Moxie Fab World - Tuesday Trigger - An Exercise in Exotic

Cath posted on the Moxie Fab World this picture as her Tuesday Trigger - An Exercise in Exotic.

Maharani Jewel Box from Sundance

Immediately I was inspired by the colors and the textures and even the blocking.  So here is my take on the card.

I shared my card with my kids and asked them what they thought. There were general thumbs down across the board.  This included the 5-9 population, 10-13 population and the 13 to 15 population. LOL!  They did say it looked like the inspiration photo after I shared it with them.  The other issue they had, was it was too simple. (They know their mom's detail filled style) So I added the sparklies to represent the handles on the doors. :)

I will say that making the pieces was just a pleasure. I was embossing, creating faux metal, and distressing and using lots of fun colors! I even have some other pieces that didn't make it onto the card which inspired new ideas and techniques. 

I hope your Friday is going to be fabulous, leading into a great weekend. 

Suzz

Tag Tuesday Challenge #28

Christmas tags in green, purple and silver is the tag challenge at Louise's blog this week. The best part is the Hero Arts blog challenge this week is also holiday tags. So two challenges in one. :)

I have three tags to share. I started down a path of trying to use this color combination. (3 more rejects on my table right now.)

This was my first attempt... Wasn't sure I really liked how this turned out, so I kept going... Along the way I made a background that I liked and this tag was created.


The tree was from a previous reject. I tried creating the faux metal in the middle of the tag as a strip of faux metal and didn't like how it looked. I didn't want to lose the pretty faux metal. I punched it out and that is how this tree came to be.

The snowflake was a tag I had started previously by stamping with StazOn on the clear acrylic snowflake tag. The Stazon was a light green and you couldn't see it. I also stamped a background stamp with clear sparkly embossing powder. Pretty but difficult to see.

For this challenge I decided to add a layer of iridescent embossing powder over the entire background and heat emboss it. I then added a layer of white embossing powder over the entire surface. I came back and stamped on the front the sentiment using StaZon (Royal Purple) . Edged with the silver krylon pen.

Products:

• Hero Arts - Antique Flower Background
• Hero Arts - Three Holiday Messages
• Penny Black - Joy Seal
• Hero Arts - Poinsettia and Birds
• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
• Embossing Powders - Iridiscent, White, Silver
• StaZon - Royal Purple, Cactus
• Versamark Watermark Inkpad
• Versafine - Imperial Purple
• Aluminum Foil
• Recollections - Pearls
• Ranger Distress Inks - Concord Purple
• EK Success Punch - Tree
• Krylon Paint Pen - Silver

Thanks for stopping by... If you are interested in details on any of the techniques send me an email and I would be happy to share.

Suzz

Scraps week at HA

This weeks challenge for Hero Arts http://heroarts.com/blogs/club/2008/11/17/giving-thanks/ is to use up scraps making thankful cards. I like this as I have a expandable folder with my stamping scraps. Basically anything I create and get stuck on a design I put in this folder.

I started with this piece of faux metal that was created for another challenge.


Recipe:

1. Start with a 4 x 6 inch piece of white cardstock.
2. Versamark the entire surface. Cover with the Copper Embossing powder. Heat Emboss.
3. Repeat 4 times. The embossing powder I used was Judikens and is thicker which provides a nice thickness to embed your image.
4. Versamark your stamp to prevent if from sticking in the embossing powder.
5. Heat up the embossed surface until the embossing powder is liquid.
6. Stamp image into embossing powder. Leave stamp in the melted embossing powder for 30 seconds until it cools.

Helpful Hints: I had issues with this piece as it was larger and needed to be kept flat. So I tried mounting it on my card which caused it to crack and then I heated it a little aftewards to remove the cracks which caused me to lose definition of my image in areas. So after you finish while it is still flexible make sure to put something on it to keep it flat.

Products:

• Hero Arts DesignBlock Birds & Swirls
• Hero Arts Sparkle Design Anytime Messages
• Versamark
• Judikins Copper Embossing Powder
• K&Co Gems
• Paper Studio Lace Trim

Thanks for looking...