My Attempt At A Cluttered Card

Over at the Silhouette Plus Forum there is a challenge for making a  cluttered card using a doily that you have designed. Luckily Doodlingdebbie has a fabulous video for how to do that. I was surprised at how easy it is to do so don't be surprised if in the future you see more doilies used. Here is my card.

For this card I cut a rectangle out with rounded corners. I then brushed gold paint onto my embossing folder. I used the full size folder from Sizzix's Best Friend embossing set. I used a flower file to make my doily. I painted it with Perfect Pearl and pearl watercolor paint. The angel was left over from a bunch I printed and cut for my sister. The flowers were cut out for a previous project and I changed my mind. They were painted with pearl watercolor paint. The gem ribbon I bought on sale a long time ago. It was suppose to be adhesive backed but I discovered that I have to use glue to adhere it.

Now my faithful readers I must inform you that I will not be crafting for about six weeks.  I'm in the process of getting ready to move. I'm excited because I'll have a separate room for crafting. It will be fun to organize things and decorate a new place.I'll try as soon as possible to start crafting again and sharing with you my creations and frugal tips.

Thank you for stopping by. Wishing you Happy Frugal Crafting till we meet again.

Swirled Acrylic Background Experiment

I had seen this technique used on a blog and so found a video how to do it. It does take awhile for the background to dry and I may try it later using something else for the color like acrylic ink. I did not like how the blue color of alcohol ink left specks, It ended up pretty much having one of the butterflies hidden.

I cut a piece from a sheet protector for my clear plastic. I stamped with Stazon ink using a butterfly rubber stamp I found while sorting through a box. To do this you will need to use a ink which you can stamp on a glossy surface without it smearing. After making sure the ink was dry I turned my plastic over. Then the fun began as I got messy with glue and alcohol inks. Of course I had to use my fingers.

When I was done swirling the colors of glue around  I put it in a safe place and went off to see a movie. Although the glue appeared dry when I got home I decided to be on the safe side to wait until today to put my card together.

Because the sheet protector is not as rigid as other plastic my next dilemma was how to attach my background to my card base. I decided to go with the same glue I had used for the background. I applied with my fingers swirling along the edges. Some of the color was picked up in the white glue. I then placed it under books to dry and flatten out as the card base wanted to curl. In person this is glossy looking but I ended up having to take this in low light so there would not be a glare.

I'm thinking this would be a fun background to make without the stamping. Since I have an almost empty bottle of white glue which I don't really want to pack (I'm too frugal to just throw it out) I just might have to do another one trying it with my acrylic ink.

Is this something you might try? How about something you might have your children try when they are bored with school out? I know I definitely will try this with my grandchildren.

Back to sorting,packing,and getting rid of things. It is amazing to me how much I've accumulated over the years.

Wishing you Frugal Happy Crafting till we meet again!

Live Your Life Bird Card

Thursday I received from Studio Calico a box full of goodies which I recently won. Yesterday and today I was playing with the Mister Huey color mists and the masks on scrap pieces of cardstock. With the mask with the icons I'm going to have to practice more. I couldn't quite get the hello one to come out perfectly. Here is the card I came up with.

After playing with this triangle mask and gesso as well as texture medium I decided to just use the spray. I sprayed the three different colors randomly and this is what I came up with for my background.

I had originally printed and cut the bird out with my Cameo but then I realized it was the wrong colors and too large for the card I wanted to use it on. The bird was a Dover Sample at one time. I think I have downloaded most of the samples as I'm lucky if I can download three new ones a week.

I took the mask that has the icon and sprayed a whole page. I used the First Kiss color mist and it turned out darker and more orange like using a vanilla color of cardstock. Once it was dry I stamped my sentiment on one of the shapes and then cut it out.

Hope you are having a good weekend. It is overcast and has been raining off and on. A good day for crafting as well as sorting through things.

Thank you for stopping by. Wishing you Happy Frugal Crafting till we meet again!