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Flocks and Foil

Hi EveryoneSue here, This month over at WOW HQ is 'Memories'  I haven't used a photograph this time, but some of the fab WOW stamps and a new template I purchased. from Paperbabe Stamps.  This is a template from which you can make a face and different hair styles  and stamps for the lips, eyes and facial expressions.  My inspiration was thinking of my daughter.  (soppy aren't I!).  I firstly sprayed a background with Dylusion spray inks and once dry took some plastic stencils (Tim Holtz) and sponged Versamark through these.  I then sprinkled Bright White Embossing Power over the Versamarkand heat set.  I have used two of my favorite WOW products flock and foils.  These products are less well known than the powders but equally fun to experiment with.  One of the techniques is to use self adhesive covering (one sided sticky back plastic - clear), and a metal stencil.  I have tried using double sided sheets but they are too sticky for the flock and foil and are a mess trying…

Memories of Disney….

Hi Everyone

As I was sat on my sun lounger on holiday I was reflecting on holidays spent with our daughter.  You see this was the first time without her - she preferring the bright lights and thumping sounds of Aya Napa to being with her parents.  So I created this for  WOW HQ this month.
I have chosen to go back in time to 2007 when my family and I went to Disney World.  Our daughter loved (and still does) MINNIE MOUSE even though she is 18 years old now!



I started by cutting out some die cuts from different scrap pieces of card stock and vellum: Marianne Designs, Spellbinders,Sue Wilson, Sizzix and Tattered Lace.I then inked and heat set  some of them up with Versamark and used the following embossing powders: New-Daytona Sands, New-Atlantic Spray, New-Long Island Teal, Bark Ebony, Pepper and Copper Pearl.The 12 x 12 card stock, I firstly sprayed with Dylusion sprays and let it dry. I then took the embossed  die cuts and arranged them on the page. The stamp 'SMILE' is taken f…