Sunday, June 29, 2014

Melted crayon technique

I made these cards using the melted crayon technique for some of the backgrounds, I also die cut some melted crayon pieces




To make the melted crayon background you will need
cheap wax crayons ( I got mine from the $2.00 shop) paper removed
paper towel
pieces of card
iron waste paper


I use a thick piece of wood to work



I place some waste paper on the board and place my piece of card on top


next I select the crayons I wish to use, I usually pick 3


I start with the lightest colour and add it directly onto my hot iron


I then iron the colour onto my card

 I repeat this until I have the amount of that colour I want on my card


I repeat the process with the next colour


and again with the 3rd colour


 I then flip the card over and iron the back


this is to remove excess wax and melt it so



I can wipe off more wax.


 you repeat this process until the wax is removed and


you are just left with the colour


then you can start to play. these pieces can be stamped onto with Stazon, put into an embossing folder and dry embossed or you can even use dies on them


On this card I stamped onto a piece, then used some pva glue on it to give a glossy finish.
the flower was made from the same piece, minus the pva glue, I used  Spellbinders Create an Aster die S2-063



On this one I used the same stamp with Stazon ink and once again covered with glue to give a glossy finish. Using the same card minus the glossy finish I die cut a butterfly Paper Artist HOTP 5323




On this one I used the same melted crayon piece as the previous card and die cut more butterflies.
the music background is music paper glued onto card, then I covered this with glue and carefully applied pink tissue paper, then once again covered with glue. when dry I used a spellbinders die (labels 3S4-189) to cut out the centre


On this one I placed my piece in an embossing folder and ran it through my cuttlebug.
















30th Anniversary card

My Friend Jacqui asked me to make a 30th Anniversary card for he mum and step-father, so I made this card using a cup sheet called PEARL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY or 30th Birthday Over the Side cup312038_68 designed by Janet Briggs



Sunday, June 15, 2014

someone special teabag folding card

I made this card using a sheet called Love Is Card Front & Tea Bag Tiles cup404150_11 designed by Carol Lepard

Sympathy card for a baby girl

I was asked to make a Sympathy card for a stillborn baby girl. to make this card I used a sheet called Angel Holding a Child Sympathy Pyramid Pink cup418260_262 designed by Silvia Griffin and I used an insert  sheet called Baby Girl Sympathy Insert cup457533_1566 designed by Lorraine Appleby.

 

Pansies Easel card

I made this card using a cup kit called Colorful Pansy Rectangle Topped Pyramid Easel Card Kit cup427313_99 designed by Mary Jane Harris

Tri fold card

I made this card using Spellbinder and Paper Artist dies. I used decoupage flowers from the previous card as I didn't want too may layers on the card stop... so I created this tri-fold card for the flower




Pastel flowers Easel card

I made this card using a CUP kit called Pastel Flowers Rectangle Topped Pyramid Easel Card Kit   cup427319_99
designed by Mary Jane Harris cup427319_99

Wrist warmers

I saw a pattern for these in That's Life mag. they called them Wrist warmers and I just had to make them...