Layered Embossing 4 - From an old Primer

"A kitten is a rosebud in the garden of the animal kingdom."
                                                                       -------------Robert Southey

Hi, Friends.....

Can you stand to see one more entry in the MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Layered Embossing challenge????  I couldn't let this challenge go by without adding some heat embossing to my layered dry embossing, right?  :)  
 

Again, I used scraps from my DCWV Solstice Stack and layered them on my background.  I dry embossed the piece with my Darice Honeycomb folder and then brayered some Versamark over the top of it and heat embossed with gold.  I repeated this step once to get better definition of the hexagons.  

The stamp is one I found in a grab bag.  The image appears to be taken from an old primer and the sentiment is difficult to read, so I will tell you what it says:

 "Was a Hive -- in which honey-bees live, --
Bread and Honey I think very nice;
Then if you make haste, and your alphabet learn,
Perhaps you may get a good slice."

Charming, isn't it?  I love old primers!  I stamped it on some pulpy paper (inked edges with Distress Ink - Mustard Seed) and heat embossed it in gold.  I placed it on a die-cut panel from Inspired by Stamping - Fancy Labels 3 dies that I had also heat-embossed in gold....at least the parts that were going to show!  :)  You can see the gleam in the photo below.  

I layered up some Prima flowers with a sequin center for the upper left corner.  For the lower right, I put glitter glue centers and added a tiny doily punched heart as a sort of little pocket for the flowers.  

Do you see the speckles on the large yellow layer of the flower below?  This flower originally had just a dark line of brown on the lower "seven o'clock" area.  I thought it looked out of place by itself, so I took a coordinating marker and added more splashes of stain.  I like it much better this way.  :)

 So that wraps up my 4 entries for the MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Layered Embossing challenge.  Hope you have enjoyed seeing them.  I love all your comments, so please keep them coming!!  :)  Have a lovely mid-week.

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. MFP Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge #244 - Layered Embossing
2. Vandicrafts Artistry Challenge Jan 2015 - Anything Goes
3. Craft Stamper - Take it Make it Challenge January 2015 - Take a Stamp
4. Inspired by Stamping Customer Gallery Contest - January 2015
5. Pixie's Crafty Workshop - Snippets Playground Week 159