Paper Crafter at large

I know this bg pp is not as CAS as it should be but it was easier to use it for this sketch then put it away. The pink cs is dry embossed and the frame with greenery is Silhouette cut. Added a banner in gray with the sentiment on a dry embossed tag in the darker gray. All pieces laying on the work space when they did not make the cut on a previous project.

Added black embossing paste through stencil on to white cs. While still wet added bronze embossing powder and heat set right away. Trimmed down to fit behind Silhouette cut frame. Hand cut arrow tag in light purple and stamped sentiment in black. Added die cut bow colored to match mat layer in dark green. Used versa mark pen to add heat embossed center to bow in the same bronze as the flowers.

Used the last of my bg pieces with colored tissue. Stamped bird with note in black and water colored. Added heat set, die cut branches in dark brown embossing powder. Layered on b&w art deco strip and tissue colored strip on to pp. Added rhinestones along strip.

I have had the Crackle Paste for months but not really played with it yet. Simon Says challenge was the perfect excuse to get going. I had a leaf frame I wanted to try the product on, so I placed the die cut white cs frame on a layering weight cs and applied the paste with a spatula. Pulled the frame away to let dry on glass mat. What was left behind became this card. Once the paste dried and cracked, I sprinkled black color burst very finely right on the paper and sprayed water. My thinking was that it would seep into the cracks and turn them dark, not the case. It created a colored background. While the sheet was still wet I mopped it through green and yellow color burst on the glass mat with tons of water. Used the heat gun to dry and then trimmed to size. Stamped circles in gray ink. The blue numbers are another experiment, this time with coloring an embossing folder with colored pencil. I place this paper on the folder and rubbed into the colored area. There was a very faint outline of the numbers on this bg piece and so I sprayed again with water to activate the colored pencil. You can see the blue under the birds legs and maybe see the numbers, if you use your imitation. With tons of color still on the folder I sprayed it with water and closed the folder with a piece of white copy paper in it then pressed with my hand. I was not looking for embossing just a print of the numbers. It worked. Trimmed that paper to a small piece, rubbed with oil to make more translucent and glued on bg piece. The birds are actually die cut leaves without the stamping detail. Added the eyes and legs with black marker. Sentiment is heat set white embossing powder on torn vellum. All is mounted on mat layer of gray and white cs base.

Below is the card that was my original idea. The frame was allowed to dry and crack and then it was dredged through the yellow and green color burst. Rubbed a few areas with finger covered in brown ink.

It was mounted on a piece of white cs with died tissue paper adhered. The tissue paper was rubbed with versa mark then heat set with gold embossing powder. I did add a layer of clear gesso at this stage to help hold the cracking bits in place. I added the Silhouette cut sentiments and punched flying things with white glue. The shine on the dragonflies/butterfly is from adding double sided tape to copy paper then rubbing fine glitter before punching shapes.

Tag is white cs with tissue paper dropped in re-inkers sprayed with water, allowed to dry and white glue to adhere them together. Stamped design with versa mark and heat set in gold then colored spray with copics. BG is pp with embossing folder then colored a couple of the heart shapes within that design with copics. Added die cut circle tags and sentiment sponged in green and black dots added with gel pen. Ribbons are in stash.