AF17 Antique Keys

Here's another of SweetStamps.coms newest ArtsyfArtsy release.  For this card I started with a wooden tag and used Piccolo Enamel & Embossing Powder Adhesive and applied various colors of Piccolo Embossing Enamels ( Vintage Black, Silver, Bronze and Copper, Stary Sky and Real Rust) and then applied Mars Black Enamel Gel along the outer edge.  The AF17 Antique Keys was stamped on black card stock using Distress Embossing ink and Queen's Gold EP and heat set.  I then cut the keys so they were separated and layered them to the tag using foam dots.  The main body of the card was stamped using Nightfall Shades Dye ink and the 5005 Spotty Dotty Border and the 5001 Three Stripes Border both from SweetStamps.com.  Both the card and navy blue cardstock were then edged with Delicata Golden Glitz ink  and I also used a pouncer to add color to both.  The sc006 SweetCuts Fancy Leaf die was cut from a kleenex box, the sc010 Mini Flower set flowers were cut from a Dove chocolates wrapper and a foil vitamin wrapper.  The red netting is from an orange bag and the buttons and other embellishments were from my stash.  Great use of items I had hanging around the house.

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Another AF14 Royal Dance Collage

This stamp, AF14 Royal Dance Collage makes me think of Masked Balls and Mardi Gras so I used Shades Dye inks in Fortune Teller, Envy on glossy paper to make the background and used Distress Embossing ink to stamp the image then heat embossed it using Queen's Gold EP.  I used a course pouncer to pounce the same colors to the white card stock.  The little masks were cut from shrink plastic using the Die-versions DVW188 Fancy Mask 1 and DVW 189 Fancy Mask 2.  I added color to the shrink plastic before shrinking.  The ribbon, rhinestones, and string of gold pearls were from my stash.

SweetStamps.com has a Pintrest board, where ALL of the newly released stamps and projects have been posted- in the ArtsyFartsy board. Here is the link: http://pinterest.com/sweetstamps/

AF14 Royal Dance College

ArtsyfArtsy is a NEW division of SweetStamps.com! 

Brought about by our love of papercrafting and stamping, all ArtsyfArtsy images are sized to fit on ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards) which make great layers for standard A2 (4 1/4“ x 5 1/2”) cards!  This new line will contain collage elements.

AF cling stamps are made from high quality, deep-etched red rubber and mounted on cling foam for use with acrylic blocks.  

MADE IN THE USA.

We are SUPER excited 

to share this new line with you!

      Here is the Royal Dance College (AF14)

I just love how this card turned out, it is exactly as I pictured it before I started.  The image was stamped using Distress Embossing ink and heat embossed with Fine Detail Black EP. The embossed background is the CTFD3095 Fans Crafts Too Embossing Folder.  The border is the 5003 Antique Leaf Scroll Border stamped with Nightfall Shades Dye ink both from SweetStamps.com.  The masks were made from Black Shrink Plastic and Whispers Dies DVW188 Fancy Mask 1 and DVW188 Fancy Mask 2, I used toothpicks colored with Nightfall ink to finish the masks.  The netting was also colored with Nightfall ink.  Black Pearls are from Kaiser Craft.

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Gold Bird Cage

At SweetStamps blog today our theme is Silver or Gold.  Please join us for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps by entering your Silver or Gold creation in our challenge.  If you enter using a SweetStamps stamp you will be entered twice in the drawing.

For todays card I started with a white A2 card and a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of printed bird paper from the Authentique Lively 6x6 paper pad both were pounced with Delicata Golden Glitz ink.  The printed paper was outlined with a Gold Leafing Pen.  I stamped the 6007 Robyn Bird Silhouette on Stardream text-weight paper with Distress Embossing ink and heat embossed with Queen's Gold EP then hand cut it.  I die cut the B198 Bird Cage and B117S Mini Fanciful Flourish both from Cheery Lynn Designs from Gold Mirror card stock.  I glued the bird to another piece of Stardreams paper and used Krylon Spray Adhesive on the bird cage to layer it over the bird.  I cut around the bird cage and used foam dots to layer it on the card.  To attach the flourish I used Micro Glue Dots because I wanted some areas to remain loose from the card.  I colored the rhinestones with a YR24 Copic marker.

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Mums the Word

At SweetStamps blog today our theme is Burned Embossing.  Please join us for a chance to win $20.00 in FREE stamps by entering your Burned Embossing creation in our challenge.  If you enter using a SweetStamps stamp you will be entered twice in the drawing.

For the these cards I used 6001 Mums the Word Silhouette and 9120 Happy Fall stamps,  Queen's Gold EP, Brownie Shades Dye ink, Distress Embossing ink and Super Sticky tape all from SweetStamps.com. Paper, ribbon and photo corners (were white, I colored with Brownie ink) were from my stash and the resin flowers are Kaiser Craft Blossoms. 

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