narrow stripes with Versamark Ink. I placed the vellum inside and closed the folder, then rubbed it with my hand to be sure the ink was properly transferred to the vellum. I should mention that before I did this I rubbed the vellum with an Embossing Buddy, to ensure that the embossing powder stayed only on the parts to which I had applied the Versamark Ink. I poured the embossing powder over it and lightly tapped off the excess, then heat set it with the Heat Tool.
• The sentiment and image are from the Picture Perfect stamp set stamped on Sahara Sand cardstock. For the 3 step stamping rose, I stamped the first of the three parts of the image in Cajun Craze, stamped off once before stamping it on my paper. The second part of image was in full strength Cajun Craze. The third part of the image, I actually stamped first in Early Espresso. This dark image was so much easier to see to line up the other two properly. At the end, I stamped this part of the image again, after making sure the other inks were dry, using Versamark and added my homemade concoction of Copper Embossing Powder, and heat set it to get the image you see on the card. It had to be fussy cut, but it's a very easy shape to do that. You can see it a little better in the photo below.

Thanks for dropping by today, and I hope you'll head over to As You See It Challenges this weekend and get a little crafting in, with all your busy plans. You have two weeks to do the challenge.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Picture Perfect Photopolymer Stamp Set [140520]	Vellum 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [101856]	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119684]	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [119686]	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [126965]	Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder [109129]	Gold 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134547]
Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]	Embossing Buddy [103083]	Heat Tool [129053]	Stylish Stripes Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [132174]	Banner Triple Punch [138292]
Bitty Banners Big Shot Die Framelits [129267]	Paper Snips Scissors [103579]	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755]	Fast Fuse Adhesive [129026]	Glue Dots [103683]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

*New Products, available June 1st from the 2016-17 Annual Catalogue:

Affectionately Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper*, Copper Stampin' Emboss Powder*