Poppystamps Challenge - Faux Metallic Birthday Wishes

 
I told you didn't I?  LOTS of great challenges to play this month!   I'm hoping you have some Poppystamps dies or stamps because this one has lots of possiblitiies - especially with dies.   The challenge this month is "So Boss!"  You can add hot or dry embossing, or deboss a die.

I saw Jennifer McGuire playing with gold embossing dies the other day so I thought I'd give that a go.  I'll be honest, at the time when I saw it I sort of thought to myself... "why not just cut the die from a gold foil".  It does seem like a lot of work to cut a die several times and then emboss it several times - you have to keep reapplying the embossing powder to get a thick metallic look.  You can see Jennifer's original post here.

So I gave it a go.  Yes I won't lie.. it was lots of cutting dies - three times for each die.  And yes.. gluing them together was a bit of work (am I sounding lazy?)... and while I find embossing to be magical - I love watching the solid turn to liquid - I didn't like trying to get the mess off my craft matt, or the feel of powder on my desk when it was all put away. 

But wow!  it really is beautiful isn't it?   So while it was lots of extra effort - more than cutting the die from gold foil card stock - it has a much bigger WOW factor doesn't it? 

There was NO WAY I was going to try to glue the dots over the "i"'s together or heat emboss them so I added little gold sequins.  Is this cheating?  I think they look cute! 

Maybe you want to try this for yourself?  It's a cool way to get a new look with your favorite dies.

 

And while you're at it - hop on over to the challenge to play along - you might just win a few more dies for your stash!   You can find the challenge here on the Poppystamps blog.  You can always find the challenge easy by clicking on the badge in the right column, or the page tab at the top of the page.
 

Poppystamps Blooming Strawflower

Poppystamps Hip Birthday Wishes

Birch Press Peerless Watercolors

Pretty Pink Posh Metallic Gold Sequins

Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Metallic Gold Sequins

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Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5"
Dies | Poppystamps Straw Flower, Hip Birthday Wishes
Peerless Watercolors
Sequins | Pretty Pink Posh 4 mm and 6 mm Gold