A Few Small Projects

I taught a scrapbooking class at our Scrapbooking Ministry in April where I instructed the attendees on the fine art of ‘scrap-lifting’ (also known as CASEing – Copy And Share Everything).

For one example, I took a layout sample from “Reminders Of Faith” scrapbooking packet:

And CASEd it almost exactly…but I turned it on its side to accommodate my photos:

Most of the ladies said that they never would have thought to try it that way.

I also used a sketch from Creating Keepsakes to do the following pages:

I used a scrapbooking pad from Die Cuts with a View for these pages – very easy and very cute. The theme for the month was ‘Family’, so I liked the pet/family connection with the vellum quote.

I also have a little card that I used as a make-and-take for my two stamp clubs this month:

 

It uses a faux-metal technique described in the Stampin’ Up! demonstrator magazine, Stampin’ Success, this month.

The metal piece is made with a plain piece of cardstock as the base. It really doesn’t matter what color – it’s going to be covered up anyway.

You cover the entire piece of cardstock with VersaMark ink and sprinkle on embossing powder (gold, in this case). You then heat and melt the powder with a heat tool. You repeat this 3 or 4 times, letting the piece cool between layers.

The last time you heat the piece, press a stamp in the wet embossing powder while it is still hot.

I have done this technique many times, but what I liked about this piece is that it used an almost solid stamp (this particular stamp is from the “In Any Event” hostess stamp set). The end result is that any design in the stamp results in a raised impression in the metal – in this case, the flowers and sentiment – and the outside creates an almost frame-like effect.

My first stamp club was very impressed – they had no idea that the piece was not actual metal when I brought it out.  We’ll see how my other stamp club likes it when they try it out tomorrow night…