Technique Tuesday - Another Smoosh Technique

What could be more fun than mixing some ingredients on a piece of waxed paper and then smooshing some cardstock on top?  There are so many variations on this technique, and here is another one.
This is what you'll need to get started:

• craft sheet or something to protect your work surface
• wax paper
• rubbing alcohol
• perfect pearls or pearl-x or similar material
• glossy accents or crystal effects or diamond glaze or similar glue
  
• craft stick
• glossy cardstock -- I did this on white and black, and it is really striking on black.  If you don't have black glossy cardstock, just cover a piece of white with black ink.  Use a brayer.  That's what I did.

Take a piece of the wax paper that is more than twice the size of your cardstock.  Fold it in half and then open it up.  On one side of the fold, squeeze a blob of the glue.  Add an equal amount of the alcohol and a little bit of the perfect pearls (about the amount that will fit on the end of a craft stick).  Stir this all up, really spreading it around..

Close up the paper and smoosh to spread the mixture even more. Then open it and add the cardstock.  Smoosh some more.

Here is what it looks like on glossy white:

And on the glossy black:

I cut my black piece down to ATC size and used it as the background for this week's challenge at the PID yahoo group.  The theme is New Beginnings:

Try it!  If you like sparkle, you'll love this technique.

Eileen

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Weekly Challenge....

It's Monday...time for our first Weekly ATC Challenge of 2010!! I am always thinking of possibilities and positive change that can be made and trying by best to get on the ball. There is always such excitement over the idea of possibilities come New Years. So I decided our first challenge theme will be.....NEW BEGINNINGS!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Hope your 2010 is WONDERFUL!!

A gift I made....

for our 4 year old daughter. I thought the flower charm with the PID Kewpie image was the perfect touch.

Last Minute Gift Ideas

The PID Blog is an excellent source of Gift Ideas: 

 

Eileen Bellomo

Jar Lid Ornament

Charming Necklace

Altered Journal

Bolo-Style Tie

Pyramid Gift Box

 

Angie Hall Haviland

Pretty Little Gift Pouch

Bottle Cap Charms for Necklaces

 Ursula Vondeling

Altered Book

Keychains

 

Arlene Mobley

Matchbox Christmas Ornaments  

Round Wood Ornaments

Jar Lid Ornament by Eileen Bellomo

 

Supplies:  a lid from a jar    PID Christmas images   glue    glitter    ribbon   sticky strip tape   elastic cord

This is a great last minute ornament.  It barely takes more than minutes to make.

Select the images that will fit your jar lid. If necessary, trim them to size. The Santas I chose are perfect....they are already in a circle.

Apply a thin layer of glue to the inside of the lid and insert the image.  Repeat for the outside of the lid.

 

Apply a line of glue around each image and sprinkle with glitter.

Tap off excess glitter and allow glue to dry before going on to the next step.

Cut a strip of sticky tape to fit around the rim of the lid and apply.

Apply ribbon around the rim, leaving two long tails.  Tie them into a bow.  Before tying the final knot, slip a loop of elastic cord on so you can hang your ornament.

 

Santa Slide Necklace Angie Hall Haviland

Supplies:
Small Slide Frame Set
Collage Sheet # 711
Diamond Stickles
Red German Scrap
Ribbon
Lace
Scissors

I cut two images from Collage Sheet #711 to fit in a small slide Frame. I purchased my frame at a local craft store in the jewelry section. Glue red german scrap to the top of one image. Add Diamond Stickles (glitter glue) for some added sparkle and set aside to dry. When Dry put it in the frame. Hang on a ribbon and tie a piece of red ribbon on the top.

Cute Kewpie Gift Tag Angie Hall Haviland

Supplies:
Small Manilla Tag
Book Page
Red & Green Crayons
Circle Template
Collage Sheet #713 Kewpie Image
Red Cardstock
Ribbons
Scrap of tissue paper
White Ric~kRack
Thin and Med Black Sharpies
Stickles Diamond
White Gel Pen
Glue
Glue Stick
Scissors
Hole Punch

Use the circle template and red crayon to make dots on the book page. Color the rest of the page with the green crayon. Use a glue stick to cover the tag with text from the Recycled Book Page. Cut out the tag and punch hole. Glue on a torn scrap of tissue paper. Cut out Kewpie Image and glue to tag. Tear a small square of red card stock, glue to tag and write FOR YOU with a white gel pen. Glue on a piece of white Rick Rack and trim to fit. Edge the tag with the medium size sharpie and draw a thin line freely around the edges to form a decorative egde. Tie ribbons and Rick through the hole in the top of the tag and trim edges.

