I made up a few Cracked Glass embellishments for this series of cards I am making upon the request of my friend for a few to have on hand. I was ready to get started and could not find my UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel). Needless to say, I was completely distracted and dug through drawers and boxes to no avail. The next morning, with a clearer head I found Liquid Glass in my box of embossing powders so I just decided to use that and I will resume the search for the UTEE at a later time. The Liquid Glass worked very well and I was able to finish the few embellishments which I had prepared.
The rose and book page embellishment is one of my cracked Glass pieces. I started with a black card front then trimmed a vintage script paper to size for my background and used my distress tool on its edges. I added a length of black grosgrain across my background tucking the ends to the back and then a folded length to that piece using a tiny brad. Next, I went looking for collage elements which I could incorporate. I found an ornate gold heart charm, a little key and several old postage stamps that were in the right colours. I started by adding the rose embellishment at a bit of an angle and then added the heart charm with a tiny gold brad and the key with another after adding a length of gold cording to it. I tucked the ends of the gold cord under the heart charm edges to keep them in place. I added the postage stamps randomly where they looked good. I adhered this large element to my black card front to finish off my card. Have not made a collage card in quite a while. It was fun to stretch my creative muscles and come up with one that I was happy with. Therese
