Saturday Savers: Opposites week - GIO

Hi, 
Opposites for Gio are masculine VS feminine, with a couple of business card holders she upcycled and which would make a perfect little gift. 
Gio simply cut out the plastic sleeves from the old holder and made a new one using Pop Art Canvas.
She also used templates/masks along with misters to achieve the effect on the background.
Love the idea of the map too. They look fantastic me think. 

What do you think? Would love to read your comments below. 

 I folded one sheet of Pebeo Cotton Pop Art canvas pad - A4 in half and I cut in two.

For the men version: I laid one of them on the craft sheet and I sprayed through a Tando Masks - Andy Skinner: 12x3 Burning rubber different colours of Cosmic Shimmer Mister. 

Tip: Always clean the inked masks on a piece of book page or a blank AJ page.

When dry, I stamped randomly using different colours of  Archival ink and some stamps from Oxford Impressions: London Telegraph plate. I stamped the man face on a piece of gessoed book page and I cut it out. I glued it to the canvas.

For the  back, I glued a long piece of a map using Pebeo Studio matte gel, I added a zig zag border with the sewing machine, and I sewed the business card sleeves in the centre . I made the little belt out of leftovers.

 For the ladies version: I laid the second canvas strip on the craft sheet and I sprayed through The Crafters Workshop template - Flower shower different colours of Cosmic Shimmer Misters. When dry, I stamped random using different colours of  Archival ink and some stamps from CI-335 - A ladys boudoir  plate. I stamped the woman face  and other details on a piece of gessoed book page and I cut them out.  I glued them to the canvas.

For the  back, I glued a long piece of a vintage magazine page using Pebeo Studio matte gel, I added a zig zag border with the sewing machine, and I sewed the business card sleeves in the centre . I made the little belt out of leftovers.

For the business cards: I glued the book pages where I cleaned the masks to a piece of cardstock cut to size. I lightly gessoed them and I stamped them using Archival ink pad and some stamps from Oxford Impressions: London Telegraph plate.

Pebeo Cotton Pop Art canvas pad - A4 

Cosmic Shimmer Mister

The Crafters Workshop template - Flower shower

Tando Masks - Andy Skinner: 12x3 Burning rubber 

Oxford Impressions stamps: London Telegraph  

Black Jet Archival ink     

CI-335 - A ladys boudoir  

Tim Holtz embellishments: Tissue Tape  

Pebeo Studio acrylic auxiliaries: Gesso 250 ml  

Pebeo Studio acrylic auxiliaries: Studio matte gel 

See you tomorrow

Opposites week - Karen

Hi, 
Karen's choice of "opposites" is Day and Night. A couple of beautiful sample for you, which really reflect the day and night through the painting, colours and embossing.
Karen used a Tando Creative Arabian Style Layered Arch Frame. 
Let's see how she made it.. 

When you buy Tando Creative, you often get the 'waste' put in the bag as well.  I have used the 'waste' from the Arabian Style Layered Arch Frame.  They are a lovely shape & size to work on. I gessoed them first then painted a scene with lots of Fresco Paints, mixing colours as I needed to. (they mix and blend beautifully).  

The gorgeous elephants are from a Craft Individuals stamp...I painted some thin card first then stamped in black. When dry they were clear embossed before cutting out.  The painted chipboard has also been clear embossed.  Some Treasure Gold Classic was rubbed around before I added the string around the bottom.  The elephants and sentiment have been attached with foam pads.  

I threaded string through a hole at the top to hang.

Karen used

Tando Creative Arabian Style Layered Arch Frame

Crafty Individuals - On Safari - CI-390

PaperArtsy Fresco Paints: Sage, Guacamole, Cheesecake, Claret, Pumpkin Soup, Stone, Little Black Dress, Ice Blue and Inky Pool

Treasure Gold - Classic

Clear Embossing Powder

See you tomorrow

Opposites week - Sylvie

Hi, 
Opposites will be bright VS pastel... or modern VS shabby with Sylvie today. Once again, same stamps are used but the change in style and colours really make them totally different.
Looking forward to your comments below.

For the pastel background, press your ink pads on the craft sheet, spray with a bit of water and press your cardstock onto the ink. Dry with a heat tool. 

Add the diamonds using the Harlequin mask and Distress inks

For the bright background, apply some paint on the Craft Sheet, spray with a bit of water and press your card onto it. 

 You will end up with a different (thicker) effect than with the Distress inks. You can use some kitchen towel to dab off the excess paint.

Use the mask and Distress inks, but with darker colours this time (Picked Raspberry and Barn Door)

Stamp the images by Lindsay Mason, colour and cut them out

Tear your paper, ink the edges with Distress inks (Black Soot for the bright card, Broken China for the shabby) and glue them on your card

Stamp a few flowers and leaves

Stamp the flowers several time on white cardstock, colour and cut them out to make 3D flowers

For these cards, I added a little flap on the right (made with paper inked the same way as the backgrounds)

and I stamped the text from the same stamp plate

I added ribbons to both cards, as well as a few Kaisercraft roses on the Shabby card and a music notes from Tando Creative.

The girls are glued to the card with 3D foam squares

Matériel utilisé:

Woodware ribbons satin (bright pink et yellow)

Artemio ribbons "flowers" 

Dreamweaver embellishment pins

Pebeo Studio paints (fluo yellow, orange, pink) 

Archival ink pad: Black Jet

Distress ink pads: Barn Door, Black Soot, Broken China, Spun Sugar, Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry)

Ranger pens white

Lindsay Mason Clear stamps: Hopeful Harriet

Tando Creative Mini range: Music

The Crafters Workshop templates: Harlequin

Kaisercraft paper blooms: Sea Breeze

Kaisercraft self-adhesive rhinestones: Orange et Aqua Marine

Promomarkers 

Distress stains: Squeezed Lemonade, Evergreen Bough, Salty Ocean, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry)

See you tomorrow