Becky has a great post with several examples of creations made using her free Demi Design papers. I used the digital tips from Kimberly Crawford to print out the Demi Piffaro Shawm paper for the background on my card.
This card is for the Y.ou K.now Y.ou R.ock Rockin' It Heavy Metal Style challenge to create a card featuring metal. Since I didn't really have anything metal in my collection (I seldom buy it because it seems too heavy and bulky for mailing), I had to make my own metal.
I used three layers of Silver Ultra-Thick Embossing powder (inking with Encore Silver Pigment Ink between each layer) to create an embossed strip of paper. When the EP was still hot, I inked a border design from Fancy Pants From the Garden and pressed it into the molten metal. After it had cooled, I removed the stamp. I used my Tim Holtz scissors (love these) to trim the strip to fit the card and accented it with a silver bloom and brad. The card base is silver metallic cardstock. This sketch is from CPS.
The dragonfly image from Stampin' Up's Measure of Life is silver embossed on white cardstock. The dragonfly was painted with a waterbrush and Memories MIsts in Blue Hawaiian and Adirondack Color Wash in Stream. After it dried, a coat of Iridescent Green Twinkling H2Os was painted on to mimic the shimmer of a dragonfly.
WOWEE!! This is GORGEOUS!!! I LOVE dragonflies and this one is amazing!!!
Glad the digi tips helped!! Thanks!! :)
Posted by: Kimberly | August 18, 2008 at 09:48 PM
This is tooo pretty Stef! I love the fact that when you didn't have metal--- you went ahead and made your own! Way cool! I love the results! YKYR!
Posted by: Julie Koerber | August 18, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Your homemade metal is AMAZING!
Posted by: maria fiscella | August 18, 2008 at 09:48 PM
WoWzA, Steph, this is absolutely gorgeous!! I can't believe you made that metal piece; just amazing!
Thanks so much for playing; you rock!!
~Hugs, Deb
Posted by: Deb Neerman | August 18, 2008 at 09:48 PM
Wow, that metal look is so cool! LOVE your creation and love your use of the CPS sketch!
Posted by: PaperCutting Kind of Day | August 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM
Cool!! And your homemade metal is insane!! Very cool!!
Posted by: Becky | August 18, 2008 at 10:00 PM
This is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I love it!!
Posted by: Yamil | August 19, 2008 at 08:56 AM
Oooh, this is SO pretty! You totally ROCKED the challenge with your homemade metal! Great job!!
Posted by: stampmonkey | August 19, 2008 at 06:09 PM
I love the look of that metal strip--like you I rarely buy anything metal because of the weight. So the stamp you used was a clear stamp? I've always been afraid to use them on UTEE for fear they would be damaged. I am a wood maounted rubber stamp gal!! But there are so many unique images available in clear acrylic-maybe I will have to start experimenting more!
mary w
Posted by: mary w | August 20, 2008 at 06:27 AM
Your card is `Gorgeous` Steph..love the use of H2O`S ...have a great Evening:)x
Posted by: Terrie Bailey | August 20, 2008 at 02:54 PM
Oh, this is great, Stef..love that metal look!!! Beautiful!!!
Posted by: peet | August 20, 2008 at 05:36 PM
Oooooh....that is gorgeous!! I just love the dragonfly! Thanks for playing at CPS this week!
~lea
Posted by: Lea Lawson | August 22, 2008 at 07:40 PM
Wow, love all the great touches that make this card loveable!
Misty
Posted by: Misty | August 23, 2008 at 04:07 PM
cool look! thanks for using the cps sketch!
Posted by: charity hassel | August 24, 2008 at 08:09 PM
Very elegant and beautiful card! What a fun idea with making your own metal! Thank you for the inspiration!
Posted by: Elena | September 01, 2008 at 08:22 PM