CAS Mix Up Challenge ........

Happy Monday ..........

How was your weekend?  Not long enough ..... I know how you feel!

But we're at the start of another week and, as we're half way through February already it's time to remind you about this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge  .......

The lovely Nancy is our host for February and the theme for this month is ..... Stencil Heat Embossing

If you haven't tried this before give it a go, it's so much fun.  Check out the CAS Mix Up Blog for some fabulous links to videos showing you ways of using this technique.

We've all done heat embossing with stamps but, it's also a great way of achieving a different look using with your stencils. 

This was so simply to do ..... I've stenciled the vase and then heat embossed to give a nice textured look, completely different than using just ink through the stencil.

I stamped the flowers first and added a touch of colour using ZIG markers and a waterbrush to blend the colour

I then took my vase stencil, placed it over the bottom of the flowers and used Versamark ink through the design.

I removed the stencil and sprinkled embossing powder over the top and heat set in the usual way ......

I love the result, the powder is made up of different sized grains, and different colours and gives a fabulous textured look ..... I love it!!

I grounded the vase with a little ZIG marker, and added a simple sentiment to finish off.

The challenge is open until Feb 24th so there's still time to play along if you fancy giving this technique a try. 

Thanks for popping by ..... enjoy the rest of your day.

Cheerio until next time .......

Products used:

Stencil: Vase stencil (Clarity)

Stamps: Flower Medley, Special Sentiments (Penny Black)

Inks: Versafine Clair - Nocturne; Versamark ink; Delicata Metallic Pigment ink - Golden Glitz

Other: Black Magic Embossing Powder (WOW!);  ZIG Clean Color Brush Markers