Pearlex Background

More Hero Arts!!!! This time, flourish flowers with wording from one of the mini sets.

I made the background using PE and spray webbing which has been sealed. Everything was stamped with StazOn black ink with the edges being swiped with the pad as well.

To finish off, a few SU butterfly punches with wee diamantes attached and some gold brads.

For those of you who have held in there through my absence...Thanks...HEAPS!

Gesso Scene

The background today was made using Gesso and Pearl Ex. I pulled out the Sew Mini to try out its paces again to attach the background piece to the final layer and used the SU butterfly punch with wee pearls to finish it off. The Hero Arts stamp was stamped with StaZon Black. The sheen of the PE makes this look so much prettier IRL.

To answer a few questions about the Cold Laminate:

1. Rice paper is usually found in specialist stationery shops along with the tissue paper. The texture of it reminds me of really fine tissue paper.

2. Tissue paper can be used also.

3. Cold laminate is to be found in stationery shops also.

4. Peel the backing off the cold laminate and carefully attach to the rice/tissue paper. That is truly all you have to do. (You can purposely scrunch the rice/tissue paper up to give a different effect.)

5. Stamp on the shiny acetate looking side...NOT the rice/tissue paper side.

6. Experiment with a background card. The effect and the colour you will see will depend what you layer this to.

It is one of the quickest background making techs out there. It is very cheap and very effective! Give it a go. You will be pleasantly surprised!

The Prettiness of Pearl Ex

Hi there,

Soft and pretty mode! I stamped this old favourite from Stamp It with Versamark and added colour using Pearl Ex. It looks so beautiful IRL, because of the wonderful shimmer Pearl Ex has. Unfortunately, the camera does have a bit of difficulty picking such things up.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts. Isn't it funny when you have a clean out as to what you find? I found the centre piece half mounted and ready to go....Finally, the poor piece has a home!

ATC For January

Good morning all,

Here is the first of a series of ATCs which I am making for my Yahoo/Stamping Group ACTSA.

The theme for January was "The Beach", which could encompass anything which reminds you of the beach. Well, in my case, since I cannot swim in the waters around here (too many munchy things to get me...read....crocs, sharks and stingers!), I immediately think of fishing.

The little fish stamp is made by Stamp It Australia. I have stamped in India Ink....yeah ...yeah....I am gunna hide it soon.....coloured with H2Os and then applied ultra fine micro beads over the lot to give the appearance of water.

The background piece was the same technique as yesterday but with a totally different mood. The Pearlex here is just gorgeous!.

I added some cord, a little word from Stamps By Judith, raised the main focal image with DSFT and called it quits.

What do you think?

Penguin Chick!

Good morning everyone,

Here is a fun card made using up some of the many scraps I have laying around. (Except for the base card),

I had made the Acetate/Pearlex background some time ago, but yesterday it decided to appeal to me and so here we are!

The little stamp featured is Penguin Chick by Imaginisce. I also picked up the Penguin Dude when I bought her, so I had a matching pair. They are really cute! I stamped her up in India Ink, mainly because that was on my table and quickly coloured her with Prisma Pencils. A bit of layering and I was done.

She is a bit bright...but then ....if I go outside....It is so bright it hurts your eyes...so, I thought the bright colours were in keeping with my days!

Very Male Birthday

Afternoon all,

I am off to a 50th birthday party tonight. Alexopolous is the surname of the party boy, and of course, that is way too long for any self respecting Aussie, isn't it? He is much better known as Zop....say the long version quickly and you will HEAR it.

Zop is a no nonsense sort of person, so the card I made for him had to be pretty clear cut and without fuss. Zop hails from Launceston in Tasmania and so I thought it fitting that I use this lovely stamp by Lucy of a Tasmanian bridge.

The technique used is gesso resist and I think really suits this stamp. This is so much MORE IRL...a photo doesn't show all the lovely shine from the PearlEx. I so love my PearlEx!

Hope you like it.

Materials
Stamps: Lucy's Bridge, Hero Arts Its Your Day
Inks: StazOn Black
Cardstock: Bazzill, Generic White
Other: Gesso, PearlEx, Brushes, Cuttlebug and Argyle Embossing Folder, Large Blue Brad, 1" and 1 and 1/4" Punches