Shopping our Stash #74 - Out of the Jar!

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So, first I want to start by saying this card is Barb's fault :) Her absolutely gorgeous card for Theresa's Virtual Birthday Party uses Frantage Embossing Powder like a dream, and I thought I CAN DO THAT! And, even better, here's this week's prompt for Shopping our Stash #74 - 

use anything that came in a jar- flower soft, glitter, perfect pearls, embossing powder, etc.,  OR a jar image - or make something using a Jar! (decorate a jar)

See, this is great! I have Frantage powders, and they're pretty much stash since except for embossing a swatch of each one, I really haven't used them since I got them. (Mostly because every time I try, I spill. Truth.)

So, with this, and the DYSU Vintage challenge fresh in my head, I set to work. Embossing an entire DOILY. Sure....you have little experience heating things from below, why wouldn't you begin by working with a delicate piece of paper? I scorched the paper I was using to catch the flyaway bits (there are heavier bits of enamel mixed in  with the glitter and EP), and then I wasn't sure if it was all melting. So I touched it. Definitely melting. Definitely burning my finger.

But look - I still think it was totally worth it!

Supplies: Wilton doily;
versamark & Stampendous Frantage EP (pink);
Hero Arts Lace;
papers from MME;
Bundled Sage distress ink;
sentiment from Annabelle Stamps;
butterfly stickers from Kaisercraft;
buttons & pearls from stash

The layout was born of necessity - the gingham & doily papers were only so big ;) Except for the largest green butterfly, each butterfly is only adhered by one wing with doubled foam tape to add to the sense of movement.  Those Kaisercraft stickers haven't been out since the last time I broke them out for an SOS project, the papers were scraps, and I finished the package of blue pearls. PLUS, besides melting my own skin, I had a successful outing with the Frantage powder! I didn't even spill any on the dog ;)

So, what do you have in a jar that's waiting patiently to be used? Or, maybe you have a jar kicking around just waiting to be altered? Get going! This challenge will be open until next Monday, October 29. Don't forget to see what the rest of the SOS team has been up to!

• Carla
• Leslie
• Alica
• Deena
• Paige
• Lauren
• Lynn
• Linda
• Michelle
• Sandie

I'm also linking this up to DYSU #94 - Vintage - pearls, buttons, pastel colours, doilies, all of those say vintage to me :) The DYSU challenge ends this evening. 

xoxo,

Jessi