The base card is oatmeal and the other two layers of card are “olive” from the new Earth Tones card essentials and a shade of blue Bazzil. I stamped the dragonfly from the “Springtime Set” randomly over the layered cards with Dark Brown Fluid chalk ink. I then embossed the “Happy Father’s Day” greeting in gold and then stamped the dragonfly again in gold. I then sponged the edges in Colourbox gold. I felt it needed more glitz so I lightly sponged Colourbox gold over the ATC.
Okay – so I haven’t used my imagination any on day 2: what I’ve done is use my design from Thursday and had fun with completely different colours. I’ve also used the oatmeal tags rather than the white tags – but that change of base colour hasn’t shown up in the photos.
Left – Amber Clay and Dark Brown with Brown/Cream Stitch ribbon
Middle – Olive Pastel and Deep Green with Evergreen/Cream Stitch ribbon
Right – Blue Lagoon and Dark Brown with Brown/Aqua Stitch ribbon
Techniques and stamps the same as day 1 this week – except instead of ice stickles on the “waves” on the bauble stamps I’ve coloured in the stars with gold gel pen. I found the Blue Lagoon edging too much of a contrast with the oatmeal card, so I sponged some dark brown fluid chalk on those tags as well.
Don’t you just love the effect of the two-step stamps? So quick and easy too! And because the Fluid Chalk inks are quick drying they are the perfect partner for two step stamping.
This ATC features the stamps from the Spring Time Set. I stamped the small and large flowers with fluid chalk inkpads. I then applied 6mm super tape down the left hand side and then embossed the strip using silver embossing powder. I stamped the dragonfly on a seperate piece of card, embossed it and then cut it out and mounted it with magic mount. The final touch was a dab of ice stickles in the middle of the flowers.
ATCs done by myself and the other nine Kaszazz consultants
I belong to an online Kaszazz consultants group and each month an ATC swap is held. (For info on what an ATC is click on the page link at the top of this blog.)
The March swap theme was “Memories”, and we were to think about the Victorian bushfire victims when creating our cards. Below is the card I made…along with another from the swap that featured the same stamp. Mine is the one on the left. I used “Ebony and Ivory” cardstock, Java Bazzil, dark brown fluid chalk ink pad, brown ribbon with cream stitching and copper embellishments.
Same stamp - different look and feel.
Here’s all the cards from the swap. Its interesting to see all the different interpretations. All the cards are made using Kaszazz products.
The nine ATCs for March 2009
Today I made a Christmas gift box. I used Crimson Bazzil (4514) and embossed two stamps with silver embossing powder(10020). The stamps I used were Bauble Border (1742LK) and Mini Messages (4109KK). I couldn’t resist adding Rhinestones (4556) – and then I added a bow using 1/8″ organdy in white (70621).
Christmas Gift Box
The sides of the box are 6cm wide and the ends are 3cm long. The box is 24cm long. I rounded the corners of the ends with the corner rounder punch (PSPCR02C). I used a bone scorer (BON10029) to score all the fold lines on the wrong side before assembling the box. And once again I used 24mm supertape (4699).
I’m setting myself a challenge for tomorrow – to come up with a 3D project which isn’t a gift box.
I made this little gift bag yesterday. Its made from fawn Bazzil (4217) with retro punched flowers (PSM130C and PSP92C) from ivory (9358) cardstock. The flowers are edged with dark brown fluid chalk pad – I have it in the petal point set (71532) which makes it easy to get into the centres of the flowers. There are 6mm rhinestones (4556) in the centre of the flowers. The ribbon is from the castaway set (6102) – brown with aqua stitching.
Little gift bag
Rather than using a glue, I used 24mm supertape (4699) to stick the side and bottom of the bag. No worries about drying time, a very strong bond and no worries about buckling. I got the template from http://rubberstamping.about.com/od/templates/ss/GiftBag_2.htm When I make another one I’ll make sure I decorate the front – not the back LOL. If you look closely at the photo you’ll see what I mean.
I belong to a group of Kaszazz consultants – you’ll find the links to their blogs on the left of the screen – who participate in the “Blog Wars”. Each week a Kaszazz product or a technique is chosen and we put our thinking caps on and come up with five different projects based on the product or technique of the week. So come back each day and see what I and my fellow participants have been up to – we hope to give you lots of inspiration!
……………..was held at my place this afternoon. The theme was Christmas and featured embossing, chalking and the two-step stamping technique.
The three cards demonstrated today.
I’ll be holding this Make and Take demo again in August or September – check my website www.leoniescraftcorner.com for details – or contact me to host your own FREE Make and Take demo. You can hold it at your house or mine, at a time and date to suit you. As the host you will receive a FREEbie or two, and there will be a lucky door prize for your guests.
Its all about having fun with your friends and unleashing your creativity!
