Summer's Last Hurrah - Necklace using Crafter's Companion Embossing Folders & Spectrum Noir alcohol markers

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Decided to do something a little different.  I had a thin scrap of copper craft sheet metal leftover from a past project.  After running it through some Crafter's Companion embossing folders (French Lace & Butterfly Trellis), I formed the metal into squares and the one I ran through the French Lace folder, I formed into a cone.   Since I love big bold jewelry decided to put it all together with some beads, charms, chains and make a farewell necklace to summer.  The added color on the metal is where I just touched alcohol markers by Spectrum Noir  to some of the raised areas from the embossing.  It's always fun to make a few items out of the comfort zone.

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Shadowbox card FAIRY and Mushrooms in the Forest using Crafter's Companion & Spectrum Noir - Sheena Douglass & Donna Ratcliff stamps & dies

Had the most fun time making this!  I made a little shadow box (about 6" x 6.75" ) out of chipboard first.  Then made attachments by folding ridges (almost like you would for a mini abum) to add scene layers 

 Used the Crafter's Companion Luxury Cardstock for the sparkly purple/gold trim and glued gold leafing fur NUVO to the edges

Just LOVE LOVE Sheena Douglass' Fanciful Fuschia stamps and dies for the flowers, but I attached them to floral wire and used floral tape so they could be used 3D.

the "grass" in front is a mixture of different colored reindeer moss and cheap green pompoms from Walmart just cut in half and hot glued onto the chipboard.

Made a simple card with Donna Ratcliff's fairy stamps and Sheena Douglass' Christmas Deer die (cut the deer out and just left the trees)

Added ribbon, reindeer moss and little mushrooms everywhere 

the 3 little white rocks .. are .. just .. 3 little white rocks :D :D 

Hope she likes it.

Crafter's Companion Fanciful Fuchsia stamp die set by Sheena Douglass coloured with Spectrum Noir markers

I just can't get enough of playing with this stamp/die set from Crafter's Companion, designed by artist Sheena Douglass.  I stamped the images with Spectrum Noir FINESSE alcohol-proof ink (the BEST for alcohol markers I've ever used! not even a spec of ink on my markers or moved by the ink) onto Spectrum Noir Watercolor paper.  Then used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to colour the images.  After cutting out with the matching dies I used some stylus tools to roll the flowers and glued them together with hot glue.  Instead of using the "stem" stamp that came with the set, I decided to make them even more 3D by sticking a floral wire in the top of each flower (again with hot glue) and wrapping the wire with green floral tape that I found at the dollar store.  The turned out wonderfully! Such little eye-candies! #CraftersCompanion #SpectrumNoir