tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60171922292573915732024-03-14T07:58:28.684+11:00Twiddleybitz Chipboard and CraftTrudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-9314934990306935422013-07-26T13:35:00.000+10:002013-07-26T13:35:32.022+10:00A Shabby Shadow Box<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I've altered another Twiddleybitz shadow box!!</div>
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I could not resist doing a bit of shabby chic for this one </div>
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Once the shadowbox was assembled using PVA, I started with Ferro Iron to cover the outsides (that's the brown); then rubbed over the surface with Inka Gold - I LOVE how this brings out all the texture!</div>
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Then I used Viva Stone Art on the frame and attached it at certain points only, with hot glue - it's curved as it was slightly bigger than the frame...<br />
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Added some gorgeous hand-made items, charms, and flowers (after spraying with gold perfect pearls mists) from my2angels<br />
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I then glued some tea-stained muslin inside the box. All done and ready for a keepsake :-)<br />
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<u>Twiddleybits Products Used</u>:<br />
Twiddleybitz - <a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/products/1974-sbs001.aspx">Shadow Box Sm; Card size (SBS001)</a><br />
Twiddleybitz - <a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/products/3155-ov004.aspx">Small Vintage Overlay (OV004)</a><br />
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Other Products Used:<br />
Viva Decore - Ferro, Textured Paint (Iron)<br />
Viva Decore' - Inka Gold (Gold)<br />
Viva Decore' - Stone Art<br />
My2angels - Shabby Brown Charming Embellishments<br />
My2angels - Large Antique Bronze Key<br />
My2angels - Antique Bronze Large Flower Filigree<br />
My2angels - Set of keys on ring charm<br />
My2angels - Two-tone Brown Cherry Blossoms (Flowers)<br />
My2angels - Muslin<br />
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Thanks for joining me today - I hope you enjoyed my post and will try our gorgeous range of Shadow Boxes. It really doesn't matter what your scrapping style is - we have one perfect for you!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-8441199177577911932013-07-08T08:00:00.000+10:002013-07-08T08:00:03.861+10:00Altering Chipboard with Trudi Harrison<div style="text-align: center;">
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Our Design Team gal <a href="http://www.scrappinwitht.blogspot.com.au/">TRUDI HARRISON</a> is with us today. </div>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is one way which Trudi really likes to alter Twiddleybitz chipboard. This technique is great for adding texture and interest and the colours can easily be altered to suit any project. </span></div>
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Ink - I used VersaMagic Oasis Green and Prima Brick Wall</div>
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Distress Stain - I used Peacock Feathers</div>
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Distress Paint Tarnished Brass or Aidrondack Metallic Gold Paint Dabber</div>
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Twinklets Diamond Dust</div>
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Heidi Swapp Color Shine - I used Georgia Peach</div>
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I am showing this technique using Twiddleybitz Chipboard BOR009 Flourish Spray Border. </div>
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Dab Oasis Green Ink over the chipboard piece and allow to dry.</div>
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Go over the piece with Peacock Feathers Distress Stain. You may like to give the piece a couple of applications depending on the depth of colour. </div>
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Randomly dab Brick Wall ink over the piece and allow to dry.</div>
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Apply some wet clear drying glue over some of the areas. Sprinkle with diamond dust. Tap off the access and allow to dry.</div>
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<i>**Improvise with chunky glitter if you don't have diamond dust**</i></div>
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Spray over the applied diamond dust with color spray and allow to dry. A couple of applications may be needed again depending on the depth you want to achieve.</div>
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Dab a little Tarnished Brass Distress Paint around the edges and randomly over the top. Metallic gold paint also looks terrific.</div>
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Dab a little more Peacock Feathers Distress Stain over some of the diamond dust.</div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-14422657030527698112013-06-28T08:00:00.001+10:002013-06-28T08:00:03.389+10:00Ngaire's Gate Book in Review<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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All this week Ngaire Gilligan has been sharing her creative process for altering our BK016 Gate Book.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">I</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">n this post Ngaire shows us the GATE BOOK as it is - finished. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">So here are the front covers – it’s hard to get them to stay closed without the chain closure done up …</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">But you can see here that the chain does it nicely – keeps all the gorgeousness under control.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I’ve used the </span><a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2032-alpha005b.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Itty Bitty Alphabet</strong></em> </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">(ALPHA005B) for my title. I popped it onto the inner gate cover panel so that it shows through the opening in the ‘gate’.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Here’s the inside left cover. The embellishment cluster was designed around the stunning </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Twiddleybitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2137-spk002.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Flying Butterfly Clock – Steam</strong> </em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">(SPK002) piece.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The right inner cover is a little less ‘fussy’, but still very pretty.