Day 302: One Moment in Time Gears Card Part 1

I need some men's cards for upcoming birthdays.  I started out with intentions of making an entirely different card, but when I was looking for an embossing folder to use as a background, I came upon this Tim Holtz gears embossing folder, and changed my mind completely!  I used kraft cardstock by Recollections (Michael's), ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot machine, then used a Ranger silver paint dauber and  Ranger chocolate distress ink to highlight the embossed areas.  I got enough backgrounds done to make 8 embossed card bases, but will need to finish working on these tomorrow.

Day 221: Monster Truck Card

 My husband and I are very close with my husband's cousin, and her teenage son has a birthday coming up.  I decided a monster truck card might be considered "cool".

I used "chocolate chip" card stock from Stampin' Up! as the card base.  I ran a piece of brown leather look paper from my scrap folder through Cuttlebug's "tire track" embossing folder.  I stamped the Great Impressions monster truck stamp with Memento Ink on Neenah paper, and colored it with my Copic markers. I cut out the truck and  used pop dots to adhere it to the tire tracks.  I layered that on top of a "sand" paper in my scrap folder.  I used my Crop-A-Dile and added 5 black eyelets across the top and bottom of the card to rev it up a little bit.

Day 140: Bringing Baby Card in Pink

Today I finished the Bringing Baby cards in pink.

Day 139: Bringing Baby Card in Blue

Here is the finished card. 

Day 41: Make and Take Alcohol Ink Bookmark

Today I went and delivered all of the notepads and pens I made for the Women's Walk to Emmaus in Peoria.  Then I went to Rubber Rainbows located in Tremont Gallery in Tremont, Illinois.  I have heard lots of great things about this little rubber stamp shop, and I wanted to go and see what it is like.  They have a free Make and Take workshop the second and fourth Fridays of the month.  Today they taught us how to make an alcohol ink bookmark.  We placed three colors of alcohol ink onto a felt pad, added some blending solution, and then dabbed the felt pad onto a piece of metal over and over again. When the metal was dry, we placed it inside of a Cuttlebug embossing folder, ran it through the Cuttlebug machine, and then it was embossed with the design. We then used a sanding block to remove some of the embossing ink off from the raised portions of the metal, only leaving colors in the background. Then we mounted our bookmark onto silver card stock, and then layered the silver card stock onto a piece of blue card stock.  It was fun to learn a new technique; although it didn't really end up being free....of course I had to buy some stuff while I was there, and I will probably sign up for a class or two or three....

Day 2: Playing with Plastic

I just love all the clear little embellishments that are on the market place for scrapbookers or stampers to use. But, I don't want to have to pay the price. So, whenever one of the kids gets a toy, I take all the clear acetate plastic out of the box and save it. Today, I finally took the time to see what I could make with this free-to-me material.

I got out my Sizzix Big Shot machine and tried out sizzlits, embosslits, Bigz dies, and my embossing folders. I also got out some punches to see what I could to do with those.

I tried the sizzlits first because I have some snowflakes that I thought would be pretty on a card or scrapbook page. The snowflakes embossed well, but they didn't cut out. I tried running them through the Big Shot, then backing them out, running them through, and backing them out again, but that still didn't work. I ended up cutting them out by hand. It was a little time consuming, but I still like the look.

The embosslits embossed and cut out nicely, so that was a winner! The Bigz dies also cut out well; another winner! I tried a snowflake embossing folder; I think this will make for a nice layering piece on a card. I also dug through my punch drawer and tried out some punches. Also a success!

I had fun playing with plastic today, and if you haven't tried it yet, you should. I think it will really expand your range of embellishments for cards and scrapbook pages.