Showing posts with label artistic etchings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label artistic etchings. Show all posts

Tuesday, 31 May 2011

Sea Cadets and Top Note bottle hangers

Well unfotunately the weather was not brilliant yesterday and we didn't have a very good turn out at the Sea Cadet fund raiser. The tombola and food went down well but I was looking after the toy store and my cards and it was very quiet, I think Jessie my daughter was the biggest buyer at the toy store! I managed to sell a few cards but have lots and lots left for next time.
I made some bottle hangers using the top note die, using cardboard as backing, cork sheets, embossing metal and funky foam as well as my usual craft supplies - the big shot is a recyling machine.
I made this one using love letter DSP and artistic etchings stamp set, I tried stampin on metal, I used basic black ink and it worked fine but took a long time to dry, I now have some stazon cleaner so I will try stazon next time.

I love the big shot it uts and embosses thin metal so easily, here's another one, the embossing folder I used isn't a Stampin Up one but I can't wait to buy the vintage wallpaper embossing folder to try in it, I think it will look gorgeous.


I made the butterfly using the butterfly punch, it had no problem cutting it, I embossed it using some embossing tools but yoou our use an old ball point pen. Emboss/draw on the back using an old pen, rest the metal on something with a little give, I used a srap piece of cork sheet. You can also pierce it with your pierer but do that from the front. 

Wednesday, 13 April 2011

Artistic Etchings top note easel card

I have been playing again, this time with the artistic etchings stamp set, I love this set (just for a change!) it has a very arty look. I've only used some of the stamps up to now so definitely need more play time. I made an easel card using the top note die, this is dead easy to do and I think it looks really nice, it would also make a good name plate or little menu card if you were having a wedding. 
Here's my card
I thought I'd do a card for the stampin challange again, this week you must use the colours very vanilla, wild wasabi, bravo burgandy and pink pirouette. I've never used bravo burgandy before and I really like it, especially the ink/marker pen it's quite a browny red and I thought it went well with the stamp set. The sentiment is from the Occasional Quotes hostess set.