Saturday 30 April 2016

Embossed Acetate

Nothing like a class to get one motivated. I have so many new techniques I want to try. Here is my (prepared earlier) example of embossed acetate - with a twist. After embossing the acetate with a Dreamweavers folder, I filled the recessed areas in the back of the panel with gesso, allowed it to dry then cleaned off the overflow. A few brads to attach the panel to a dark paper layer, and voila!


Clear & Sheer - Near the Sea



Inspired by Debby Hughes in Day Three of the Clear & Sheer Online Card Class I put this tag together today. I have stamped on the top die-cut acetate label tag with StazOn black ink using one of my favourite stamps from Stamp-It.
I coloured the card for the seahorse with alcohol ink (Wild Plum), and highlighted the ridges with a silver glitter pen. I die-cut a second seahorse from black Bazzill card.
I applied Stream alcohol ink and a bit of Wild Plum behind the stamped acetate panel. The second acetate panel just has a strip of Washi tape along the lower edge.
The plum seahorse is adhered to the front of the top panel and the black seahorse is adhered behind - slightly offset - to hide the adhesive.
I will probably put this onto a Belated Birthday card - a perfect excuse as we live near the sea - with a 'Hope it went swimmingly' message inside the card.

Thursday 28 April 2016

Clear & Sheer Day 2


I've finished my homework for Day 2 of the Online Card Class - I've chosen Dawn Woleslagle's technique of embossing onto parchment (vellum).


I traced with white pencil (sharp) over a Sizzix Framelits set stamp for the flowers and the butterfly.
I embossed the images from behind with a stylus, then coloured with Copic markers as shown on the class video.
I have hidden the adhesives used to mount the die-cut parchment shapes by using a hole punch to make three circles used behind the centres of the flowers, and cutting a bit the shape of the butterfly's body.
I also used the stylus to emboss the frame around the wording, and used a wide piece of double-sided tape that fit exactly behind the wording area.
The rest of the card is from a kit I had prepped for a class many years ago, plus a paper die-cut doily. See - there IS justification for not throwing stuff out! I DID use it one day :) I really like the way the doily shows through the vellum.
Bonus from the class - I now have both Mothers Day cards done.

Wednesday 27 April 2016

Second card for Clear and Sheer

This post follows the one below - it seems I need a new post in order to show a second photo :(


Tonight's card uses a technique I haven't been game to try before - machine stitching. I wanted the pink strip of card to make the coloured image 'pop'. I attached the stamped and coloured vellum strip with two vertical lines of pale pink stitching to the pink card strip, then adhered the card strip to the card front.

Clear and Sheer - Day 1


I am doing an Online Card Class featuring vellum and acetate. Today's session covered attaching vellum. Home after a busy day teaching, I have retrieved one card done earlier, and put another together quickly.


This card, from an earlier Pergamano class, has an A5 sized vellum panel, scored in half and folded then the front edges trimmed. The vellum layer is attached by hand stitching with silver thread along the fold line.


Tonight's card uses a technique I haven't been game to try before - machine stitching. I wanted the pink strip of card to make the coloured image 'pop'. I attached the stamped and coloured vellum strip with two vertical lines of pale pink stitching to the pink card strip, then adhered the card strip to the card front.