Scrungy!

My last few cards have been very cutesy, flowery creations so I felt the need to get a little dirty and let my inner grunge out. I was a little peeved at myself for stamping the "i" in the "hi" directly on that vertical line.

I actually have a tip to share! Now, for all I know this might be an old (and obvious to most) tip but it was new to me. Most of my ink comes form the dollar store. (Yep, I don't even try to fancy myself up with the word frugal. I know I'm cheap.) I did invest in some clear VersaMark ink though. I don't have black embossing powder, and under no circumstances will my clear embossing powder stick to the cheap ink. So, what I did was stamp the sentiment in black, then carefully stamp over it in VersaMark, covered it with the embossing powder, and, well, you know the rest. If you hold the card right up to your face you will notice that the embossing is slightly off. But, if you hold any of my cards right up to your face I'm sure you'll be able to pick out numerous flaws so slightly off embossing didn't really bother me.




For:

Design Dollies: pink, cream, orange
Hope Stamps Eternal: For this this pic.
One Stitch At A Time: going dotty
Crazy Challenge: bling
EtsyInspired: For this pic from Lindsay Brackeen.