Tuesday Taggers Step out of your comfort zone

Hi Guys

I am a really bad blogger and haven't posted for a while.  The only excuse I have is that I have been getting some classes together that are coming up soon.  More about those later.

Back to Tuesday Taggers.  Our lovely teamie Sally has challenged us to work out of our comfort zone, so not knowing what to do I consulted my fellow teamies and Michelle suggested that I work with something other than paper.  So I have done just that with the exception of one piece and that was the book page.

I started with the colours that I wanted to use and they were Chocolate Chip and Close to Cocoa, I also used the stamp set Live your Dream.  I had some canvas fabric in my odds and sods bin so I cut some flowers out of the fabric and stiffened the edges of the petal with crystal effects.  Whilst that was drying I painted my canvas with brown reinker and gesso.  I then stuck the book page to the canvas.  When it was dry I took some sellotape and stuck lightly and pulled it off gently so that only the top surface came off.

I stamped around the edges of the canvas with the small flower stamp to add some interest.  Now that the flowers are dry I could colour around the edges and went over them with the very vintage wheel to give some interest to them.  I stuck 4 or 5 together and then stuck them to the canvas.  To finish them off I stuck some buttons in the middle of the flowers.

I hope you like and until next time

Happy crafting

Emma xx

One Last Chance.....

.... to get your sticky mits on the Full Heart Punch from SU!. The full heart punch disappears from 12 midnight on Wednesday 31st March. You need this punch because not only does it match 'Simply Said' from the main catalogue, it also matches a set from the new mini catty, 'I {heart} hearts'. I have used a Whisper White Pale Plum and Perfect Plum colourway with Perfect Plum DSP. I have also used Very Vintage wheel for these as well.
For all four cards I have gone down the left hand side with the Very Vintage Wheel.

Card One

Using two of the stamps I have stamped off with Pale Plum onto the background of the card. To join the two sides together I have used Perfect Plum DSP. I have stamped another of the heart stamps onto whisper white in each colour. I have then punched them out with the Full Heart Punch and gone round the edge with a dauber and ink.

Card TwoI have coloured Whisper White Satin Ribbon with Pale Plum and tied knots in it and stuck it to the card. I have then punched the heart out and stamped inside the card. I have drawn freehand around the heart inside. I have then doodled around the edge of the card.




Card Three

I have brayered the righthand side of the card and tied a piece of Whisper White ribbon that has been rollered with the Very Vintage wheel. I have brayered a second piece of card and then punched two hearts out on opposite sides of the card. I have gone round the hearts and doodled around the hearts with the white gel pen.

Card FourA piece of Perfect Plum DSP that has been rollered with Perfect Plum ink to give a tone on tone effect. Doodled around the DSP and card stock. The hearts were stamped in Pale Plum first and then I used the rock and roll method with Perfect Plum and stamped onto Whisper White. I have cut these out by hand and adhered them to the card.


Pouch for Cards

Stamp out the friend heart stamp with Perfect Plum and punch with the Full Heart Punch. Take a piece of 6 1/2" square Perfect Plum DSP and find the centre. Now fold all of the corners to the middle and stick the hearts on so that the dip on the heart meets the point on the DSP.

That is all for now, I hope you like

Until next time, happy crafting

Emma xx