Wednesday, April 30, 2008

ATC and TEW Workshops


This week was a break from the TEW. For the ATCs I chose to do the digital. The flower is from the side of my house. You can't tell very well in the picture but the flower's background is swirled with gold.The lighthouse is located in St. Augustine, FL.

Monday, April 21, 2008

WAX PAPER BACKGROUNDS


These were fun to make and really quite simple. Sunshine Girl was done on regular white cardstock then DTP with distress ink. Friends was made with glossy and then image was stamped directly onto the cardstock. The wax paper for Voices was first crumpled, ironed onto cardstock then I took distress ink and applied to the wax paper. Then I wiped it off leaving some of the ink behind.







ATC and TEW Workshops

Lesson 14 - This lesson was a diptych or triptych. These are "mini" works of art in 2 or 3 parts. They were fun to make and I enjoyed them.
TEWCh3Ls6 - The shaving cream method. This is always fun because you never know how your colors will turn out or what design they will make. I had done this technique before so I used one of the pieces I had left over.
TEWCh3Ls7 - This is also a shaving cream background, laminate sheet, permanent ink, dye inks and stamps. Make your background, stamp on the laminate and secure to cardstock. You can't tell but the "blue" card does have some light blue shells stamped on it.

Friday, April 18, 2008

ATC and TEW Workshops

The next few lessons we were given a choice of techniques to use. These are Ultra ATCs. For the first ATC I chose a folded one. I stamped the outside with the gate and colored it with color pencils. Then I cut around the top of it to expose some of the inside.

Lesson 13

TEWCh3Ls4
This TEW called for black glossy (which I used white glossy and DTP black), alcohol inks and Pearl Ex. I covered the paper with black, rubbed spots of the Pearl Ex, applied the inks to an applicator then "pounced" it over the powder to liquefy and spread them making a variegated background.

Monday, April 7, 2008

Napkin Backgrounds

These card were made using napkins. The "plys" of the napkin were removed then ironed to freezer paper. The freezer paper was then cut to card size, attached and decorated. The "waxiness" acts as the binding agent. The other way to use the napkins is with plastic wrap. Layer your card side first, slightly larger size of plastic wrap, napkin layer and iron all together. The plastic wrap acts as the binding agent to the cardstock. I taught this as an online class in one of the groups I belong to.

TEW Workshop

This is a ceramic tile. We used inks, stamps and tissue paper. It called for floor finish (like Future) but I didn't have any. So I used Modge Podge and a spray sealant. Alcohol inks were dabbed onto the tile, images were stamped onto the tissue paper. I laid that on top and put the Modge Podge on using a foam brush. Smoothed out the wrinkles and allowed it to dry. Then sprayed it with the sealant.



ATC workshop on break this weak