Piping Hot

Do you have pipe cleaners that you haven't used? Jane over at the Daring CardMakers is challenging us to use them on our cards this week. I've always been at a loss with what to do with pipe cleaners, so any that I did have were passed down to the kids and I've had to go rumaging around in their stash for this one! I haven't got the patience to go moulding them into shapes (or skill!!), so beads were threaded on and off in my attempt to be creative! LOL

The card below is the end result, and as you can see, I settled on one wooden flower bead threaded onto the smallest piece of pipe cleaner I think I can get away with! LOL

I'm not entirely happy with the end result - I think it looks like it is missing something, but I can't quite figure it out! Any way, thanks for looking and enjoy the challenge. :)

Supplies :- Scrummy Stash Cafe May Kit (sold out), whispers stamp and misc wooden bead.

Samm's Saturday Sketch

Today's challenge over at the Scrummy Stash Cafe is a fab sketch by Samm :-

"This week Samm has designed this fab sketch for the challenge! Use it for cards or layouts... the choice is yours! As usual you have a week to get your entries in if you want to be in with a chance of winning a £10 e-voucher to spend in the shop so that'll be 9am 30th August! "

And here it is..........

And this is what I've done with it. :-

I've used the May Kit from the SSC, which is now sold out and the photo shows me as a kid having a bit of a huff because I didn't want to go home! We loved our summer days down at the beach. Is it just because I'm getting older, or does it seem to be colder in the summer these days? I've hardly taken the kids down to the beach this summer!!

This Way...........

Its Friday dare time again! Tanya has set the dare this week and the theme is "Arrows" :-

"I want to see arrows on your cards - whether big, small, straight, curly, lots or just one arrow."

It took me a while to decide what I was going to do for this one, but a princess card was the only thing kept coming to mind! There is no birthday in particular coming up soon, but its always good to have a few done in advance! :)


I've used the bright and funky May kit from the Scrummy Stash Cafe (sold out), which includes Bazzill Bling, Tinkering Ink and Sassafras Lass papers and Bazzill chipboard arrows. The additional items are Dovecraft bling brads and charm brads and some small clear alpha stickers (which I haven't a clue of their make or origin!)

Thanks for looking and thanks for the lovely comments left for me. I'll be catching up on those over the weekend. :)

DCM - Its a Wrap

Its Friday Dare time again! :) And here is this week's challenge :-

"No, not the kind stuffed with Chicken & Cesar Salad or the woolly kind you put around your shoulders to keep you warm, mind you, the way our summer is going I think we could all do with one of those! I would like you to give your card a coat made of acetate, vellum or anything for that matter. As long as it ‘wraps’ around the outside of your card, anything goes! "

My example is a pleated wrap around the card.



I've used the Grayson Hall paper collection pack by Collage Press and thanks for looking.

My CC Class for the Scrummy Stash Cafe

I hope you're all joining in with this fun weekend - my class is now live and here it is:-

Its Sunday night and we hope you're still raring to go!! My class focuses on using Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel. It can be a bit messy, but its fun and great to do. I love using it. You do need, however, to ensure you protect your surfaces!!

Family Man by Vanessa Stokoe

(photos by Anita Mundt)

Supplies:
· 2 photographs, approximately 10 x 15 cm (4 x 6 in ).
· 30.5 x 30.5cm (12 x 12 in) white cardstock.
· 30.5 x 30.5cm (12 x 12 in) patterned paper.
· 30.5 x 30.5cm (12 x 12 in) patterned paper.
· Scrap pieces of co-ordinating patterned paper, preferably with flowers that can be cut out.
· Foam letter stickers.
· 12 buttons.
· Black/brown stazon inkpad.
· Versamark tacky inkpad or pigment inkpad.
· Large patterned stamp.
· Journaling stamp.
· Journaling pen.
· Good quality and tacky PVA glue and other adhesive.
· Clear Ultra Thick Embossing powder.
· Gold embossing powder.
· Chipboard frame.
· Heat gun.
· Non-stick surface/baking tray.


Step 1
Take the chipboard frame and cut it in half diagonally as show below.



Step 2
Take the versamark inkpad and ink up both pieces of the chipboard frame. Then, sprinkle the clear ultra thick embossing powder (UTEE) over the top – shake off the excess. Take the heat gun and place the pieces onto a heat resistant and non-stick surface. Heat the pieces with the heat gun, moving slowly along whilst the powder melts.

You need to repeat this process about 3 or 4 times to give a nice thick finish. If you’re quick, you can sprinkle the next layer of embossing powder immediately after heating to save you re-inking up the pieces to create a tacky base again. On the final layer, instead of using the clear UTEE, sprinkle the pieces with a layer of gold embossing powder and shake off the ecess.

Before heating this final layer, ink up the large patterned stamp with the versamark/pigment ink pad and put to the side ready to place onto the chipboard piece. Then, take the first piece and melt the final layer until the powder is molten, immediately place the stamp on top of the molten powder - don’t press hard. After about 30 – 40 seconds, remove the stamp and your piece should have a lovely imprinted enamelled design. Repeat with the second piece.





Step 3
Take a piece of scrap patterned paper and hand draw 3 circles on the back varying slightly in size and cut out. Crumple them up tightly and then flatten. Layer up on top of each other – off centre and place a button on the top.

For the remaining steps, you will need to refer to the main photograph.

Step 4
From the patterned paper, cut out two pieces approximately 7 x 8 inches and 9 x 5 inches. Layer onto the 12x12 cardstock as per the main photo, the 9 x 5 inch piece overlaying the other piece slightly lengthways. Ink up the edges before sticking into place. Then, place your photographs onto each of the patterned pieces, lined up as per the main photograph and stick each enamelled frame at the top left corner and bottom right corners of the photos - slightly away from the edges.

Step 5
Cut out a flower from one the pieces of paper and glue into place in-between the two photos. At the bottom of the flower and to the left side of the lower photo, glue your layered circles into place. Then, glue the remainder of the buttons up the centre of the two photos on the patterned paper.

Take the sticky foam letters and spell out your title starting above the lower photograph, overlapping onto the base cardstock and finishing at the bottom right side of the upper photograph – again, see the main photo.

Step 6
Using the black/brown stazon inkpad, stamp your journaling stamp onto plain scrap paper and cut out. Write your journaling and then glue the cut out piece o the bottom left side of the upper photograph, overlapping with the patterned paper.

Thanks, I hope you enjoyed this class. :)

Vanessa.

DCM - Sprinkles

Its Friday dare time again over at the Daring Cardmakers!! This week's dare is set by Mel :-

"I'd like you to create a card using sprinkles (ala teeny tiny dots/spots).
You might add a splash of french knots, small sequins, teeny buttons, hand drawn dots, paint splotches or think up something else thats teeny, tiny and sprinkled."



I've created my card using Daisy D's papers which are in the June Kit over at the Scrummy Stash Cafe. Thanks for looking :)