no foolin'

with tomorrow being april fool's day here in the united states the challenge at shopping our stash is especially timely: we'd like to see projects with some sort of faux technique, such as faux stitching, faux silk, faux suede, faux patina, etc. i opted for a faux leather look, using an embossing folder and clear embossing powder to make it both textural and glossy.

vintage book and notebook papers from my stash; birch giftwrap: paper source; chipboard alphabet letters by basic grey used as little templates; brown cardstock: core'dinations; embossing folder: tim holtz; embossing powder: psx; glossy black cardstock: paper accents; label: dymo; adhesives: scotch gluestick, elmers gluetape, 3m foam tape, sewing machine

i used a very similar torn collage background for last week's card, but what can i say, i was on a roll! sometimes it's better not to even try to fight that sort of thing. so i didn't, lol. i'm still pretty fond of the glossy cardstock as a base, as well... especially when combined with a dymo label.

there are many more faux techniques to be seen at SOS this morning, why not stop by and greet my design team darlings?! ♥