So normally when I read about a new (to me) technique I sort of file it away and may never pull it out again, but today's class at Online Card Creations had two things that I just loved!
1. Jennifer had a whole segment on making your own resist papers with clear embossing powder. During which I called her a genius and myself a fool. It's so brilliantly simple.
2. To take away the shine after heat embossing, put it between pieces of paper and with a medium warm iron, iron that sucker.
This was a life craft changing sort of day!
MME Lost and Found stamped with Unity Stamp Co. Misplaced Chevron
Heat embossed with clear Zing! powder, resisted with Ranger Distress Ink Walnut Stain
Imaginesce Dino Roar stamped with Jillibean soup sentiment stamp
MME jute
Grey cardstock
Oh my word! This card is adorable. I agree with you on the craft changing sort of day. Tim Holtz did something similar in his Creative Chemistry 101 class, but Jennifer used it in making a card (instead of the tag example that Tim did) and it was like a whole new concept for me. Having said that you'll notice no posts for Day 2 from me- four experiments went south and ended up in a pile on my table. I think I don't have a bold enough stamp to make this work properly. I am thinking of ways to overcome my supply shortcoming though and will definitely post if I succeed.
ReplyDeleteGlad you're enjoying the class. I'm glad for the challenge to my comfort zone.
I had a couple of southward experiments this day too because of the size of stamp issue - in fact one of them already got repurposed onto the layout I posted Day 3. The other is in the planning stages of being transformed for Day 4's card.
DeleteI'm glad they didn't work out, because this stamp was the whole reason I bought all those other Unity Stamps I've been using. Buy $$ and get this one free suckered me in and I *needed* this one before Christmas and I just now used it!
This is so totally awesome. Love what you did with the embossing powder.
ReplyDeleteFabulous result!! :) I love the online card classes, neat to get inspired :)
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