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Artist Mona Gettmann created these fabulous samples below.
 

Her Majesty’s Tea Pin
Stamp By Appointment (M4709) with black pigment ink on white card stock and emboss with Antique Lead powder. Watercolor the face portion. Paint the crown and background with gold Lumiere. Let dry. Trim the image into a rectangular panel. Set aside. Using the same ink and powder, stamp and emboss the text portion of the image on copper. Cut the text into a narrow panel. Sponge black Lumiere on the copper strip, a Small Frame Paper Charm and a tea bag charm. Wipe away excess paint. Apply silver and copper rub ons’ to the frame. Spray with a sealer. Mount the frame to the trimmed face panel with foam tape. Attach the tea bag charm to the bottom of the frame with a jump ring. Bend the copper strip into a wavy design and glue to the bottom of the frame. Attach a pin back.

Her Majesty’s Tea Pin
 
Beaded Heart

Beaded Heart
Black-emboss Forget Me Not (M4723) twice on white card stock. Stamp center script portion once on a white scrap. Sponge the script portion with brown, copper and gold inks. Cut out. Set aside. Paint the heart portion of one image with pink and lavender Lumiere. Glue the heart to matboard. Cut out, trimming closely. Set aside. Paint the two checkerboard portions with, teal, lavender and white Lumiere. Cut out. Set aside. Stamp forget me not text and flower portion of the image on copper. Using a stylus, trace these portions. Cut the text into a strip and cut out the flower. Attach a gold eyelet to the center of the flower cutout. Set aside. Cut out one long side of the Large Frame Paper Charm. Sponge black, copper and gold Lumiere on the frame piece, the flower and forget me not strip. Let dry. Set aside. Trace the heart shape of the image onto the Bead Sheet. Cut out. Using a heat tool or an iron, fuse the beaded heart piece to the prepared heart. Paint the edges of the heart with copper and gold Lumiere. Attach the cutouts and frame piece to the heart as shown, mounting some of the pieces with foam tape. Coil a strip of copper and attach to the back of the heart.