Make Me Smile

I bought a big roll of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Frosted Film a long time ago.   I loved the idea of it at the time, but it has just sat on my shelf because I wasn’t quite sure how to actually use it.   Recently I stumbled upon THIS post on the Classroom blog at Ellen Hutson.  I gave the technique a try and fell in love!  The sad thing is, I’m not sure the Frosted Film is being sold anywhere anymore.  Good thing I have a lot left!  Here a couple of background panels I made with some alcohol inks and Frosted Film:

I turned both of the backgrounds  into cards.  The first one I made for the Rubbernecker Stamps “Make Me Smile” challenge:

The background started with a piece of dark blue cardstock covered with the Frosted Film.  I then pounced on Watermelon, Sunset Orange, Citrus and Pearl Mixative Alcohol Inks.  I altered a scrap piece of silver velum using some Oregano Alcohol Ink, stamped the sentiment with Distress Embossing Ink and embossed with Primary Burgundy Red powder from WOW.  (My apologies – I’ve had that sentiment stamp a long time and don’t know where it is from).

The butterfly image is a two part stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps, stamped on another scrap piece of velum.  I used Wildberry ink from Palette and Topaz ink from Club Scrap on the solid “watercolor” part of the stamp. For the outline, I first stamped with Forest Moss Distress Ink then again with Distress Embossing Ink (the MISTI is great for double stamping!).  I then embossed using Oakleaf Olive powder from Lindy’s Stamp Gang.  When all that was done, I fussy cut the image and used some Multi Medium Matte glue to glue it on to the card.  That is one aspect about the Frosted Film that I’m not crazy about – only a good liquid adhesive will work when attaching something to it.

I also make a quick Christmas card with the other panel:

I used a variety of alcohol ink colors on this background, but I’m afraid that I didn’t write the colors down.  The tree is a die from Taylored Expressions, and the sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Christmas Joy stamp set.

Other supplies I used are:

**The base papers are from Gina K Designs, all others are from Club Scrap

**Majestic Purple Liquid Pearls used as “ornaments” on the Christmas tree.

**Midnight Blue StazOn Ink used to stamp the Christmas sentiment.

**The fibers and eyelets are from my stash.

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Quick Masculine

Gina K. Designs’ Stamp TV forum is running a challenge this week to do a card with a masculine theme.  Perfect!  The next four cards on my list to make are all for men.  My initial inspiration came from this Stamp TV post by Sean.  It has been quite a while since I had a card go together as quick and easy as this one:

I started with a background made during a recent play session with my Color Bursts (Sap Green, Chartreuse, Terre Verte, Pthalo Green and Verdi Gris Liquid Metals used for this panel).  The three trees are from the Gina K Designs “Autumn Wishes” stamp set, and the sentiment is from the GKD “Grand Greetings” set.  All of them were stamped with VersaMark ink, then embossed using some Copper Foil embossing powder from Club Scrap (no longer available).

Other supplies I used are:

**The card base is Copper Metallic card stock from Gina K (I Love This Paper!), the other paper is from Club Scrap.

**The brown ribbon came with a Gina K Designs kit a long time ago, the green ribbon is from Elen Hutson.

**The little “metallic” charm was cut out using a Spellbinders “Ribbon Buckles” die. The brad is from my stash.

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Make Waves

I love the August “Lagoon” kit so much that when I was at the Club Scrap Retreat a few weeks ago I had to buy the Deluxe kit to tide me over until my Lite kit arrived.  When it came time to decide on a project to add to the Lagoon Blog Hop and Linky Party, I revisited a couple of projects that I did in past retreats, combined the techniques and came up with this custom frame:

I started by re purposing a couple of frame mats and some chipboard.  I glued the mats together, then added torn strips of paper, only gluing them down on top, wrapped around to the inside and wrapped across one short side.  After adding a couple of narrow piece of chipboard to three outer edges of the frame that were not fully wrapped yet, I glued another piece of chipboard to the back (It was covered with a piece of stamped white paper to make it look better if there is no picture).  Then I finished wrapping the torn paper around the whole sandwich.  All of that created the frame with backing, and a slit to insert the picture.

The next step was to make a mixture of Club Scrap Bookbinding Glue, Club Scrap Sapphire re-inker and water to create a “veneer stain”.  I brushed that on using a foam brush and “quick” strokes.

The hardest part of this project for me was the back.   I wanted this frame to stand alone like a store bought desk frame.  (Quick disclaimer - I am not an engineer of any kind!)  I cut out a “leg” using some scrap chipboard.   Using another piece of chipboard, I scored and folded a “hinge” about 1/3 of the way from the top.   I attached the leg to the longer part of the hinge and wrapped it with some of the tan paper from the kit.  I took a piece of the tan paper that was cut to fit the back of the frame, cut a slit in the appropriate place and slid the shorter piece of the hinge in after adding glue to the hinge flap.  Then I glued the whole contraption to the back of the frame. Here is what it looks like:

I finished off the frame by using VersaMark ink and Cobalt Antiquities embossing powder to emboss the sentiment (from the Lagoon Art Nouveau stamp set) on a tag from my kit. I then sponged on a light coat of Tumbled Glass Distress ink, sprayed it with some Perfect Copper Perfect Pearls Mist and distressed the edge using Club Scrap Sapphire ink. It is topped off with a copper snap from my stash.

In the opposite corner I used a charm and “fish scale gem” which was included in my kit.  I altered both of them using Terra Cotta, Caramel and Copper Mixative Alcohol inks, along with some blending solution.

All papers used for this project came from the Lagoon kits.  (If you haven't got yours yet, you better hurry and check it out here!  This kit won't last long.)   The inspiration for this project came from two different past retreat workshops - the “Magnetic Bulletin Board” from 2013, and the “Paper Veneer” from the 2009 Anniversary Cruise.  Thanks Jacqueline Carney and Terri Zwicker for helping with this project too!  Those Club Scrap Retreat weekends are so worth it.

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