diy glitter rulers, with video

I was at the supermarket last week and saw a fabulous glittered ruler, with teal paper (bottom one). I have really cheap rulers from Wibra and at 50cent each I thought I should try and pimp them up.

My rulers have a dip in the centre, so perfect to fill with things.
I've used black glitter card on one, like the one I bought, and the others are made with loose glitter...very messy, but so cool.
In the video I didn't but I made more and I used painters tape to protect the rulers outside the dip...not sure why I didn't think of it from the start, except that I thought I would be more precise.
For my glue I used Creapodge ( a kind of Modge podge) and Glossy Accents. I prefer the Glossy accents to the Creapodge, but you might have better glues. I don't think Multi Medium  Matte is a good idea if you want shiny glitter, cos it will matte them down.

The process is simple, I  made a dam on each side, so the glue wouldn't run off and then filled the dip with the liquid glue and sprinkled glitter on top, pressing it in, then letting it dry over night. And to be sure I added a top coat of Creapodge to seal in all the glitter after I brushed off every bit that was loose. But the glitter that stuck was stuck pretty well, I don;t think you really need a topcoat, except with the paper centre, to protect it.

Craftin Desert Diva creative challenge: designing with dies

 Today’s card  is for the creative challenge (designing with dies/ svgs).

For my card I used the Over the Moon digi stampset and printed her out on marker friendly paper and colored her with alcohol markers. Then cut her and with a white gelpen I gave her a sparkle in her eyes and on the bell a bit of  a shine.

Then I inkblended the background with Distress Oxides and one Versamagic.  I didn’t like the dark at the top, so I printed Sorry on a cardpanel and cut a strip. Mounted that with foamtape at the top. I felt I need sorry to go with my sentiment from Animal Antics, so that worked out nicely.

I diecut the grass from the Outdoor Landscape 2 from a lime green card, the picket fence from white (what else?) and the corn from Harvest border dies set from dark green card, twice.

I then stamped the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink and to make my scene I adhered the fence to the grass and the corn to the fence with Nuvo Deluxe glue, then  mounted the bottom with foamtape and adhered it to the card.

I adhered the cow with the same Nuvo Deluxe glue.

Materials I’ve used:

Craftin Desert Divas:

Harvest Border dies:  http://craftindesertdivas.com/harvest-border-dies/?aff=104

Outdoor Landscape 2:  http://craftindesertdivas.com/outdoor-landscape-2-dies/?aff=104

Animal Antics :  http://craftindesertdivas.com/animal-antics/?aff=104

Over the Moon digi: http://craftindesertdivas.com/over-the-moon-digital-stamp/?aff=104

Inks:

Mermaid Lagoon: http://craftindesertdivas.com/distress-oxide-mermaid-lagoon/?aff=104

Peacock Feathers: http://craftindesertdivas.com/distress-oxide-peacock-feathers/?aff=104

Versamagic: Seabreeze

Versafine Onyx black: http://craftindesertdivas.com/versafine-pigment-ink-pad-onyx-black/?aff=104

Adhesives:

Nuvo  Deluxe adhesive: http://craftindesertdivas.com/nuvo-deluxe-adhesive/?aff=104

Foamtape: http://craftindesertdivas.com/x-press-it-high-tack-foam-mounting-tape-1-4/?aff=104

Other:

Gelpen: http://craftindesertdivas.com/uni-ball-impact-bold-point-gel-pen/?aff=104

Spectrum Noir markers

Crafter’s Companion Neenah paper

For more inspiration from the other Design Team Members, please visit the Craftin Desert Divas blog

Christmas in July

made it...just...
For today's card I used metallic red holographic card and I diecut the word Christmas from it.
I started with a different idea, I wanted to stack a few colors, but the curly bits in the sentiment kind of halted that idea ;-)
 After diecutting, I fitted the stamp inside the openings and used my Stamper's friend to stamp it with Versafine Onyx black ink, a few times to get a nice black print.
I thought the shiney card was enough "bells and whistles" and wanted a stark contrast.
I stamped directly on the cardbase.
Then added liquid glue to the red panel and adhered it on top.
The red panel I made bigger than the cardbase, so I would have "wiggle" room. Fitting it around the sentiment was the most important thing, the bits that  hung over the edge I just cut off.
I stamped the "wishes" from the same set with Versamark onto black card and heat embossed it with Papermania superfine silver powder and mounted it with foamtape.

I have used Marianne Designs Karin Joan set KJ1719. It comes with the shadow die, so it's slightly bigger than the stamp and that works perfectly for this technique.

Het is nog net Christmas in July en dus heb ik een Kerstkaart gemaakt deze week.
Ik had eerst geprobeerd om weer kleuren te stapelen, maar de krul in de C bijvoorbeeld zorgde ervoor dat je niet de volgende laag can verschuiven zonder het gestempelde woord te bedekken. Dus dat idee heb ik maar opzij gelegd.

Ik heb gebruikt de set van Karin Joan voor Marianne Design KJ1719, voor zowel de stans als het woordje Wishes.