Smile It's Christmas Gift Tag Angie Hall Haviland

Supplies:
Small Manilla Tag
Book Page
Make up Sponges
Distress Ink Pads:
Peeled Paint
Vintage Photo
Black Soot
Collage Sheet #709 Mona Image and Text
Red Cardstock
Rhinestone
Gold German Scrap Bells
Ribbon
Glue Stick
Scissors
Hole Punch

Use a glue stick to cover the tag with text from the Recycled Book Page. Cut out the tag and punch hole Use make up sponge and peeled paint (green) distress ink pad to apply color. The repeat with Vintage Photo (brown) around the edges. Cut out Mona Image and Text. Edge text with peeled paint distress pad. Glue to Red cardstock, tear out and glue to tag. Glue Mona Image to tag. Tear a thin strip of red card stock and glue to bottom of tag. Rub the Black Soot Distress ink pad around the edges of the tag. Cut the bells of the Gold German Scrap Bells and glue to the edge of the tag with craft glue. Tie the ribbon through the hole in the top of the tag and trim edges. Add Rhinestone between the t and s on the text.

Technique Tuesday - Floor Wax

Welcome to Technique Tuesday, and yes, you read the title correctly.  By now you probably know that my favorite techniques are a) easy   b) low cost  and c) low tech.  This one is all three, with the added bonus of being a little messy.
Raid the cabinet under your sink for most of the needed supplies:

wax paper (parchment paper works too)         tissue paper        cardstock         paper towel       floor wax            2-3 colors of dye reinkers        perfect pearls (optional)

The wax paper should be about twice the size of your tissue paper and cardstock.  Fold it in half and open it up.  Put it on your protected work surface and squirt some floor wax on one side of the fold.

Squeeze a few drops of each reinker randomly right over the floor wax.

Close up the waxed paper and squoosh it a bit to spread the colors into the wax paper. Then open it back up.  It should look something like this.  Don't worry if the color isn't everywhere.

If you are going to add the perfect pearls, do that now.  Sprinkle just a tiny bit in areas.

Lay the tissue paper right over one side of the wax paper and close it up.  Now really squoosh on the paper to distribute the color completely.  Here's where it could get messy, as the floor wax and inks might leak through.  You might want to wear rubber gloves.  Or not.  I didn't.  I like a mess, and besides, dye ink washes out with soap and water.

Open up the wax paper again.  You'll see that the tissue paper is saturated with color and is quite wet.  Lay a piece of paper towel on top, reclose the wax paper and press down all over.  This does two things:  the paper towel absorbs some of the color and speeds up drying, and it will give you yet another background to use. Open up the wax paper again, and let everything air dry, or speed it along a bit with your heat tool.  Careful with the wax paper...you want to dry it, not melt the wax.

When everything is dry, you will have this:

Colored paper towel, colored tissue paper, colored wax paper.

Next, apply adhesive to cardstock and adhere the colored papers.  You can be creative here too.  Use white cardstock and the colors will remain the same.  Try different colors of cardstock and see how that will change the look.

Then trim the papers to the size you want.  Here are three ready to be made into ATCs:

From left to right:  tissue paper, waxed paper, paper towel.

I chose to use the tissue paper background for the ATC I made for this week's PID challenge.  The theme is "fans and folds," and here it is:

I used collage sheet #705 and some German scrap.  I made the fan with a little piece of patterned paper and attached it with a brad.

Hope you enjoyed this and will give it a try!

Eileen

Paper Imagery Designs

Design Team

Weekly Challenge 12/20

This week the ATC Challenge theme is FANS/FOLDS. Hope you will have FUN with this challenge and share your ART with us if you give it a try. Please remember to use a PID image.

I used a FAN...folded from Beautiful handmade paper and a Banner which I made my folding a strip of cardstock.