Vintage Christmas

Have you every gotten a card all done,

only to have the last thing you stamp be

a BIG mistake.

Well, here is my mistake.

The Noel in red embossing powder is dreadful.

I didn't toss it, but looked for a way to salvage the card.

Here is the fix!

The Noel by Artistic Impressions was stamped and embossed

in fine line black on another piece of

Vintage Flourishes paper that I had made.

Then it was torn out, the edges were distressed and

"burned" with Ranger's Distressed Inks.

This was layered on a piece of bronze

mirror paper that has the corners rounded.

I toned down mirror paper

by sponging some brown ink on the whole

and just a touch of black lightly around the outside edge.

The inks refused to dry on the mirror card stock

so I hit it with Krylon's Workable Fixatif,

then glued it to the card base

over the ugly and very out of place red Noel.

Magic!!! another mess up saved.

Basic Stamping Tip -

Krylon Workable Fixatif is wonderful to prevent

smearing of certain color treatments, such as

chalks, mica powders, PearlEx, etc.

Simply apply the color treatment to

your project, lightly spray with the Fixatif,

let dry and THEN it is possible to add more

layers of color treatment if desired.

This allows one to add layer after layer

of color for more depth and shading.

It also prevents accidental smearing of your

artistic endeavours by the recipient.