Hello...
Not
a card today but a fat book page swap
This
is another swap that I signed up for in a group I joined.
The
group is a Yahoo group and anyone can apply to join in...just try
this link...
So
the rules were simple...
Make
a fat book page
Theme
– Butterflies
What
is a fat book page?
Well
its a piece of sturdy card that measures 4”x4”
It
has to be decorated on one side leaving around 1cm free at the left
hand side – on the reverse you have to have a small amount of
decoration together with details of maker etc.
I
have put this swap off for a week or more as I had no ideas what to
do
I
think I'm now in a rutt with my stamping – I seem to just distress
ink the edges and stamp in the centre
This
morning I was filled with inspiration so set to work on it
To
start with I used a piece of heavy card – like chipboard and stuck
a sheet of pink paper to the back – the paper has lines of heavy
glitter every cm or so...
I
added a butterfly that I stamped onto magic foil then added my name
and swap details as well as date and email address.
I
trimmed a piece of kraft card to 4x4 and got out my pots of
Fran-tage,
only problem I then had – was how on earth do I use it?
You
tube to the rescue.
I
had tried to use a versamark pad and then add some Fran-tage but it
wasn't sticking
After
watching some demo's I found out the fran-tage is literally dropped
onto a piece of card and heated from behind – and it starts to melt
it all melts together creating a fab effect
So
I made up my own collection using a little of each pot I had –
covered the square of card randomly placing high piles and then
heated it up.
For
my butterflies I made using 3 different techniques
I
used versamark and gold magic foil, covered with clear embossing
powder – heated then cut out the shiny gold butterfly.
Next
butterfly was created by spraying a sheet of white smooth card with 4
different Cosmic Shimmer mists – basically they have fancy names
but colour wise I used red, gold, green and copper...the sheet was
covered then I used the heat gun to dry the sheet...after that I used
a versamark pad to stamp the butterfly and covered with black detail
embossing powder then heated, once cool I cut it out and put to one
side.
The
last technique was metal magic – so I used a versamark ink pad on a
piece of white card, covered with antique gold metal magic and heated
from underneath – I repeated 3 times and then stamped the butterfly
into the melted gold – within moments it was cold and as I lifted
the butterfly stamp it left a good deep impression which I cut out.
So
now I have 3 different butterflies – so using pinflare silicone gel
I attached each butterfly by the body around the 4x4 page.
The
versamark ink pad was rubbed around the outer edges of the fat book
page and then I covered with black granite embossing powder and
heated which filled the edges perfectly.
To
finish off I added small AB gems randomly and lastly a few Tim Holtz
chitchat stickers and a small punched flower
Even
though this is a million miles from my sort of crafting I think I'm
pleased with it – I know I will find it hard to let it go...but
never mind – I can try again – and its going to be one of those
things where I will never get it exactly the same again...
Would
love to hear what you think of my effort please!
See
you next time
x
Long time since I saw one of these lol
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What a geat technique Angie. I'm off to youtube to check out demos. Thanks for sharing Wynn x
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