Stamp-a-faire 2016 -- Part II

Well, I came back from lunch with my friend

to find that Sage had gone to the farm with her dad for the afternoon.

So, I had to carry on with the challenges solo. :(

I decided to tackle Danielle's Gilded in Gold Challenge.

First of all, I tried using the Liquid Leaf with a Stencil, but that didn't work.

So I decided to create a large stripe of it on my card.

I stamped my Sketched Florals flower and leaves in berry sorbet

and aqua mist several times using my MISTI and inking my stamp

with an ink blender in between stampings.

I stamped the sentiment (from Songbirds) in versamark

on a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it in white.

I decided to add some Liquid Gold to the flower centre

and was pretty happy when it turned out in the shape of a heart.

For my next card, I had an extra "faith" diecut from my Starry Night card,

so I coated it with Liquid Gold.

I stamped the Sketched Florals stamps and leaves in aqua mist and

mint julep using the same method as my first card.

I stamped the sentiment from Inspired: Faith in versafine onyx black ink

and adhered my gold diecut.

And lastly, I made a card for Melissa's Floral Impressionism Challenge.

Once again, I used the same Sketched Florals stamps and dies

and the same technique that Melissa demonstrated.

I blended some sweet blush onto my background and 

adhered my flowers and leaves.

I diecut the Layered Banner Banter dies from white cardstock

and blended some summer sunrise onto the background diecut.

I stamped the sentiment (from Layered Banner Banter) twice --

the first time in berry sorbet (twice with my MISTI), and 

then a third time, offset slightly, in summer sunrise that was stamped off first.

Well, Sage is home, we've eaten supper and we're going 

to watch the next Stamp-a-faire videos and see how many

cards we can make this evening.

Thanks for looking!