Unlikely Allies - a layout by Sue Smith

Hi again everyone....

Just a quick one from me today with some really cute pics of two of our animals who like to 'cosy' up together.



Here is a list of the scrappy stuff I used...

* Kraft cardstock

* Kaisercraft Cocco 'Periwinkle' - an oldie but a goody

* Kaisercraft Pet's Paradise 'Furry Friends' - another blast from the past

* Charcoal VersaColor Inkspot

* 2Crafty large chipboard cat

* Clear UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel)

* American Crafts Thickers 'Prancer' white chipboard letters

* Black sharpie pen

* White Gel Pen

* Assorted ribbons

All scrapping items are now heavily discounted at Scrap 'N' Craft With T....you won't find any better bargains ANYWHERE at the moment!

Happy scrapping until next week! xxx

Cutie In Clover - a layout by Sue Smith

For today's layout, I have used lots of different bits and pieces from lots of different brands, but featuring a gorgeous patterned paper from the Jillibean Soup Old World Cabbage Stew range. This particular paper from the range is called 'Brown Rice'.

Using this paper, I cut a large square (approx 20cm x 20cm) to use as a mat for the photo. Because the paper is quite a busy pattern, I decided to help the photo stand out by painting the area immediately around the photo. For this I used a small square of packaging material and lightly dabbed on some Making Memories Paint in the colour Manila....



I then cut a clover shaped pattern into a strip of the paper, and then inked the shapes with Versa Color Ink Spots in the colours of 'Evergreen' and 'Indigo' and then placed these shapes behind the inked large square of paper.

The butterfly embellishments are A2Z Scraplets Li'l Range - Butterflies which I embossed with Suze Weinberg UTEE Brightz (ultra thick embossing enamel) in the colour Zinnia. While the UTEE was still hot and melted I sprinkled with glitter and applied heat again to set the glitter....



Here is a list of the rest of the items I have used on this layout...

* Chromatics Cardstock - Cream

* Japanese Washi Tape

* Chelleybean Designs Paper Lollipops which I scrunched up and inked with Versa Color Ink Spot in Burgundy

* AC Thickers Rockabye Foam Letters in Leaf

* Crate Paper 'Restoration' Self-adhesive Chipboard

* Ruby Rockit- Upstairs/Downstairs - Felt Frame - Cream decorated with Kaisercraft Rhinestones in 'Lippy Red' and 'Split Pea'

* Sam & Lucy - Weave Extras - Teeny tiny letters - 4mm black

Happy scrapping everyone and see you for something new next Monday! xx

Let's have some fun!.....handmade embellishments by Sue Smith

I don't know about you, but I LOVE to try new products and experiment with them to see what happens....and this is just what I did when Tanyah sent me some fabulous Viva Decor Croco Crackling Colour. I had so much fun playing with this!

NOTE: You can click on any of the following photos to see an enlarged image.

First of all I started off with some plain chipboard shapes....



I spread each shape with about 2mm thickness of the Viva Decor Croco Crackling Colour in Turquoise colour and left it to dry for 24 hours.....



You need to BE PATIENT with this part of the process to get the most out of this fabulous product. I experimented with speeding up the drying process with my heat gun, but this was the disappointing result....



....so don't be impatient, because the day's wait is totally worth it as this is how it turns out with natural drying....



Now these pieces are gorgeous just as they are, but I really wanted to go a step further and try something different, so I got out my Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol Inks and had fun colouring the different pieces. I have a bad habit when I play with my alcohol inks of not knowing when to stop, so the resulting pieces have none of the original colour left showing....



Next, I pressed the chipboard pieces facedown onto a Versamark Pad and then sprinkled liberally with some Clear UTEE (ultra thick embossing enamel)......



I shook off the excess UTEE, otherwise it would have blown away when I applied the heat gun. Once the UTEE was melted, I sprinkled small amounts of UTEE and heated again, building up the layers until I was happy with the result. You could also sprinkle with some glitter at this stage if you wish. Unfortunately, I didn't have a lot of UTEE to play with, otherwise I would have built up the layers even more. The effect you achieve from this is reminiscent of dichroic glass....I love how everything changed so much from the original...





Once the UTEE is totally dry, you can file the edges or punch holes quite readily through all the mediums.....so cool! I had SO much fun playing with this.

Here is a card I made with one of the finished embellishments....





....and a close-up....



I really hope you like what I've created this week, and I would encourage to try some of this fabbo Viva Decor Croco Crackling Colour....it really is lots of fun and I would love to see what you create with it... Tanyah has a gallery where you can display any of your creations.

Until next Monday....happy scrapping everybody!! xx

Glitter and rubons!

Hi everyone
this technique is similar to one i have below.

• Using clear Think embossing powder UTEE

• Sprinkling glitter
• Then reheating.
• Once this is completed you can then add rubons, buttons and other embellishments!

HERE IS THE COMPLETED LAYOUT!

USING GLITTER & UTEE!!!!

This is one of my favourite techniques for this is one way glitter can be adhered and not come off and flack anywhere!

Materials USED:
Chipboard shape
Glitter (2 colours)
UTEE
Versa mark ink

Step 1

• Find a Chip shape/alpha
• Find something that can have 2 colours

Step 2

• Find your Versamark/watermark ink

Step 3

• Ink the first part only that you want to glitter

Step 4

• When the ink is still wet
• sprinkle the UTEE over the top
• Shake off any excess and place back into container/packet

Step 5

• Heat the UTEE until it is melted
• once powder is melted
• look to see if you would like to adhere some more UTEE
• Make sure the UTEE on the chip shape is wet
• Apply more of the UTEE on top
• Reheat
  

Step 6

• Till it looks like this

Step 7

• Find your glitter and your heat gun

Step 8

• Heat your utee again
• When the UTEE is WET
• sprinkle the glitter
• Then reheat to sock the glitter into the UTEE

Step 9

Till it looks like this

















Step 10

• Using your versamark/watermark ink
• Ink the rest of your shape

Step 11

• Ink it until it is wet like this

Step 12

• Sprinkle the UTEE over the wet part
• Heat using your heat gun
• reapply the powder and reheat if necessary

Step 13

• Repeat the above steps
• Make sure the UTEE is melted and hot before sprinkling the glitter

Step 14 - finished shape



















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Hope you have enjoyed this one! Xx