Horses

A clear acrylic stamp by Inkadinkado is the beginning.
It has been stamped with black ink onto faux suede.
How to make faux suede - spread a thin layerbrown Liquid Applique
over card stock and heat with heat gun.
Yes, it really does feel like suede.
I stamped over the suede with crackle stamped
inked with a medium brown dye ink.
Tear around the edges of the image and
"burn" the torn edges with black ink.
I have been known to fill in some of the uninkable
edges with a black Sharpie to get a nice solid
black burned look.

The Spellbinders Label that the horse image
is attached to is cut from a leather look gift wrap.
Next layer down is another Spellbinders Label
that has the edges first sponged with a dark brown ink,
followed by very narrow sponging of black.
Horse shoes have been stamped in the corners.

A Vintage Lady

Isn't she lovely? The vintage lady is a stamp by Magenta, which happens to be one of my all time favorite stamp companies. She was stamped with black pigment ink and fine line black embossing powder was then applied. The image has been lightly colored with pencils. I carefully cut it out with a scissors, applied 3-D double stick foam to the back and attached to the card.

The background was stamped with a crackle image using Distressed Inks by Ranger, Straw. The outer edges of the card had Distressed Ink by Ranger, Burlap, applied with a piece of Cut N' Dry foam in a swirling motion to achieve the faded misty effect. The final touch was a light sponging of Distressed Ink Black Soot to give the illusion of a burned edge.

The flourishes were stamped in Distressed Ink, Walnut. I think the flourish stamps are by Basic Grey, but could not find them on their website, so, I have no clue who made them. BUT aren't they just luscious????