Inspirational Heart
My third and final project for this session as a guest designer for Chocolate Baroque , is my Inspirational Heart.
I like making these and tend to use them as decorations as well as coasters. They are larger than normal coasters and I am in less danger of missing it when I put my cup down, if I'm not concentrating.😀
Black acrylic paint
VersaMark inkpad
Anti static bag
Pearl powder - silver
Pearl paints
Silver embossing powder
Stamps :- Artistic Affirmations - lots of inspirational sayings in this set, lovely and bold.
Pretty Poppies - flowers
Autumn Poppy - leaves
The heart was painted and left to dry thoroughly.
I then wiped it over with the anti static bag. This is important , I think, with the metallic embossing powders in particular.
Stamp the saying first with VersaMark and silver emboss.
so you can position it where you would like it on the heart. Position the flowers and heat emboss with the silver.
The leaves were done differently , to give a softer look, although they could be silver embossed like the rest.
I stamped with the VersaMark and then used Pigment , silver powder, to brush lightly over.
The inkpad was wiped around the edge and embossed to finish it off.
The flowers were coloured with pearl paints.
If I have used the pearl powder I would normally give it a light spray with a matt sealer as the powders will lift or smudge if touched.
When making it into a coaster I would normally seal with a matt varnish.
Well that's my contribution to the GDT slot for a while.
Hope you have enjoyed my projects and I look forward to seeing other lovely samples from the DT team.
I have posted a few other hearts I have made. Some as coasters and others as gifts.
They become a bit of an obsession with me especially as there are some lovely , inspirational sayings in the Chocolate Baroque collection.😍
Hope you have a good day.
Happy crafting.
Carole
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Carole