Sweet Strawberry with Strawberry Builder Punch

 So this post requires some explanation.  A description of

a plot, perpetrated by my friends and Stamp Off Challenge

buddies Buffy and Susan.   I was trying to decide if I would

purchase the Gilded Leafing Embellishment on page 33,

of the upcoming Mini Catalog, and expressed reluctance.  

Susan and Buffy launched into

an elaborate plot, sending cards and samples of the

Gilded Leafing in an effort to convince me that my

thinking was in error.  Basically, they got very, very pushy.

So I ordered the Gilded Leafing, but since it has not arrived

yet, have been using what Buffy sent (thank you!)

The Gilded Leafing works with Heat and Stick Powder

(page 33) and the VersaMark ink.  It looks different from

embossing, because it has that thick broken, shiny, 

foil-like appearance.

This is a new set, available in the Jan-June 2021 Mini Catalog.

The Sweet Strawberry Stamp set on page 44 can be bundled

with the coordinating Strawberry Builder Punch, which

cuts out the berries, stem, a flower and leaf.  It is very

handy to be able to use this punch for many of the 

stamped elements. As you can see, using Gilded Leafing

with the outline strawberry stamp really makes those

berries shine.

The background paper is my favorite In Good Taste DSP

on page 148.  It lends that basket feeling.  I used a die from

the Potted Succulents Dies (page 39), to cut out the sentiment.

I highly recommend all of these products.  They are fun

to use and the Gilded Leafing brightens up a project.