Sneak Peek For Sunday's Toolshed Show

 Hello my crafty friends!  I did a lot of debating on this one as to whether or not to show a sneak peek of it, but I decided that I was just too excited about something that I am showing here to wait until Sunday.  It is actually Julia's Tool shed show, but I am along to introduce my new Pinpoint Design Embossing folders.  There are three designs that are available and this is the first one called "Checkerboard."  I absolutely love these, they are so up my street, so to speak.  I have designed these new folders to have a sort of faux pierced look to them.  The folders are very different from anything that I've seen on the market so far in that not only is the pattern is done on two levels, but the pinpoint design creates a truly unique look (and absolutely lovely look at that!) to your embossed backgrounds.  You may have spotted another of the folders during our recent blog launch if you were eagle eyed!  You will have to wait until Sunday to see all three of the patterns in the samples that both Julia and I have created.  I'm just saying though, you may want to tune in, as they are lovely!  In it's simplest form, I have embossed a piece of coconut white card using the Checkerboard design.  I stamped the Sculpted Leaves background by Justrite on to blush card and heat embossed it with True White embossing powder.  I cut out the centre of the stamped image with the Vintage Labels Seven die (this stamp has that design drawn into the centre so it is easy to match up and cut) to create an aperture.  I used a bit of Victorian Velvet distress ink around the edges to bring out the white embossing and mounted it on foam for dimension on to my background.  I stamped the roses from the Rose Bouquet Vintage Labels Seven stamp set by Justrite on to blush card and embossed them with white too.  I cut them both out by hand.  I added some Forest Moss distress marker to the leaves and Victorian Velvet to the centres of the flowers for more definition.  I did a bit of shaping and added them in the upper corner with mounting foam.  I stamped my sentiment in black and cut it out with a smaller die in the same set and inked through the die with Victorian Velvet before removing it.  This piece was added to the centre of the aperture with mounting foam.  I tied a messy bow out of flesh seam binding and seated it on white tulle in the lower corner.  I made two matching stick pins and added a small pearl embellishment to the centre of the bow.  The card was then finished with a white pierced layer, a thin mat of blush and a final white mat layer.  The finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/4" in size.

The winner of the Wednesday Card Giveaway this week is:

Lynn Hardy!!!

Congratulations!  Please email me at americansue1@gmail.com to confirm your address and claim your card.

I will also catch up on the Weekly Comment Game Winners that I missed from last week (minus the blog launch posts) and post all the winners in Sunday's post.  The winners of the Second Release dies will be drawn and posted on MONDAY though so don't forget to check back then as well!   All for now, Sue x