oh my goodness wait till you see what I played with this morning
but first let me give the scoop
first it's Lesley turn to come up with our challenge - It's a colour challenge
she did such a wonderful job of creating these colours!
take a look
and Nancy put them in these beautiful little flowers
what a great team we have I am so proud of them!
ouh and I have another little bit of news
sadly my sis is away this weekend - I know we will miss her but she is putting on a huge event!
I am happy for her!
But we will miss her uh??
okay so today I tried a new technique
it was on splitcoast but it did not use Stampin Up Product
sooooooooooooooo oh yha what did I do??? I did it with
ALL STAMPIN UP product
and then I went further and I invented a brand new technique using some of the same products but some of other ones
and I am really think that I may hold out on this one just show you the photo and actually play with this idea for some of my convention swaps - wouldn't that be so cool???
okay so the technique was called
Encaustic
but I did the Carole'Anne way he he :-)
Surprised??
lol
Supplies I used
oh I want to say that I had lot's of trial and errors here before I decided exactly how I would do this
okay supplies
WATER COLOUR CRAYONS
WHITE GLOSSY CARD STOCK
AN IRON (MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE STEAM OFF)
ALOT OF BABY WIPES (HE HE )
SCRAP PAPER
A DOSE OF PATIENCES WOULD ALSO BE GOOD
TOOK ME 3 HOURS TO MASTER IT HE HE
so my first step
is that I took my iron right on top of my glossy cardstock
I am heating up my cardstock
this is a better photo of how I heated up the glossy card stock
okay now get make sure before you start this part
you have your water colour crayons ready to draw on you hot glossy cardstock
I started with colur with my crayons
then add a little white crayon right only your iron
now go hard he he
just sweep your hot iron right over your coloured card stock
make sure to wipe up your iron
I have an iron specifically for crafting and it never leaves my craft room
I used my hot iron
and used the tip to make grass marks
looks soooooooooooooo cool uh?
now I am going to use the good old trusty stamp set
The set is Called
Lovely as a Tree
its such a wonderful set
then I used Black Craft ink and I stamped the tree
and then ouh yes I pushed the limits
yes ME push the limits
(see I tried with staz on it was not dark enough - and craft ink don't dry well)
so yha I embossed it
lol
and it worked
yhe
then I cut these in half
well I am not doing too bad for tine and now I just need some card stock and a greeting
oh yes and I added a few little birds I just drew them in with my black stampin marker
now for my greeting
now I am ready to adhere and add brads
but you know that Madame Vilaine is about to win right?
okay I am almost done
phew what a long post
I am having issues with posting photos today I am not sure if its typepad
but each photo is taking anywhere from 10 to 12 min
I have been hard at it since 5:45
but the good news is that I am almost done posting
and then you can go visit our fabulous Design Team
make sure to give them some love
I will reveal the fabulous Blog Candy tomorrow
12 min and 46 sec.
I failed sad
my daring tree embossed
and my greeting
okay one more photo for you and I will be out of here
I am sorry this is posted so late
I do hope you enjoyed my version of this cool technique
and there we go
and oh my goodness I am sooooooooooo happy that this post is over
I am off to work
Hi Ho Hi Ho he he
okay so please don't forget to visit our hard working Design team okay wishing you a super FABULOUS
FRIDAY
see yha tomorrow
embossed hug from
me
Carole'Anne M. Sluchinski
AKA Stampin Stressaway
Yummy color combination! I posted mine!
Posted by: LeAnne | 05/27/2010 at 05:54 AM
Great spin on this technique!! I have a mini craft iron that I purchase at my local craft store--flat, non-stick, no holes bottom--that would be perfect for this technique. I'll have to give it a try.
Posted by: Carol | 05/23/2010 at 08:55 PM
Oh wow, how awesome. I've seen the encaustic wax technique before but you are so clever to think of using the crayons. Beautiful card.
Posted by: Leigh | 05/23/2010 at 07:02 PM
This is beautiful Carole-anne Love the card and want to try the techniques -- but first I need an iron - I'm not sure that I want to use the one that I use for sewing/quilting!!! It wouldn't be pretty!
Thanks for the great tutorial.
Posted by: Linda | 05/22/2010 at 02:23 PM
Wow what a cool twist on this technique. I like the fact that you used SU products. Thanks for that. Now to get a flat iron...... Have a great weekend Carole'Anne
Posted by: Patrice Herrera | 05/22/2010 at 11:00 AM
You are so brave to try this new technique! I read about it when the Weekly Inkling came out, but I just couldn't wrap my head arounf it. You made it look so easy! I love that you found a way to substitute SU supplies!
Posted by: Darla Benson | 05/21/2010 at 09:42 PM
Oh this card is so beautiful!
Rhonda
Posted by: Rhonda | 05/21/2010 at 08:02 PM
Very neat technique ... I guess it's a good plan to have a 'designated' iron! Unless we step it up a little on hubby's shirt ... hummmm. Your design team is doing some awesome stuff as well!
Posted by: Colett R | 05/21/2010 at 05:22 PM
Great card. I wonder about you sometimes, Carole'Anne. What won't you try next to get a unique background technique!!
Posted by: Sage Kimble | 05/21/2010 at 05:07 PM
It's a really pretty card and I love the technique.
Posted by: christina d | 05/21/2010 at 04:54 PM
Beautiful!You are so smart my friend. You always show us new and different things.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your new design team. I visited every one of them.
Don't forget my pic of Max tomorrow. : )
Big HUG to you and belly rubs to my furry friends.
Posted by: Tammy Jackson | 05/21/2010 at 04:16 PM
Neat technique.
Posted by: lisa808 | 05/21/2010 at 02:51 PM
So I'm lookin at my iron. How often do I iron, you ask? Not! I'm thinkin I need to add this to my inventory. I'll do it! If Hubby asks, I'll say CaroleAnne and Max made me!!! Hee hee!
Sharon L and Tessa
Posted by: Sharon L | 05/21/2010 at 02:41 PM
This is great. You are such an inventor. You little Einstein you. Thanks for spending the long time it took to make this for us. You are so ingenious and smart and cute. Did that make you feel good? Good, I was trying. I miss Sandi and hope she is having a wonderful time. Roscoe says hi to the fur kids.
Carey Rogers
aka Roscoe's mommy
Posted by: Carey Rogers | 05/21/2010 at 12:11 PM
Cool technique - I'll have to give it a try.
Love the finished project!
Cynthia
Posted by: Cynthia Stevenson | 05/21/2010 at 11:19 AM
Too Funny... I have a place bookmarked to try using the crayons to melt with the iron! So now, even more a challenge... thax for the inspiration. Love your card Nancy
Posted by: Nancy Dawson | 05/21/2010 at 11:06 AM
Oh, I love this technique. Going to go buy a cheap iron so I can do this. I have the watercolor crayons and hardly ever use them as I don't know all they can do. Can't wait to see your convention swaps!
Robbie
Posted by: Robbie Rubala | 05/21/2010 at 10:55 AM
I love the card. I have that stamp set and never use it much. Now I will drag it out with the crayons and iron. Fun weekend ahead for me since hubby will be working.
Posted by: Roberta Fieth-Bond | 05/21/2010 at 09:45 AM
Love the card, it's great. (do you remember taking your old crayons when you were a child and holding them against a hot light bulb?)
Posted by: Chris in CO. | 05/21/2010 at 09:37 AM
Mr Linky????
Posted by: Darla Benson | 05/21/2010 at 09:18 AM