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Video – Paper Pin Technique
Posted: Friday, May 1st, 2009 | CommentsVideo not viewable to subscribers via email, click here to view the video on my website.
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Last month I received a gift of a lovely butterfly paper pin and scalloped circle book from Kelli Purkey and I just *HAD* to make that butterfly myself.
THANK YOU Kelli! You all must go to her site and subscribe immediately (so I get brownie points and therefore more handstamped gifts…).
I completely devoured every detail of her finished pin… the butterfly from God’s Beauty (Level 1 Hostess Set) complete with rhinestone and wire embellishments on a pale plum cardstock (see below).
I decided to make my butterfly look like a ‘monarch’ butterfly and my daughter came down and picked up Kelli’s (purple butterfly, see below) and said “MOM! This is awesome, did you make it?!” to which I replied, “no, I made ALL the other ones… oh, go clean your room!”
So, you can see how beautiful Kelli’s pin is right down to the twisted wire antennae with rhinestones set (yeah, thanks Kelli… I’ll never get the Crystal Effects off my fingers!).
Enjoy the video that I made in ‘real time’… you are seeing the actual process as I was coming up with my May ‘Technique Freak’ club project for tonight (nothing like the last minute). The video was shot with my new Sony Handycam and edited with Sony Vegas Studio Pro (which I taught myself yesterday)!
Video – Polished Stone
Posted: Wednesday, April 29th, 2009 | CommentsI believe that I have officially entered the video age!
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This technique is an ‘oldie’ called Polished Stone that I have seen less and less these days, so I dusted it off and shared it at my ‘Technique Freak’ club in January.
Polished stone is a technique that is better ’shown than described’ so I present to you my first ever video (actually made back in January) that is being published after a lot of tears, blood (and ooops, maybe some mild swearing).
Details on materials: 91% Rubbing Alcohol, dye re-inkers, glossy cardstock, gold embossing powder, Versamark pad, Always stamp set (#113620), and the background stamp is Gratituitous Graffiti (#111636). Read More→
Mirror Image ‘Technique to Go’
Posted: Wednesday, March 11th, 2009 | Comments
Materials: Inspired By Nature stamp set (on the dormant list), More Mustard, Old Olive & Close to Cocoa Crafter’s Inks, Versamark, Crystal Clear Embossing powder, sponge daubers, dry (dead) blender pen, Vanilla cardstock.
I could say it was a new take on emboss resist, but it’s been around for years. Ironing off the embossing powder onto newsprint or other scrap paper to get rid of the shiny ‘resist’ layer is an old trick, but when you use Crafter’s ink, it doesn’t really ‘resist’ like it should so you have no choice but to iron off the excess.
EXCEPT that if you iron it off onto good cardstock, you end up with a mirror image of just the ink you sponged onto the flower on the first…
Below are a few step-by-step photos but you can download the project ‘to go’ (left).
First the flowers were stamped in Versamark on Vanilla cardstock and embossed with clear embossing powder. I used a sponge dauber and crafters ink to color to the entire card. I wiped off the excess ink on the embossed areas (but it leaves a residue).
This is what it looks like immediately after ironing the two together. You have to pull it apart while it is hot.
The BEST part is that the embossing powder is half on each project and you can actually color it directly with a ‘dead’ blender (yes, I keep old dry blender pens) and some Crafter’s ink on both of them to give them definition.
Heat set the entire project and the clear embossing powder melt again and set the color for good.
This was very easy… and one of my October 08 Stamp Festival projects! So, how’d I do?
Holiday Lineup Paper Pin — treasure from trash
Posted: Monday, November 10th, 2008 | CommentsYou can make this from scraps of cardstock! View my video on making paper pins HERE.
So, don’t throw out your scraps (you’ll never look at them the same again)!
The basic ‘pin’ is 4 layers of white paper glued together with ModPodge, a ‘lone’ snowman (the center one) is also 4 layers and added with a Dimensional. You can see my full tutorial here.
All hats and scarves are a single layer of cardstock added on top before lacquering (with Crystal Effects).
And good news… if you missed the previous classes, I have planned a “Holiday Extravaganza” day on Saturday, December 6th where you can take this class again, or take a 25 quick Christmas Card class.
Click here for more details… hope to see you there!
