Pixie Cottage dt

We have a new challenge for you at The Pixie cottage and by now i'm sure you know that you can either follow the sketch, or the theme.  This weeks theme is to use metal on your project and here's the sketch:

for my card i am using Simply the best by Artish available in the store.  Now those of you that follow my blog know by now that i am not the CAS type, but i didnt want to detract too much from the beauty of this beautiful rose and wanted to highlight her to the best of my limited CAS ability.

I also didnt have any paper that i thought would be good or this particular image so i made my own using stamps that i have had in my stash forever.  I had so much fun using my embossing powders and stash that hasnt seent he light of day for so long all the little bottles had a film of dust on them.  I stamped all over my cardstock using versafine clear embossing pad and then used an embossing powder that has a shimmer in it, for my background.  Then on the white i used copper embossing powder.  I had these metal corners and they were the wrong color so i used more copper embossing powder on those to change the color.  I stamped my image three times and colored them with copics and then layered them onto my focal image to give them a real pop! 

Not sure if you can see all the details on these photos.  Please pop past the Pixie cottage challenge blog and see what the other ladies have to inspire you, and have a great crafting week.
smiles
Paola