Mad For Mosaics

In preparation for this month's classes I've been having a play with the Mosaic suite of products available TOMORROW in the 2013-2014 Annual Catalogue. I want to show my ladies a variety of styles, colours and uses to illustrate the versatility of this on-trend shape.

Firstly some 2012-14 in colours

Materials used:

• stamps - Mosaic Madness, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
• card - whisper white, midnight muse
• inks - midnight muse, raspberry ripple, summer starfruit, gumball green
• other - stamp-a-ma-jig, mosaic punch, itty bitty punch, rhinestones, dimensionals

Much more subdued for this second one, with simple colours used for a simple design.

Materials used:

• stamps - Mosaic Madness, Fabulous Phrases
• card - crumb cake, cherry cobbler, very vanilla
• inks - crumb cake, cherry cobbler
• other - mosaic embossing folder, stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals, mosaic punch, Big Shot

Next what I call a "full-blown" mosaic tile pattern; a bit time-consuming to construct, but I love how it turned out.

Materials used:

• stamps - Mosaic Madness, Layered Labels
• card - whisper white, pool party
• inks - pool party, so saffron, calypso coral
• other - stamp-a-ma-jig, mosaic punch, mosaic E/F, Big Shot, dimensionals, apothecary accents die, large oval die

Then I got real adventurous and added some blingaliciousness to the mix! Unfortunately it didn't photograph half as gorgeous as it looks IRL.

Materials used:

• stamps - Mosaic Madness, Fabulous Phrases
• card - basic black, silver glitter
• inks - Versamark
• other - embossing powders in silver, melon mambo, tempting turquoise and wild wasabi, mosaic punch, itty bitty punch, rhinestones, dimensionals, heat tool, embossing buddy

And lastly a flexible design that can be used for many different occasions with a change of colour and sentiment.

Materials used:

• stamps - Mosaic Madness, Curly Cute (retired)
• card - smoky slate, whisper white, Bermuda bay, coastal cabana
• inks - Bermuda bay, coastal cabana
• other - mosaic E/F, mosaic punch, pearls, dimensionals

Hope you've enjoyed this taste of mosaic! Thanks for calling in.

Cheers

Kez