Archive for February, 2008:
Double Take Friday
TGIF. To help kick off the weekend, Kim P and I have a double-take for you. My challenge to Kim was to create using Cosmo Cricket paper.
Image was coloured with Prismacolour pencil crayons and odorless mineral spirits, and painted with H2O’s. Unfortunately, the image doesn’t pop because I added brown ink around the image, smudged it, and ruined it. So disappointing. Guess I’ll have to do another one to show you.
Kim is posting right now and I’m anxious to see what she has in store for us. You can see her card here. Thanks for playing Kim.
Stamp: Stamps Happen; Paper: Taken With Teal, Cosmo Cricket; Prismacolour pencil crayons, odorless mineral spirits, H2O’s; eyelits, hemp, brad.
Stamping Hugs,
Beth
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Tutorial Tuesday – Bargello Style
Good morning, and welcome to Sunflower and Dragonflies’ Tutorial Tuesday. Today I have bargello style for you. You may recall that I posted a bargello tutorial a while back. This one is a little different, and just as lovely, which is why I am compelled to post another bargello style tutorial for you. Enjoy!
Supplies:
One very large stamp, or two medium size stamps
White embossing powder
VersaMark
Heat gun (not shown)
Sponge
Glossy cardstock
Variety of ink pads (not shown)
Gold Leaf pen (not shown)
Stamp image with VersaMark on the left side of your cardstock.
Stamp image, once again, with VersaMark on the right side, leaving little, or no, seam in between.
Heat emboss.
Sponge colour on cardstock, over top of embossed areas.
Continue sponging colour until your whole area is covered. Now let’s pretend I have a photo showing you that I cut my image into thin strips, as seen below. Writing this tutorial I discovered I neglected to take a photo of that step. I probably got side-tracked grabbing another cup of coffee.
The cardstock on the left is the cardfront of my card. I chose to have my bargello strips placed across in the direction shown here. The card on the right represents the width of my card. The card on the right should be cut to the width of your card, and a height slightly smaller than the area that will be taken up by the strips of paper. Place three strips of double-sided tape as shown in this photo.
Stagger your strips and place on cardstock that has the double sided tape.
Turn bargello piece over and generously cover with white glue.
Place bargello strip onto your cardstock and roll brayer over top to ensure a good bond.
Edge card with gold leaf pen.
Your card is now complete.
Other uses for Bargello:
- Use on 3 x 3 gift cards
- Cheque book cover
- Frame your bargello card
- Use to decorate a trinket box
- Journal cover
86 Words Per minute
I type 86 words per minute. 86 correct words typed. 1 wrong. The timing of finding this typing test on Corie’s blog today is too perfect. My family will understand the irony of this.
Set Sail on a Windy Day
Check These Out
Are you having a great weekend? Let’s make it a little more enjoyable with these new-to-me blogs.
Hurray, Zindorf finally started a blog. Many of you will recognize Zindorf’s art from SCS. This gal is the queen of the brayer! I’m still waiting for my other fav SCS’s to start up a blog.
Moonlight Inker has fabulous cards. Check them out.
Have a great day!
Kick It Up A Notch Mini Tutorial
Howdy folks. In my recent survey so many of you told me that you would like to see mini tutorials, aside from my regular Tutorial Tuesdays. Today, I am happy to provide you with the first mini tutorial. I bet you all thought my postings were going to slide with me going back to work full-time, but I fooled you!
This is a basic matchbook card and I’m going to demonstrate how to “kick it up a notch” as Emeril would say. Speaking of Emeril, I have two autographed books from Emeril. My name is in them too. My brother-in-law, Steve, was Emeril’s business lawyer when Steve worked out of New Orleans. Wasn’t that sweet of him? Anyhoo, back to business. For instructions on how to make a matchbook card take a peak here.
Inking around the edges of one, or more, layers adds interest and depth. Dab sponge into colour and swipe it around the edges. The flash of the camera washed out the colour, but believe me, it’s really there.
Glue the ever-so-popular gems onto your image.
Remember those ever-so-popular scissors were have stored far back in our drawers or basements? Pull them out and reintroduce them to your studio by cutting fancy corners on your papers. I use mine all the time now.
Pop dots, pop dots, pop dots. There is a reason for this craze–it adds so, so much to your card.
Notice all the layers? Even the sentiment works as an embellishment. Don’t forget about all those unused sentiments you might have kicking around. Notice how the brads and gems match the cardsock and designer paper? Again, it is another little touch that goes a long way.
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Worhol – Two Stamps, One Image
This is the third in a series of masculine cards that I will be teaching at Lasting Impressions. Inspiration was taken from a past issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. The boat and seagalls are from Inkadinkadoo. Recognize these seagalls? Believe it or not they came from the lighthouse stamp I used for this card. All that empty space cried out for these seagalls. By inking the seagalls with a Tombow marker, it allowed the placement of just the portion of stamp I wanted to use. Try it out with one of your cards. It is a good feeling to blend more than one stamp together.
Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day.
Tutorial Tuesday – Acetate
Welcome to Sunflower and Dragonfly’s Tutorial Tuesday. I have an admission to make. This tutorial started out in one direction, and quickly became an acetate tutorial. Why? Because my silent partner wasn’t too silent yesterday. When I showed Donnie my card, he actually said, “don’t you have acetate….” and proceeded to give me instructions. After his comment, I thought about asking him to create a card for you. Think I should? That said, welcome to Beth and Donnie’s tutorial. I am so lucky to have such a great partner in life. Do you have a silent partner when you create a card or project? If you do, please leave me a comment letting me know who it is and why you look to them for help. If you do not, then just tell me you’d like your name to go in the draw. If you play along, you will have a chance to win a couple of lovely cards made by me.
Supplies:
VersaMark
Glossy cardstock
White embossing powder
Heat Gun
Brayer
Multi colour ink pad
Stamp image with VersaMark and emboss with white embossing powder.
Brayer colour over top of the embossed images. When dry, stamp the very same images on top with black Stazon. Do not overcrowd your images. Eyes need a place to rest.
With white embossing powder, emboss small images over top of the small black ones that you stamped in black. Place the acetate over top of the brayered card front so you know where you should place the white embossed images. The black shadow underneath adds depth.
Attach the acetate to the card front with colour coordinated brads.
Your card is now ready to embellish. In real life, this card is so much prettier. As I didn’t want to distract from the art of the stamped images, I kept the top layer simple.
I apologize for not knowing the name of the set that the sentiment came from; it got mixed up within the SU sets I have, but I do know it is from SU. It could be from the Victorian lady that was retired a little bit ago.
Large clock face: Hampton Arts
Small pocket watch: B Line Designs
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