I’ve been playing with gold leaf. The images were stamped on the Neenah cardstock with VersaMark ink and I used Sticky Powder to attach the gold leaf to the cardstock then sponged on Ranger Distress Ink – spiced marmalade and a touch of rusty hinge to color the open areas of the image and wiping with a paper towel after the sponging to remove the ink from the gold leaf. I also used a Prismacolor – garden green pencil to add a little green and a Marvy black marker to color the very edge of the cardstock. The leaves are attached with a strip of tape to hold them in place while I dabbed a bit of Aleene’s tacky glue in a few areas.
The Tim Holtz wood grain embossed panel was ink distressed with Ranger – weathered wood. Since it doesn’t emboss the length of the panel I just cut it in two and embossed each piece separate and added some mini brads so it looks like two pieces of wood nailed together.
The embossed lines on the orange and sentiment panels was done with the Scor-Pal. Rusty hinge and weathered wood were used to ink distress these panels.
The sentiment panel was attached with foam squares.