Swimming Star

Hello Nomad friends.  It's the 10th of the month and time for the new challenge at Let's Squash It!  This month we want you to use any embossing folder and a medium to make it shimmer and/or shine.  No, not a clairvoyant!  A craft medium such as coloured/gilding wax, mica based powders such as perfect pearl, glitter glue, sparkly or shimmery paints etc etc etc.   Gotta admit, well out of my armchair for this one.  I have these mediums, a surprizing number of them, and some of them are even still in good shape!!!  But I don't use them so much.  Never have.  Might now.  Anyway, here goes...........

 

I embossed a pale blue mini-skinny card twice with Sizzix Simple Impressions Stars embossing folder.  These are the clear acetate folders with a brass stencil and a matching plastic moulded panel to give the positive impression.  If you have never heard of em that's OK, I am showing my age!!!  I have a few of this style of folder, but I think they went out, like Betamax and the dinosaurs........

 

I used a paper towel to apply purple gilding wax.  I worked the wax from the middle of the card, up and down, leaving it feathery at the edges and over the embossed areas so some of the base card colour shows through. 

I added some Signature Net Corners die cuts and stamped and fussy cut Lost Coast Designs Swimsuit Girl.  As our guest this month at Let's Squash It! said, it's difficult to photo this shimmery stuff, but it does look rather cool in the real.

 

Hop over and join the Let's Squash It! fun and check out the awesome Technique Time post by Jo and the lovely challenge inspiration from the team and our fabulous guest.  See you there.......

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

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Cut It Up Challenge 229 - Water