Christmas heb ik gestanst  uit rood holografish karton, onder een speelse hoek. Ik heb het rood groter gehouden dan de witte basis. Dit omdat het plaatsen rondom de stempel het belangrijkste element was en ik evt overhangend karton gewoon kon afsnijden, maar als het te klein is of zelfs dezelfde maat en je moet een beetje schuiven, kun je makkelijk een wit hoekje gaan zien, en dat wilde ik niet.
Na het stansen heb ik het rode karton op de witte basis gelegd en de bijpassende Christmas stempel in de opening gelegd,  en met mijn stampingtool opgepakt en gestempeld met Versafine Onyx black inkt. Een paar keer om een mooie zwarte afdruk te krijgen. Ik vond het rode holografische karton echt Kerst-achtig maar ook best druk en dit geeft een mooi grafisch contrast.
Na het stempelen heb ik met vloeibare lijm het rode karton op de kaart geplakt. Vloeibare (tacky) lijm geeft je een speelruimte om wat te schuiven. Toen het op zijn plek zat heb ik de lijm laten drogen en de randjes die overhingen afgeknipt.

Het woord wishes heb ik met Versamark op zwart karton gestempeld en met Papermania superfine zilver poeder "embossed".
Beetje foamtape erachter en recht op de kaart geplakt, wat de speelse hoek weer versterkt.

Coloring Lili of the Valley - Santa Snoozing, video

Today's card is for the Christmas in July "thing" hehe.
Lili of the Valley had a 50% off sale at the end of June and  I got 8 right at the last moment.
I didn't intend to buy anything, that's why, but 50% off is too good a deal to pass ;-)

You can find all their stamps, now digi only at https://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/ , they're are very reasonably priced and you have no postage or waiting times, or custom problems. I used Paypal, not sure if there's other methods.

But I got 8 of their fabulous images and I had colored three already, you can see them in the video and I am coloring up Santa Snoozing, with a kitty on his lap and an Elf on the chair, they must have been very tired delivering pressies.. or gearing up to go? you decide.

I used Spectrum Noir and Illustrator markerson the Crafter's Companion Neenah paper.

Simon Says: Christmas in July Blog Hop!

In honour of Christmas in July and Tim Holtz, Simon Says Stamp has organized a blog hop with loads of inspiration.

So I used Tim Holt products and make a Christmas card...in a heatwave..hehe..I don't mind, because I like making Christmas cards all year round.

For my cards I inkblended Distress oxides and or Versamagics.
For the Tree card I used Iced Spruce, Tumbled glass and Aspen Mist. I spritzed it with water and a water and bleach solution, but my cardstock doesn't play along.
For the second card I sued Tumbled glass, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet and Seabreeze, then on top Cloud white through a circle stencil I made with circle dies. I wanted a bokeh effect.

Then I stamped the images from Stamper Anonymous  (Christmas blueprints cms135) on top with Versamark ink and sprinkled them with Wow! embossing powders ( black twinkle) and heat set it.

For more information on the SImon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.

I also hopped and found 7 presents, but I'm not sure what to do with this info...

Shimmery background

The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is: Add a little sparkle.
The Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is: add a diecut/punch, showcasing Birch Press design.

Now I am not 100% sure but I think Birch Press (and Poppy Stamp) are sister companies of Memory Box, and as I have no Birch Press things, I used the Memory Box die called Enchanted deer collage.

I diecut it from a sturdy panel and then stamped the sentiment with Simon Says Stamp Presents and ornaments set.
For the shimmery background I used Distress inks in a variety of blues and lilacs and I watered it down with Shimmer spray from Tsukineko (sparkle ). I layered a few colors on top.
I started with water and a brush, but I switched to the acrylic block stamping, by adding color to the block, spritz it with Shimmer Spray and "stamp" in onto watercolor paper. Heat setting in between.
I think I used: shaded lilac, tumbled glass and peacock feathers on the first layer, but it was too subtle, so then I grabbed wilted violet, picked raspberry, mermaid lagoon and broken china or salty ocean as well.
Mounted the panel with foam tape and  added some sparkle with silver rhinestones, the elliptical ones kinda matched the leaves in the diecut, and I also added rhinestone noses, not red ones as they aren't reindeer, but it hints at Rudolph I think anyway.



For more information on the Simon Says  Stamp Monday Challenge, see this.
For more information on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, see this.

AAA Cards Challenge #120: Somewhere over the rainbow

This fortnight the challenge is: somewhere over the rainbow.
Our sponsor is Stamplorations.

For my cardbase I masked off the bottom and inkblended Distress inks with mini blending tools (candied apple, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, twisted citron, mowed lawn, mermaid lagoon, wilted violet and picked raspberry. I kind of eyeballed  how wide the colors needed to be to fill the whole bottom, so they're not all the same.
For my image and sentiment I used the Gerda Steiner Moody Unicorns set and I stamped the sentiment with Versafine onyx black ink and the unicorn with Simon Says Stamp intense black ink on the Crafter's Companion Marker paper and I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers.

I mounted the unicorn with some foam tape and adhered him onto the cardbase.

For more information, more examples from the DT member and or to play along the AAA cards Challenge, see this.