Gate Card

Hi two posts in just one day. Unreal I know. I thought this project was going to be posted at a later date on the Craftwell blog so imagine my surprise to discover it was posted today

I was asked to do a project using either the embossing machine or their eBrush. Since I have both of their products which are my go to tools I used them. :-)

I sprinkled Brusho Colour Crystals which are powdered pigment colors on my embossing folder I then wet my card stock.  Embossed like normal. Depending on the paper and how wet it is you will get different results. Those who know me know I like shimmer so I preceded to brush "Liquitex Iridescent" medium. Because the crystals are water soluble it blended the colors more.

If you have been following me for any length of time you know I'm a frugal crafter. I have tons of thin corrugated cardboard which was used for packing material.  Using my embossing machine and dies I cut them out. I have also cut the thin corrugated material with my cutting machine making sure I have a sharp blade. Next step was to take my eBrush and two Spectrum Noir markers. After I air brushed with the colors  I then went and placed the blender marker in my air brush brushing over the pieces. I used my iridescent medium to give me the look of metal. I used the same two colors but got different looks depending on which color I used first and how heavy I sprayed. The center was done with Liquid Pearl.

I used a sentiment from one of the Just For Fun unmounted sentiment sheets. After stamping I cut the words apart so they would fit on my die cut out.

Sheer ribbon was adhered to keep the card closed.

My tip for today is to not throw out that thin corrugated cardboard but to use it.

Wishing you Happy Frugal Crafting till we meet again!

Button Flower Garden

Hi everyone I've been mainly doing projects for the design team but I thought it would be fun to do something different. When I saw that Stampotique had a butterflies flowers and all challenge going I knew I had to enter. Each week there is a new challenge but if I read the rules correctly you have all month to enter a challenge. Details can be found here on the challenge I'm entering.
 https://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2016/06/sdc250-butterflies-and-flowers-and-all.html

I love how this card turned out. Drum roll please!

The double sided  brush stem stamps by Just For Fun Rubber Stamps have been nagging at me ever since I received them a few months back. Originally I was going to do something else for the flowers but saw the buttons I bought at a thrift store on the table while doing some much needed cleaning. Don't tell anyone but I'm like a kid who finds a toy to play with when they are suppose to be cleaning their room. As I was putting the card together I decided instead of using embroidery thread for stamens to use adhesive gems instead.

I started with a scrap piece of vellum  which I had been experimenting with embossing using my embossing machine and a stencil.  I adhered the vellum to vanilla card stock.  Since my piece of vellum wasn't wide enough I had to do something to cover the gap.  I looked through my stash and found an unopened roll of vinyl adhesive with cut out butterflies. Whenever I can find the tape at a Dollar Tree I buy it.

The stems were stamped on white scrap card stock with Stazon Cactus Green ink. Then I took chalk to color my leaves.  I adhered my buttons with their gem center and this is the result.

I hope I've inspired you to look at things in your stash with new eyes and to try something that may be a little different for you. Also I encourage you if you don't already to enter challenges. Not only can they be fun but I've found that as an artist a challenge can often jump start creativity when I thought it took a hike.

Before I go a shameless plug here. You still have time to join in the 50's Flashback challenge. Details can be found here: http://justforfunrubberstamps.blogspot.com/2016/06/june-challenge-50s-flashback.html

Wishing you Happy Frugal Crafting till we meet again!

Rock Around The Clock

Hi everyone over at the Just For Fun Rubber Stamp blog we are having a 50's Flashback challenge going on.

While looking through the stamps I knew I had to have the Saddle shoe stamp. I also had to have the record adapter background stamp. I remember bugging my parents to buy me a pair of Saddle shoes. I just had to have them. Why I'm not sure because I've never been that fashion conscious. I also remember coming home to find a record player with a radio in my bedroom along with the red adapters to play 45's. Lol! I think my parents were tired of me playing records in the living room. I decided to combine the two stamps and this is what I came up with.

For the adapter panel I inked the unmounted rubber stamp and placed the stamp along with my piece of card stock into my embossing machine and embossed.

The music sheet was part of the card I did the adapter panel on and had red ink on it. When I wet the paper to put in the embossing folder which I had sprinkled and brushed Perfect Pearl on the ink faded to a pinkish color.

I was experimenting once again to see how Perfect Pearl would work embossing. This was my first attempt and being frugal I decided to go ahead and use it even though it was not perfect.

The shoes were stamped and colored with a color pencil.

I hope you will join in the challenge for a chance to win a gift card. It was fun to relive the 50's through stamps. Of course you don't have to have lived in the 50's to experience a flashback. :-)

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