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Fran•táge Friday: Flowers & Chocolates

It's another Fran•táge Friday at Paper Craft Planet, brought to you by Stampendous.

This week's technique, using the new Fran•táge line of stamps, is having some fun with the new Fran•táge Bronzed Mica Fragments. I am totally taken with these metallic embellishments & stamps.

First, the stamps. I used Friendship Assortment Perfectly Clear Stamps and the Fairy Queen Clear Stamp Set. Other supplies included a Paper Doily, & a box of chocolates. And do no forget the Bronzed Mica Fragments. Ooh la la, I love that stuff.

Okay, let's get started:

Emboss the doily. If there's some unwanted stray embossing powder, just remove the it with a brush before you heat set it. It does help if you rub the doily with a dryer sheet or an embossing buddy to cut down on the static & have a nice clean image.

Paper doilies are delicate so I found it handy to use a clipboard when you heat set the embossing powder.

Okay, now brayer that doily. I used a celery colour.

Glue the doily to the box AND also glue (I used Crystal Effects Adhesive) to the top so you can adhere the Fragments.

Brayer a Doily for the bottom of the box too.

Okay, after shaking & gently tapping the Bronze Fragments onto the box, you'll want to pump up the image a bit. So stamp & emboss a few more of the Fairy image & cut it them out to layer onto the box with dimensionals.

And there ya go, a simple box of chocolates becomes simply fun.

My rainy day photos don't do the Bronzed Mica Fragments justice -- they absolutely sparkle!

After making this project, I wanted to do more with these Bronze Fragments. I walked around my home & looked at everything I could glitter up. I found a little inexpensive glass vase in a drawer.

I put Glossy Accents glue & made a thin coat onto the glass. Then I sprinkled the

Bronze Mica Fragments on. Then I covered the fragments with a hi-lustre Mod Podge. I balanced the vase on a screw driver to dry.

While the vase was drying I used the Friendship Assortment Perfectly Clear Stamps on celery paper & adhered that to some cork punched with a grommet.

And a blah vase becomes something that I love to have out in my home.

And that's this week's "Flowers & Chocolate" Fran•táge Friday ... fun with doilies & Mica Fragments.

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Bonne Chance!

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Stampendous Fran*tage Friday, 9/16/11:

Thanks go out to everyone who played along and left such lovely comments. Also a special thanks to Stampendous for hosting this series with us.

Our lucky winner was Diana Lewandowski …

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Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by Lyn Bernatovich on September 16, 2011 at 8:16am

Amy - So stunningly beautiful!!!!! I LOVE both projects!!!! Fragments are a 'must have' aren't they?

Permalink Reply by Amy (Tethered 2 Home) on September 16, 2011 at 8:43am

Thanks, Lyn! I agree, the Mica Fragments are an essential ... easy to work with & the results are fab.

Permalink Reply by Wendy P on September 16, 2011 at 3:26pm

Wow! Amy this is amazing!!!

Permalink Reply by Lynn in St. Louis on September 18, 2011 at 6:53pm

Holy cow, Amy - these are two amazing projects. The idea of covering a bottle with the mica fragments is genius. Your card and the way you used the fragments on the card is just stunning.

Permalink Reply by Karen on September 19, 2011 at 8:42pm

WOW!! These are just amazing. Now why did I never think of stamping and embossing on a doily???!!!

Permalink Reply by Wendy Pettifer on September 21, 2011 at 3:54pm

these all look soooooo gorgeous !!!

thanks for all the wonderful inspiration !!!

Permalink Reply by Laura Lyall on September 21, 2011 at 3:55pm

I received an email showing the bronze mica fragments so had to have a look and see what they are and I have to say they look brilliant on the projects, I bet the colour is so sparkly and intense in real life. Definitely a product I would have fun using. Laura

Permalink Reply by Jen on September 21, 2011 at 4:04pm

I've GOT to get over to my LSS and check out the mica! This is fantastic!

Permalink Reply by Barbara Bryant on September 21, 2011 at 4:05pm

These are awsome projects and cant wait to look around the house too for inspiration.

Permalink Reply by Stephanie King on September 21, 2011 at 4:06pm

Just beautiful, ordinary objects turned into works of art.

Permalink Reply by Billie Dee on September 21, 2011 at 4:13pm

Oh that looks like fun! I'm going to have to investigate these "mica" products further. And of course, I hope I can win some!

Permalink Reply by Diana Lewandowski on September 21, 2011 at 4:16pm

These projects are fantastic. I love giving (and of course receiving) chocolate. This box will make giving chocolate even better. Thanks so much for the ideas.