Objet Trouve'-Scrapy Land Challenge #68-Embossing

Hello crafty friends and visitors! It's time for a new challenge at Scrapy Land and this time the challenge is 'Embossing' (heat or dry) using at least one die brand that Scrapy Land sells in the shop.

A few weeks ago I was blessed with a crafty play day with team mate and good friend Autumn (SewPaperPaint), and we made some rusty and crusty die cuts. I used the Sizzix  Weathered Clock. To get the crusty look, I've mixed up gel medium and sand paste with Distress and DecoArt paints, applied it randomly with my finger and blasted it with a heat gun to get the bubbly appearance.

An old favorite Sizzix Umbrella Man Bigz die cut was colored with Distress Brushed Pewter and caramel alcohol ink, and while still wet,  I sprinkled his umbrella, hat and shoes with Burnt Copper Leaves embossing powder. I hit it with the heat gun just 'til it bubbled. I edged the die cut with Distress crayon in Walnut Stain.

Now for that weird background. This did not turn out as planned. Of course, the technique worked perfectly on my test piece, but this panel just went from bad to worse--until I turned it over. I dry embossed my mixed media card with Sizzix Gearhead Thinlits dies using a sandwich process I've almost perfected (There's a set of plates you can do this with, but I haven't invested in them yet, preferring to use what I have on hand.) swiped it with Versamark ink to hit just the high areas and sprinkled with a hand selected mixture of embossing powders. That didn't show up too well, so I added more Versamark to the raised areas and sprinkled with a darker powder.  What a mess! I was getting ready to trash it when I flipped it over and saw the powder had melted enough to seep down through the embossed paper to outline the gears! Oh happy day! Not perfect, but perfectly grungy!

I dipped my card into Distress Oxides--Fossilized Amber and Spice Marmalade, and I love how the color collected around the gears. I swiped on Distress Crayon to add some (more) grunge. I randomly edged the card using the remainder of my embossing powder mix. For my sentiment, I chose the Tim Holtz Quote Chip in honor of my French team mate, Maryvonne  (Prendre le temps) and my newly found technique.

Now it's over to you! Please pop over to the blog and check out the beautiful inspiration from my teamies, then get out your dies and get creating for our 'Embossing' challenge! Remember, we have changed up the prizes-now both a lucky random winner  AND a winner chosen by the Design Team each receives a generous $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land and our Top Picks receive badges! We can't wait to see what you will make! It can be any style you like from CAS to mixed media and everything in between; just be sure there's a die cut from a brand that Scrapy Land sells and use at least one form of embossing! We love seeing all styles!

I'm entering these challenges:

SanDee&amelie's June 2017 Challenge-Anything Goes - Steampunk/Industrial

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Emboss It

Word Art Wednesday - Challenge #288-#289 - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge-Challenge #157: "Die Cuts, Chipboards and/or Punches"

Mixed Media World-MMW#26: Anything Mixed Media Goes

We Love to Create-Challenge 12 Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Happy Little Stampers -HLS June Anything Goes With Dies

Wow! Embossing Powder Challenge-Summer

Thank you for stopping by today and for all your inspiring comments!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily