Thinking of You - FWF 9-8

Hi, Friends.....

I am here with my Unity - Friends with Flair project for the week.  I am still trying to get used to it being on Tues/Wed instead of on Fridays!  

Today I used a Unity grab bag "Thinking of You" stamp that I discovered belongs to their June 2014 Sentiment Kit.  I love this gorgeous font!!  I stamped it with Onyx Black Versafine Ink onto a dreamy watercolor background I made from another of....... yes, you guessed it.... my ****marker refilling experiment sheets****!  Yay!  :) 

In my stash, I found a background I had made last year.  It was yellow paper dry embossed with my Darice - Henna folder that I had inked with Distress Ink in Fired Brick, Walnut Stain, and Spiced Marmalade.   
[I think I must have inked the wrong side of the folder when I was first learning, because it is on the debossed side, not the embossed side!!  LOL!!  Turns out that I like this folder debossed a lot better than embossed, so who knows....maybe I DID do it that way on purpose!!!  Ha.] 
This piece didn't have a lot of color (yet), but it had potential.  So....I fussy cut around the swirly flowers and leaves and sponged with more distress inks for deeper, richer colors.  Then I inked it gently with a Versamark pad and heat embossed it with Stampendous - Stamp and Bond Embossing Powder.  Next I pressed a piece of partially-used gold Clearsnap - Designer Foil over the sticky design.  I only wanted small bits of foil accents and this technique gave me exactly what I was desiring.

If you look closely, you can see bits of foil accents on the floral design.

To continue with the gold theme, I also did some gilding on the edge of my banner piece (which was made from a DCWV scrap).  I dragged the edges over my Versamark pad and then heat embossed with WOW! Embossing Powder - Metallic Gold Rich Ultra High.  I bought a BIG jar of this some time back, but hadn't opened it yet.  Oh, my.....this is *just* the thing to give a delicious, heavy coat of gleaming gold!!!!  LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!  [Can't wait to start using this on my double embossed backgrounds!!! :) ]

I inked some burlap from my DCWV Burlap Paper Stack with Distress Ink in Tea Dye to warm up the color a little bit and used my WRMK Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper to round the corners.  [I won this tool from Taunya Butler (THANKS, Taunya!!  I love it so much!)  It bites into all sorts of materials effortlessly and rounds off the corners beautifully.]  I love the texture the burlap brings!!  I also added some gold punchinella behind the panels for more gleam and more texture.  A few sequins in the corner and I was done.

Hope you have enjoyed this tour through my card today.  Thank you for your lovely comments!!!

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1.  Unity - Friends with Flair Link-Up
2.  Wow! Embossing Powder September Challenge - Use foils
3.  Connie Can Crop Monthly Color Challenge #38
4.  Word Art Wednesday Challenge #199 - Anything Goes Family Friendly
5.  Little Scrap Pieces - Show-it-Off Saturday Linky Party
6.  Simon Says Stamp Work-It Wednesday August 2015 - Autumn Theme
7.  Mojo Monday - #414
 
8.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Make it Colorful
9.  Quick Quotes Friday Challenge #55 - Anything Goes