My Other Creations: Embossing Paste Tin

 "Emboss It" is this week's theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  I decided to whip out my Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste and create a textured tin:

  
This tin started out as shiny silver, so I sanded it and painted it with green and brown acrylic paint for an aged look.  Then I added a thick uneven layer of white embossing paste.  I took some rubber stamps, spritzed them with water (to keep the embossing paste from sticking to the stamp), then stamped into the wet embossing paste.  Then I spritzed on some Distress spray and let it dry overnight.  I covered up most of the background texture on the inside of the tin, but here is the outside of the tin and you can see this effect more easily:

Love these memo pins and one trick I use with them to keep them from sticking people is to add plastic earring backs around the sharp part at the bottom.  You can see I've also added some paper embellishment using the new Tim Holtz Sizzix Mixed Media die.

For the inside of the tin, I used a 3D house die, but I cut it in half so that it was narrow enough to fit inside my tin.  I added some other paper shapes, a bit of yarn, some Washi, etc.

At some point, I suppose I have to be honest and ask myself if I really needed another decorative tin.  Heck yes, I did!  Who doesn't?  It was fun to make and I really do love the texture that can be achieved through stamping on embossing paste.

Here are the supplies I used on this project that you can get at Simon Says Stamp:

Wendy Vecchi White Embossing Paste	Distress Spray Stain PEACOCK FEATHERS	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain PICKED RASPBERRY Ranger	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain MUSTARD SEED	Distress spray Twisted Citron	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 SIDESHOW
Stampendous Wired Stamp Set	Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Purely Random Stamp Set	Dina Wakley Positive Women Stamp Set	Hero Arts 3D Fancy House Die	Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops Die Set	Tim Holtz Sizzix Mixed Media 3 die	Neat and Tangled Seeing Stars die
Sizzix Big Shot	Idea-ology Tissue Tape In Symphony	Doodlebug Deck The Halls Washi Tape	Illustrated Faith Reminders Washi Tape	Tim Holtz Big Chat Stickers	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MEMO PINS Split Ring Metal Embellishment	Tim Holtz 12 x 12 Correspondence Paper Pack
Simple Stories Basics 6x6 Paper Pack	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET	Timber Brown StazOn
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Mixed Media Sponges Bars	Martha Stewart Scoring Board

Can't wait to see what you make when you bring your embossing skills to the table!  Be sure to upload your creation to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!

  
   

My Other Creations: Prima Notebooks

 "Home Decor" is the theme of the week over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog.  And we also wanted to highlight Prima products.  Since I can't ever seem to find a notebook around when I need one, I decided to make a notebook set which I housed in this spiffy little tin that I revamped from a previous project.

I adore my Cinch binding tool and used it to bind together these 4x6 notebooks.  I cut out the paper for the notebooks using a 4x6 rounded corner die (monotony factor = 7).  And you can't have a set of fancy notebooks without some frivolous pens!  I made  mine from some straws which I stuck pen parts into.

The covers of the notebooks were made by using a paintable Prima 4x6 card as the background, then I added a tag, then I stuck some adorable Prima matchboxes on top (which can still open if you need to leave a secret message).  I added a folded inked Prima flower as the topper to my matchboxes.

Most of the products I used came from one of my all-time favorite Prima lines: Garden Fable.  I adore the pastels and whimsical sketches.

Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Prima Garden Fable Matchboxes	Prima Garden Fable Tags and Tickets	Prima Secret Garden 4x6 Paintables Cards	Cinch - We R Memory Keepers	Project Life Craft Die Set	Sizzix Big Shot	Prima Documented Beauty Flowers
Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink	We R Memory Keepers Fringe Board	We R Memory Keepers Tissue Paper Pack

I'm always looking for clever home decor ideas, so I can't wait to see what you come up with!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 to Simon Says Stamp.