Sally Millians: Newstalgia Stamping: More from my desk cleaning "pile."

Wow! I guess I should clean more often! The pile of unused goodies on my desk was small but some things I just wouldn't let myself throw away. Here are a couple of cards that I made out of some of the items. I am now down to one die cut that needs a home; I may try to use it today, but if not, I have resigned myself to the fact that it may go 10-13 (to initiate transportation to an “emergency receiving facility” , i.e. the trash can).

I already know that the photo does not capture the beauty of this card. I used the Mosaic 3D folder with black card stock for a Christmas card workshop I did with some of our church people. I this lone panel left over. I recently ordered some gold and silver Lunar Paste from Simon Hurley after watching Kristina Werner do a card over the holidays. I have a special place in my heart for Kristina; she was the first person I ever followed on social media making cards. I try to still watch her as I can. (Factoid: she used to be a designer for SU! years ago. Some of the stamp sets I have were designed by her. ) Anyway, she used the silver paste on an embossed image and I wouldn't rest until I had some of the paste of my very own. I ordered it....and there it sat, unused for weeks. This Mosaic panel was an experiment using the paste for the fist time just to see what it would do. I fell in love with it! It dries quickly and covers as much of the image as you want. I used a light hand with a sponge; I wanted to still see the black underneath the gold. Now what to do with that pretty item?! I had the Flourishing Phrases set on the desk and decided to keep going with it. I used the Distressed gold DSP along with Basic Black to die cut some images and also do some inlay with in the flowers. The sentiment needed something to reflect the Middle Eastern theme. I used the Treasured Tag punch with a strip of 1" gold embossed basic black. The Gold ribbon added that little "something something" for texture and solid color.

The next item to ponder a home for was a Flirty Flamingo and black butterfly and a piece of Crumb cake Dots and Spots panel. HMMMM. I put the panel on top of a black glittered DSP and added the butterfly. Looked good but still needed more. I stayed with the Flamingo color and cut my sentiment from the new Stylish Shapes banner dies. I had to shorten the strip by repositioning the die on the sentiment and running it through the Mini SCEM once more. To fill space, I cut a couple more butterflies in black and Flamingo and added Wink of Stella for POP.