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Saturday, February 24, 2018

Love You With Distress Oxides, Take Two

Hello, Friends! You are so sweet to drop by! I know it's passed Valentine's Day and went back on my promise and made another Valentine's card. My daughter's went missing in the mail, along with a gift card! We are on our way to Charlotte, NC to visit her at college as we speak, so I can hand deliver this one.

A little short on time to get another made, I tried CASING my own that I made for her HERE. Always a big mistake, and it didn't help that this was done after midnight. I really messed up the embossing, but I went with it anyway. This post was more about trying out some photography tips Autumn gave me, and to share a few photos from our weekend together.

Autumn was kind enough to lug along her dies when we met this passed weekend at my friend's lake house, so I could grab another Tutti hearts and butterflies frame from her. I just picked up this cheapo marque alphabet die set at a local big box store, so I gave that a try for my sentiment.

Autumn gave me some Nuvo drops as one of many gifts for Christmas this year, and I used some on the hearts. Pretty!

I used my diffuser in a different way this time, using it like a stencil. I embossed my card, laid the diffuser over it, and smeared Distress Micro Glaze on the inside of the heart with my finger. I dipped my card in Iced Spruce and Black Soot DOX inks, and the glaze resisted them leaving a white heart shape. I removed the glaze with a soft cloth, and applied the Seedless Preserves DOX in the heart area, and some to the edges as well.The lacy bits around the edge are the off cuts from the lace die cuts I added to my prior card. I just coated them and the heart die cut with BoBunny glitter paste. Waste not, want not!

We met Autumn's local friends from South Carolina at the Stamp Scrap Art Tour in Columbia, SC. Here's a photo of us that Carol shared with us. Thank you, Carol; I would never think to take a photo! L>R: Carol, Madelyn, Autumn, me and Bonnie. What a FUN weekend and what a fun group of girls! It is a SMALL world we live in! I found out that Madelyn's nephew lives right down the street from me!

And lucky me! They included me in their monthly tag swap this month! Aren't these tags fabulous??! You can see details of Autumn's tag (the middle one) HERE.

I'm sharing with these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Grunge it Up

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Make Your Own Background

Make My Monday Challenge #65 Messy Backgrounds

Country View Challenge February 2018 - Anything But Cute

Happy Little Stampers HLS February Mixed Media Challenge Butterflies

Scrapy Land Challenge #84 ANYTHING GOES Tutti Designs and Sizzix

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes - Challenge #322-#323

Thank you for your visit today and for all your lovely comments! I sure do appreciate them!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Rusty Embellished Monoprint Valentine with Tim Holtz Dies and Oxides

Hello friends! It's almost Valentine's Day, and I have one more Valentine card to share with you. While I had my Valentine crafty goodies out for my rusty card I made for Frilly and Funkie HERE, I decided to make one inspired by this tag by my fabulously talented Frilly and Funkie teammate, Zoe Hillman. I've used Distress Oxides to create a monoprint background and made lots of rusty embellishments with die cuts, paints,crayons, embossing powders, and inks.

I gave these two good friends a good vintage vibe with my distressing tool, Vintage Photo Distress ink (of course!) and a splatter of Walnut Stain Distress Paint. I added texture to my heart background with an old embossing folder.

The flowers were taken from a vintage hat I picked up at a recent estate sale. The actual hat is standing in as a prop for my first photo. A Quote Chip was chosen for my sentiment, and I layered it on a couple of lace die cuts and some vintage lace from my stash.