Embossing Paste

Today while the builder and tiler are working hard on our house renovations I have been having some fun in the craft studio playing with embossing/texture paste and I LOVE it!

The product I used was Studio 40 Wendy Vecchi Embossing/Texture Paste - Crackle Finish.

And I drew some sketch inspiration from one of my favourite card makers - Amy ShefferThis was the card she created -

 

You can see the post of her card - here

And this is my card:

 

 

 

I loved Amy's clean design but decided to add my own touch of shabby chic to the card along the way.

 

Initially I used a prima stencil and the paste to create the background and whilst this was drying I set about creating the elements to layer on top. Some of you may have seen the post of this on my facebook page - A Little Bit of Shabby.

 

 

The paste was so easy to spread with a palette knife and dries really quickly.  As it is crackle paste each chevron dries with a series of cracks and lumps through it which I loved!

 

I also added foam tape to some of the layers to add some dimension and allow the layering of the elements to stand out more clearly and spritzed on some Mr Hueys to add a random and subtle shine bit to the card.

 

The other new product I played with today was my new Happy Sentiments die and stamps from Simon Says Stamp.  I just adore the fine die cut word and the accompanying stamps in the set.

 

 

 

 



 

The papers were some of the left over scraps from my previous project.

 

I really loved the effect of the texture past and hope to find some time to play again real soon...........

 

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Mother's Day and the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Well I am back!  They often say the hardest decision is often one that sets you free and that seems to be true for me.  Finishing teaching classes was not an easy decision and yet this week I found a new sense of freedom as I played in the craft room and could create something with whatever materials I wanted to play with.

Inspired by the talented and lovely Bec at Scrappy Hollow and her recent explosion box creations (you can visit her blog - Scrap Fruition - here) and some images from pinterest I set out to create one of my own.  An explosion purse!

I also drew some inspiration from one of the MFT DT girls who has her own challenge running on her blog.  I love Karens work on the MFT DT and thought it would be fun to play along. Karens Blog is called The Sweetest Thing and you can visit it here.

This is her challenge for this week:

You can see the challenge post here.

So the front of the purse has part of the sketch incorporated into it and then the full sketch was used inside.

 

And here are some pics of the other panels inside.

 

 

 

The papers were from MME Lost and Found Two and BasicGrey Hopscotch and I teamed it up with some Kaisercraft Cardstock.

 

As usual I have used my MFT die-namics - just love them!  The doily was made using the High Tea Doily die. The flowers were the Royal Rolled Roses which I surrounded by leaves and fronds punched with my MS punches.  The tags were made from Well Worn Greetings and Sweet Stacks Label dies.  The vellum pocket was made using the LLD 3x4 insert it pocket die. Words were made using the Lots of Love, Happy Birthday and LLD Little Letters.

 

I also used some Ranger Picket Fence distress stickles to add some sparkle to the words 'love' and 'Mothers'.

 

I had so much fun making this little purse so I cant wait to give it to my mum!

 

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Scrappy Hollow April Class

This week is the last week of my classes at Scrappy Hollow. 

I would really like to thank everyone who has supported my paper crafting journey by attending my classes or purchasing a kit over the three years I have been teaching at the store.  My decision to leave has not been an easy one and I know I will miss all of the lovely friends I have made along the way and hope we stay in touch through Facebook and this blog.  I hope to return to participating in my favourite card challenges and share my paper crafting adventure further with you after a short break.

So..... here is what we made this month!

The papers were from the Prima Delight collection and we used the 6x6 paper pads.  As usual we played with some of the awesome My Favorite Things die-namics:

1. Treat Pocket
2. Mini Tag from Blueprints 6
3. Border from Blueprints 8
4. Tag You’re It
5. Gift Card Pocket
6. Tattered Hearts
7. Layered Treat Tag
8. Mini Heart Border
9. MPD Butterflies
10. Leafy Flourish
11. Love greetings

We also used some walnut ink to transform vellum, a bulldog clip to make a free standing tag pocket, an embossed glassine bag and a Cottage Cut die cut treat pocket.  All of the items made fit neatly into the shabby but chic co-ordinating gift box.

 

There is a new teacher taking over my classes at Scrappy Hollow - Maree.  I wish her all the best and hope she enjoys the journey ahead and the fun times to be had teaching such a lovely group of ladies.

 

Thank you all so much and stay tuned I will be back playing with paper some day soon!