For those who haven’t subscribed to the Gauche Alchemy monthly newsletter (and just why not?), I’m thrilled to get to share a project I’ve had to keep close to the vest for more than a month! I know, the suspense was killing me, too–I hate keeping fun stuff from you guys. Even if you did see the project in the newsletter, I’ll be showing step-by-step photos of the process, so it’s worth a peek if you’re curious how I put these awesome Paper Brooches together. If you recall my altered make-up box, I used the Intricate Design stamp for the faux-hinges and I believe I mentioned that I’d had other plans for that stamp to begin with. This is what I had in mind when I ordered that stamp. After stamping the image on colored card stock and embossing some of each in gold and silver, I antiqued the embossing with some metallic rub-ons, applied with a cotton swab. Since I wanted to hang chains from the motifs, I wide-trimmed each design, punched a few strategic holes (3 sets along the bottom for the horizontal brooch, one on each side and at the bottom for the vertical) with a 1/8″ hole punch. [...]