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The centre page has these lovely corner chipboard swirls, which are from the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Swirls Pack 8 pieces</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">(SPK002) – this is a ‘show special’ pack from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Twiddleybitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next page features part of a <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2432-cf002.aspx" style="color: #105cb6; line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Roman Clock Face Small</strong> </em></a>(CF002), as well as a leaf stem from the <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2205-fer002.aspx" style="color: #105cb6; line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Fine Fern Leaves Assorted</strong></em></a> (FER002) pack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">One of my favourite pieces of chippy is on the next page. Got to love an </span><a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2088-eif001.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Eiffel Tower</strong></em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">(EIF001) for the ultimate girly glamour symbol – especially when it sparkles like this one.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve had so much fun with this mini album. As most of you who regularly visit my blog know, I usually make my own from scratch – so it was nice to have one all ready made for me – particularly since it had a defined number of pages and wasn’t the ever endless versions I seem to make. This one was even more interesting in the way it all went together – a bit tricky though with the differing opening pattern for the pages – because I had to think about how each page would look against the one behind it when opened up.</span></span></div>
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Welcome back to Ngaire's next installment in recreating her altered Gate Book.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Let’s continue with the mini album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love this patterned paper <em><strong>Olive</strong></em>. Such a lovely gold colour and the background pattern is very pretty. It really rocks against the black (inked) edges on the chipboard page too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I accidentally deleted a couple of the photo steps here – but they are pretty simple - so I can pop them all together here and you can still clearly see what I did. Down the left side of the page I randomly attached 3 of the word strips from the <em><strong>Sticker Sheet</strong></em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Below this, I placed a circular die cut element from the <em><strong>Collectibles</strong> </em>pack over a decorative circular piece I cut using a <strong>Die-namics</strong> die. Because it was going to overlap the edge of the page, I actually cut out two of them and glued them together so that both sides show the same black patterned paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before attaching the circular die cut – I cut along the black strip that contains the word ‘memory’, as I intend inserting another embellishment under the word strip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">A die cut strip of grey lace was placed under the circle die cut, but over the fancy die cut. The photo is going to go over part of the lace strip – so I used the photo to help me ‘place’ it in the correct position.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Now for the photo – one of my favourites from 2011.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">The main decorative element on this page is the gorgeous </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em>Eiffel Tower</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2088-eif001.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px;"><em><strong>(EIF001)</strong></em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> from</span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Twiddleybitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">. Again – the finish is multi-layered. Start with a sparkly gold ink …</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">then add a little black ink here and there to ‘age’ the chipboard a little…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">and finish up with some </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em>Crystalina</em> Kindyglitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> – which is heated with a heat-gun until</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">some</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> of the ‘sparkle’ transmutes into a duller, golden glimmer. You get a random pattern of sparkle and glimmer – which looks very interesting – and less overwhelming than the full sparkle alone does.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve slipped the tower up under the ‘memory’ word strip in the die cut circle so that it also ‘ende’ off the photo..</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">And then to finish it all off – I added a small bronze butterfly charm which had been liberally coated with yet more </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em>Crystalina</em> Kindyglitz.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">T</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">he journalling for this page is going on a tag that I intend hiding behind the photo. Keeping it simple – I took a journalling panel from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em>Pistachio </em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">and inked the edges of it – before adding several die cut elements (the cotton reel is from the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Collectibles Pack</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> and the clockface is from one of the papers); one of these cute little </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Mini Keys</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"></span><a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/3320-mini004.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px;"><em><strong>(MINI004)</strong></em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Twiddleybitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">; and a bit of black crinkled ribbon. The key got the same treatment as the Eiffel Tower and looks way better in real life than in this photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next page comes as part of a ‘set’ – so I’ll put all those together in my next post.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I hope you are enjoying working through the mini – if you have any questions about it – please feel free to ask me.</span></div>
