lock and key

I used Tims' Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, then lightly spritzed some black/silver Glimmermist over top.
And I used one of Tims' stamps with black archival ink over top of that.

I then inked and misted and stamped an oval of paper, and DMd it into the locket, but it went so dark you can barely see the stamping. However I really like how it looks a bit like a sapphire and also I didn't have another locket to re-do it!!


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I used die-cuts and alpha stickers and charms to finish the front.

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I wanted the back to uphold the idea of something being hidden away, so I used a cut-down tag to make a kind of jewellery box

which has to be opened

to reveal the treasure within

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some tags

these are tags for the 52 Questions series at AD.

WHAT DO I DO OVER AND OVER?

the criteria for this was RESIST so I stamped the skull and crossbones onto white paper with clear embossing ink, then used clear embossing powder and heat set it.
I then inked over the image with Black Soot Distress Ink, and wiped it off the skull carefully.
The ink won't stick to the embossed image.

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PAINT IN WORDS YOUR PERFECT DAY

The criteria included

use a tag or JB from a swap
use paint

so for the answer side, I dribbled black paint on a dictionary page, then layered 7G tape onto a piece of scrap paper, drew a heart on it with black pen, and cut out the shape. I put the JB over top of that and made a little hole protector for the top as well.
For the question side, I used Jersey foam stamps from MM, and Fired Brick Distress Ink to stamp a title. I added some Kaiser alpha stickers, and backed the JB with more 7G tape.

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