Making Your Own Mulberry Paper

Faux Mulberry paper is actually pretty easy to do.

Here's how:

Ink brayer with dye ink and run over a used dryer sheet.

More than one color may be used.

Then just lay your creation over a stamped image

as I did in my sample today.

You can stretch or heat the dryer sheet first to add

a look of more "veining" (which I didn't do).

You can also toss embossing powders or glitters on or

even some bling.  This produces a result that looks and feels

just like that expensive mulberry paper you buy!

I used a crackle background stamp by Red Castle and the 

butterfly collage image is by Stampers Anonymous.

Iridescent Glimmer Card

This is one of those cards that look awesome IRL, but 

not-so-great scanned.

I will describe how I did this and you can imagine

just how magnificent it is ok?

I stamped a crackle background stamp by Red Castle

with white pigment ink and heat set it.

Then I dampened a sponge and dabbed into 2 colors

of dye inks and rubbed it over the glossy cardstock

till blended and rubbed more with a paper towel

to buff it well.

Then I stamped the floral image by 

Technique Tuesday with dye ink.

It gives a glow of iridescent glimmer

to the background that doesn't scan so well.

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Leapin' Lizards!

I did a resist for this card...easy peasy!

Then I ironed the EP off and smooshed inks over a crackle

background by Red Castle.

The little lizard is by Judi-Kins.

Isn't he adorable?

The sentiment is computer generated because I

just HAD to have that particular saying....

Thanks for looking,

Connie

Prairie Coneflower

This card showcases a stamp made especially for me by  a dear friend of a native wildflower

that grows wild here in South Dakota....the Prairie Coneflower.

I stamped the circular background with a stamp by Red Castle and then

sponged color here and there first.

Then the wildflower and verse (by PrintWorks).

Tied a pretty ribbon and trimmed and matted.

I really like the simplicity paired with the subtle background.