The Best Cupcakes in Town

Howdy folks. I am so sorry for not posting, but my mom flew in from Atlanta for the week. Unfortunately, I am not on vacation so I only have three days off while she is here. That said, you can see why I don’t have time to create new cards.

This is a card I made early last week. I started by masking my Hero Arts stamps.  Next, images were coloured with Prismacolor pencil crayons and painted with Twinkling H2O’s.    Stickles were added.

My next post will be Tutorial Tuesday. Have a great day!

Tutorial Tuesday–Journals

This week I thought I would mix things up a bit and introduce two ways to decorating journals. One style is shabby chic, and the other is more simple yet elegant. Enjoy.

Supplies:

• 3-D scrapbook paper or natural fibre paper
• CD
• Tag
• Gold leaf
• Gold leaf embossing gel
• Fibre
• Scrabble Tiles
• Stamp (not in photo)
• Stazon ink pad (not in photo)

• Adhere paper to journal cover
• Cut CD into desired shape
• Place gold leaf onto journal and CD in random pattern

• Rub ink onto tag and stamp out image(s)
• With Stazon, stamp onto gold leaf’d CD
• Glue on embellishments such as an old key
• Add fibre to tag

• Tear bottom edges of scrapbook paper and black cardstock
• Adhere two pieces of paper together
• Add eyelits or brads for interest

This journal is now done.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

For a simple, and elegant look, place vintage paper onto the cover, and add stickers and a scrabble tile. Stickers are from K&Co. Paper was distressed with Adirondack Ginger ink.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Inspiration for the shabby chic journal came from Tim Holtz.

Get Creative With Chipboard–stencil

This week we looked at a variety of chipboard techniques including:

• Painting with acrylic paint
• Alcohol ink
• Rubber stamping
• Ribbon

Today we will create a fresh look with stencils.

Supplies:

• Prepared chipboard
• Stencil
• Ink pads
• Sponge

With the stencil on top of the chipboard, sponge colour onto chipboard.

Here is a variety of colours for future use.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

An example of using chipboard with a card.

Getting Creative With Chipboard–it’s all about the ribbon

chip·board /ˈtʃɪpˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[chip-bawrd, -bohrd]

If you are just finding your way to my blog, this is the forth installation of a week long series describing ways to get creative with chipboard. So far we discussed decorating chipboard with acrylic paint, alcohol ink, rubberstamping, and today it is ribbon.

Choose a piece of chipboard for your project.

Place adhesive on the back of the chipboard. Secure one end of ribbon to the back. Wrap ribbon around chipboard and adhere the end of the ribbon to the back, once again. Your decorated chipboard is ready to use on your project or card.

O is for Odd Bird Planet. Why Odd Bird Planet? Because these adorable knomes come from Johanna’s Odd Bird Planet.

Getting Creative With Chipboard–stamp it out

This is the third post in a week-long series highlighting ways to get creative with chipboard. Yesterday the application of alcohol ink was presented, and the day prior it was acrylic paints. Today we look at rubber stamping on chipboard.

Basecoat chipboard with acrylic paint. Here I used white.

Stamp image onto prepared chipboard and let dry completely. You are now ready to assemble your card.

A little bit of stamping. A little bit of chipboard. The best of two worlds.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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