Faux Cloisonné for CAS Mix Up

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It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up

and this month we have a mixed media challenge.

Susan is our host this month and she chose....

Mixed Media: Faux Cloisonné, Stamping, Watercoloring, Embossing with a Die

I will admit that I scratched my head with this one!

So I checked out the videos she provided and went to work.

I found a stack of Vogue and Vanity Fair magazines where I volunteer.

Someone had finished with them and wanted to share.

They worked perfectly for this technique.

I found a pattern that I thought would work and stamped an image on it, 

then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.

I didn't have a die for this set so I fussy cut it.  I stamped and fussy cut from

a piece of scrap card too and glued the two together.  The magazine page was

kind of flimsy.

You can see the shine of the embossing better here.,,

I will admit that this hummingbird was about my fourth or fifth try.  Some things I

discovered from my mess ups not so good tries.  

Pick a stamp with some detail but not too much.

I liked small patterns better (although Susan's example uses a larger design

for her butterfly.

Don't be afraid to try again.  Every bad try is a learning experience.

Our talented Design Team

have some awesome examples of this technique to inspire you.

I hope you'll check them out.

Then look through your magazines or catalogs, give this

technique a try and come on over and share it at

CAS Mix Up.

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Flora and Fauna 2 (Wplus9), Together (PB), Sketched Flowers sentiment (SSS)

Ink:   Encore Gold, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series)

Other:  Magazine Page, Gold EP, Stitched Rectangle Die

Enjoy!

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