Concord & 9th Floral & Flutter die set
Here's the link to Tim's tutorial for alcohol inks and glossy cardstock; the technique using the Yupo paper is the same. Die cut a panel of black cardstock with the largest of the Wonky Stitches dies. Stamp the sentiment from the Ponderings set and the large rose spray from the Lady Rose set using VersaMark ink. Add gold embossing powder to the roses and white to the sentiment. Heat set both; let your heat tool run for 60 to 90 seconds before applying it to your cardstock so that it can get good and hot. If it's hot enough, the powder will melt almost immediately and the less heat you have to apply to the cardstock, the less warping you'll see. Shake the pink and purple mica sprays vigorously to get the mica distributed. Spray the black panel twice with each color, concentrating it towards the center so that you see the splatters when it dries. Cut the Yupo background to 4.25 by 5.5 inches and adhere to a card base. Adhere dry black panel to the card base, lining it up with the bottom right corner. Add sequins using glue dots and you're finished!
Arrange the trellis stencil diagonally across the woodgrain cardstock, from the top left corner to the bottom right corner. Mask off the surrounding paper with post-it notes or scratch paper. Shake Turquoise Mica spray vigorously and spray over stencil, being sure to get even coverage. Remove masks and let dry. Using the MISTI, stamp the flower images in Archival black ink. You'll want to use a waterproof ink so that it doesn't run when you add watercolor. I wanted the roses to stand out, so I only applied color to the roses, not the leaves, stems or butterfly. Stamp the sentiment in VersaMark on Vellum. Emboss in Gold. I used the largest of the Wonky Stitches dies width wise to add the stitching detail along the edges of the sentiment and leaving it long enough to wrap around the back of the panel. After the watercolor is dry, blend Wilted Violet lightly around the edges of the panel. This will help the texture of the woodgrain to stand out as well as help to highlight the stencil design and shimmer from the mica spray. Add adhesive to the back of the panel to adhere vellum. Adhere panel with vellum to the card base. Add sequins with glue dots and the project is complete.
For the shaker piece, I stamped the cat from Simon Says Stamp Trick or Treat
stamp and die set on some Spectrum Noir paper using Momento Tuxedo
Black ink and colored him with SN markers as follows: fur IG 1, 2, 4,
and 6; ears and nose: PP3 and 5; cape and mask: PL 1, 2, and 4. I gave
his cloak and mask a coat of Wink of Stella glitter pen in Clear for
some sparkle. After coloring, I die cut him out. For the background
behind the cat, I stamped the cat and spiders, then placed my die on the
cardstock and traced the inside corners with a pencil so that I'd know
what was going to show and where to stamp. I applied Distress Inks
with a mini blending tool starting about 1/4 of the way up from the
bottom going from light to dark as follows: Tumbled Glass, Broken China,
Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch. To ground my image I used Pumice
Stone and Hickory Smoke at the bottom. Using a stitched square die from
Lawn Fawn, I die cut the background piece to give it some finishing
detail as it would be visible and the die was perfectly sized for the
shaker pouch. I attached my die cut cat over the stamped image with a
tape runner. I added purple and green sequins from Doodlebug and gold
micro-beads from my stash on the cat so that I could add the pouch and
seal everything in. The pouches have adhesive on the rim, so I removed
the backing and carefully placed it evenly. I attached the shaker piece
to the tag using tape runner. I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and
embossed it using fine detail gold embossing powder. I die cut it
using the matching die and added a little Shaded Lilac and Dusty Concord
distress inks to the edges and popped it up with foam squares. The
Halloween die cut, which is also from the SSS Trick or Treat set, was
cut from DCWV glitter cardstock and adhered with liquid glue. The
little words are Tim Holtz Seasonal Chit Chat stickers that I added a
little Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn ink to and adhered with liquid
glue. The gems are from Doodlebug and the black flourish is from Prima.
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To color the wood background I started with Tea Dye and worked my way through to the darker shades Vintage Photo, Gathered Twigs and then Walnut Stain. I added Rusty Hinge to give it some richness and depth. I embossed the Owl and sentiment with Lindys Stamp Gang embossing powder in Cafe Au Lait. 
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