Countryside - Ta Da! Tuesday

Hello stampers! Today I wanted to do something new and highlight a few products that I think is pretty amazing. I wanted to celebrate the fact that Canada Post is now up and running and I can start sending cards to my friends again. So this card was made for someone special.

First I took a piece of Whisper White cardstock and stamped an image from the Countryside Stamp Set (item #116998 $27.95 for wood - item #120495 $20.95 for clear) which I think has so much potential for a lot of projects. It's just so rustic and fun to colour. Which I did with Watercolour Pencils (item #101879 $25.95 for 24) and then used a Blender Pen (item #102845 $12.95 for 3) which takes the colours and blends it around a little. It's a wonderful look. Now here's the fun part.

You take the stamped image and cover it completely with a VersaMark (item #102283 $9.95) pad. Once it's all covered completely, I sprinkled Clear Emboss Powder (item #109130 $5.95) and tapped off the excess. I used my Heat Tool (item #100005 $38.95) and applied heat to the image. It made the image look glossy. While it was still hot, I repeated this two more times. Here's the crazy part. Once I did that step 3 times, I put it in the freezer for a few minutes. When I got it out, I started to bend a few areas of the image so that "cracks" would appear. It's absolutely so cool! It gives it an old fashioned look - cracked glass. I know the pictures won't be able to do it justice. I then matted the image on Basic Black and then the cardbase was put through the Big Shot using a Square Lattice embossing folder (item #119976 $10.95) which made the cardstock have a little more texture. I then used the sentiment from the "With All My Heart" (item #118134 $21.95 for wood - item #118623 $16.95 for clear) stamp set. I added two antique brads (item #117273 $7.50 for 20 individual brads) which I think just ties the whole look of the project. I wrapped some Baker's Twine (item #123125 $3.95 for 25 yards of Cherry Cobbler/White colour) which is uber trendy right now. If you look at the scrapbooking and cardmaking magazines right now, this product is on everything and you know what? It's really sweet.

I love rustic and old fashioned and I hope that I accomplished that.

Well, that's my Ta Da! for today. I hope you like it. I'm off to mail this off to someone special - who knows, it might be you!