Snow Day

All day today Christchurch has been covered in snow and there doesn't seem to be any sign of it letting up.  Several parts of the city also had electricity failures and unfortunately we lost electricity twice today for almost 2 hours each time.

Add to that 2 boys who fought with each other all day and don't know what to do with no electricity to power their various devices and it made for a stressful day.  I'm actually looking forward to being able to go back to work when this lets up.

In between power failures, I did get into my craft room and tried the faux patina technique which I've been wanting to try since I first saw it on SCS.

I also used the sketch from Stampin Queens but the link is closed so I can't link it up but do want to give credit.

Here's the card I made with my sample:

For this background I used the same ink colors as in the sample on SCS, but I did try another sample using some distress inks, which was also quite cool.  I love the richness of this technique and will definitely do this again.

I don't like the size gaps between the framelits, so I took the same framelit as the espresso layer and traced around the outside with a pencil, then cut it out by hand.  It's not as defined as using a framelit, but I like the layering better.

Thanks for looking.

Products used (all Stampin' Up!):

Stamps:  Engraved Greetings

Cardstock:  Crumb Cake; Early Espresso; Whisper White

Ink:  Crumb Cake; Marina Mist; Always Artichoke; Early Espresso; Versamark

Accessories:  Gold EP; Labels Framelits; Vintage Wallpaper EF; Early Espresso ribbon.

Cheers

Karren