One of the reasons I'm so excited about this release, is because I love silhouettes. In fact I have a small collection. (I posted a picture of some of the framed art at the bottom of this post.) My mother started collecting them many years ago, and after she passed, I inherited her collection, and continued to add to it over the years. Most of my collection consists of silhouettes with dried milkweed and flowers in the background, that were made in the late 1930's, and are quite hard to find now.
Well, now that you know one of my passions, here are the 3 projects I promised. For the box, I used a template that I borrowed from my dear and uber talented friend Pat Smethers. The stick pin was a gift from her as well. I made the cameo with Sculpey Clay by stamping the image with Tumbled Glass Ranger Distress Ink directly into the clay and baking it. now this is my very first time working with the clay, so don't look too closely. :) But I love how the image is raised because this stamp has a negative silhouette image..
For this card, I stamped the frame and the silhouette image with Versamark onto black cs and embossed them with white ep. The Spellbinders window frame is covered with Ultrafine transparent glitter. I wish you could see it irl. I have the hardest time getting that stuff to show in photos. I also scored three stripes before the punched border.
My second card was made for the Teapot Tuesday challenge hosted by Cindy Motherway over at Splitcoaststampers. We were to include numbers on this card. I thought Roman Numerals would be fun. The sentiment as well as the leafy border are from Cameo Creations.
Lastly, here is a sampling of my silhouette collection.
Well, I'm the last stop on the hop, so if you started here, you'll want to head on over to Anya's blog and start at the beginning. Otherwise, I hope you've enjoyed the little Waltzingmouse sneak peek of what's to be released on July 1.
Here's the complete hop list. Thanks so much for stopping by.
Anya Shrier
Belinda Chang Langner
Bonnie Sharp
Claire Brennan
Jennifer Holmes
Julia Aston
Kate Whelan
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Niki Estes
Sandie Dunne
Sarah Martina Parker
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Stamp Supplies:
Cameo Box:
Stamps: Cameo Creations, Dainty Doilies Large (Waltzingmouse)
Paper: Artesian Pool (Bazzill), Ladies and Gents and Trendsetters (Webster's Pages), Dark Chocolate (PTI)
Ink: Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories: Sculpey Clay, Lace and flowers (Wild Orchid Crafts), Flowers (Prima), Pearls (Zva Creative), Silver Cording, Stick pin and beads, Organdy Ribbon and Silver Cording, White embossing Powder, Box Template (Deja Views)
Silhouette Card:
Stamps: Cameo Creations (Waltzingmouse)
Paper: Pretty Pastels, Black and White (PTI)
Ink: Versamark, Onyx Black (Versafine), Robin's Egg (Colorbox)
Accessories: Window, Banner, Standard Oval and Standard Scallop Oval diecut (Spellbinders), Pearls (Kaisercraft), Opaq White Viva Decor Gel, Quickie Glue Pen, Ultrafine Transparent Glitter, White embossing powder, Rhinestones (I-Roc), Border Punch (Martha Stewart), Scor-Buddy
Thanking You:
Cameo Creations (Waltzingmouse)
Paper: Dark Chocolate and White (PTI), Ladies and Gents and Trendsetters (Webster's Pages)
Ink: Walnut Stain (Ranger Distress Ink), Wheat (VersaMagic)
Accessories: Charming Oval Die (Verve), Brads (Creative Impressions)
