I took a class more than 11 years ago that taught me how to make faux tiles. They were gorgeous! We made all kinds of shapes and all kinds of colour combination. I don’t keep alot of the cards I make preferring to give them away but I still have the cards from that class.

But until today, I had never made the Faux Tile technique again. I don’t know why. It’s certainly not hard and it uses supplies I already own.

Here is a close up of the tile so you can see the detail. I am really happy with how this tile turned out.

You don’t need alot of supplies for faux tiles. For this card, I punched a circle from Kraft cardstock. The Kraft is a little bit heavier so I knew it would work well. My punch is a 1-3/8 circle so it fits the image I want to stamp.  I used Glassy Glaze embossing powder but clear will also work.

The first colour of Craft ink used was Night of Navy. I covered the circle with ink and then Glassy Glaze embossing powder. Next, I melted the powder with my Heat Gun and let the circle cool completely.

Tip: If you hold your heat tool at 90 degrees above your paper, the paper will not fly away.

 I repeated the process with Gold Encore ink.

And again with Bashful Blue Craft ink.

 Last, I quickly placed my image that was inked up with gold ink onto the still hot embossed circle.

I left it there for several minutes until the embossing powder cooled off.  Remove the stamp.

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Stamps: Framed with Love, Thank You Kindly

Ink: Not Quite Navy Classic, Not Quite Navy Craft, Gold Encore, Bashful Blue Craft

Paper: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Bridesmaid Specialty Paper, Kraft

Punches: Wide Oval, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch

Other: Elementary Ribbon Originals, Gold Cord, Glassy Glaze Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

 Framed with Love Stamp Set

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Elementary Ribbon Originals

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