Hanging decorated clipboard class

Today I worked on the hanging decorated clipboard for the class coming up soon.

I attached the paper from the Pink Paislee Amber Road collection, inked the edges at the top of the clipboard with distress ink, then got out the Distress Embossing Powder for the edges.

It gave it a sort of gritty look, but doesn't flake off.

Here is a close up of the clip with alcohol ink. I used a couple of different colors.

I used pieces of rhinestone flourishes and ribbons then attached the wooden butterfly from KaiserKraft.

Magic Mesh used with the Distress Ink, adds a textured look.

In the class, we'll be doing this much earlier in the process.

On the butterfly I used embossing powders, Stickles, rhinestones, alcohol inks and the Sakura glitter pen

Hope to see you there!

Melanie

Playing with paint and ink

Create your own custom accents with paint, ink and embossing folders

I started with my title piece from the My Mind's Eye page kit (I wasn't going to use the title "Big Attitude" for this layout but I still wanted to use the shape) and ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot in a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Then I painted it with white paint and wiped away the excess. I did this twice, using my heat gun to dry the paint in between each application.

After the second coat was dry I rubbed the distress ink pad across the whole piece. It is a slow drying ink, so I used a paper towel to spread it around and even it out giving a two tone look. Then dried it with my heat gun.

After that I lightly dry brushed white paint across the top. Smoothed out only the edges with my paper towel. Then dried it with my heat gun. A more patient person might not need the heat gun.

 I used Faded Jeans Distress Ink to blend around the edges to make them darker. Then attached it to the page.

I created this layout for my November kit of the month using the new custom accent. More November page kit layout samples will be posted in the next day or two.As you can see, I kept playing with paint through the rest of the layout too. It was a fun way to spend the afternoon.

I hope you enjoyed this entry.

- LaDonna

A Pirate's Life

Here is a layout I just finished this weekend. I used the Old World paper line from KaiserCraft. Below are a few examples of techniques I used.

To get the distressed metal look to the key and the chipboard word pirate I used this technique taught by Tim Holtz wth Vintage Photo Distress Ink, silver paint dabber, texture hammer, and a cotton ball as my ink applicator.

First I painted the word and key with the paint dabber. Then after that dried, placed it on the hammer mat and texturized until I got the look I wanted.

Use the cotton ball to apply ink across the chipboard pieces. This should make it look like old metal.

For the letter A I used the plain Grungeboard alphabets and ran it through the Cuttlebug machine to emboss it. Then I inked it, using a cotton ball, with Vintage Photo ink first and then Black Soot ink on top of that. Next I applied a thin coat of glossy accents to give it that glossy leathered look. NOTE: the Black Soot ink was applied directly from the ink pad. Hold it evenly accross the letter so it only inks the raised part.

On my background page I used the Timeworks masks by Tim Holtz.

I used the Vintage Photo Distress Ink and a cotton ball to apply it to my page.

I love the self adhesive Felt Fusion. For this page I cut it apart so the swirls would go different directions.

On the chipboard word life I used the Radiant Rain paint dauber to give the letters a shimmer look.