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<br />Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-61935478157974337962013-06-25T08:00:00.000+10:002013-06-25T08:00:04.225+10:00Part 2-Twiddleybitz Gate Book with Ngaire Gilligan <div style="text-align: center;">
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Ngaire Gilligan is back with us today sharing the next step in recreating her altered Gate Book.</div>
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So here we go:</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">The inner side of the front cover pages have been designed to match the first full page of the album. The base paper for all 3 pages, is the pretty, blue reverse side of</span><em style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong>Quince</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">. The main page included part of the floral design on this paper, but the inner cover pages use the plain blue section of the paper.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The main embellishment on the left inner cover is this gorgeous <strong>Twiddleybitz</strong> <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2137-spk002.aspx" style="color: #105cb6;"><em><strong>Flying Butterfly Clock – Steam</strong> </em></a>(SPK002). The final finish comes from a layered approach to the mediums applied to it. I started with an application of cream paint (<em><strong>Antique White</strong> </em>from <strong>Kaiser</strong>). When you want a pale or light coloured finish to chipboard it is often best to apply a white/cream paint to start with, so that the chipboard colour itself does not alter/overshadow the final colour.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">The next step is to apply </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>Iridescent Gold</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Glimmermist</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> so that you get a shimmery gold look to the chipboard. Although you are going to add in further medium layers, applying a shimmer now will allow it to show through in the background.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">The next step was to coat the butterfly in </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em>Rock Candy Crackle Paint</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> and allow to dry. It’s best not to use your heat gun on this, as the crackle does not work well with a heat gun – but once the crackle process is well underway, you can use a light application of heat to ‘extend’ the crackle. How cool does this look?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Although this stage in the process is lovely – it is too pale for the colours used in the mini – so I need to darken it a little. I’ve done this by applying a darker colour to the crackle finish (in this case</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong> Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">) and rubbing it into the cracks in the crackle paint so that it emphasises the cracks and darkens the finish. To further grunge it up a little I also rubbed a small amount of black ink into the edges of the chipboard. So here is the final piece – full of interest and texture and an underlying glimmer.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">When starting with the embellishing of the left inner page I popped a section of hand cut flowers (from the floral pattern on </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong>Quince</strong>) </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">on the right hand edge of the page. Like most cut out pieces I do, I’ve applied some matching ink to the edges of the cut out elements to help hide the sharp white edge you get from cutting them out of the paper.</span></span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">One of the ticket die cuts (with complimentary colours to the paper) from the</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Collectibles</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">pack was next.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Next comes my gorgeous butterfly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">And then some of the word pennants from the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Collectibles</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">pack.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">And the finishing touch – a small cream (no brand) flower – which has been sprayed with a light misting of </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Iridescent Gold</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"> </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">Glimmermist</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Here is the page in the album.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">And another close-up of that gorgeous pattern on the butterfly…</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The middle page has this gorgeous floral pattern down one side and I love that so much, that I didn’t want to hide it very much. The photo takes up most of the rest of the blank space on the page, so the trick is to try and embellish around the photo – leaving as much of that pretty pattern as possible.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">To make the most of the space, I’ve chosen to use some corners from the</span><em style="color: #333333; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;"> Swirls Pack 8 pieces</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">(SPK002) which I am going to tuck under the photo corners and have protruding over the edge of the page. For this page I want to emphasise the white/gold combination on the page (since the photo has some white on it too) so I’ve chosen gold ink and a white/gold embossing enamel finish for the chippy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I’ve started off with my go-to<strong style="line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"> Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink </em></strong>for the base layer …</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">and finished it off with this lovely </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Stampendous <em style="line-height: inherit;">Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel</em></strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">. It’s a mixture of off-white with this stunning gold fleck mixed in here and there. Love it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">And here the corners are, tucked in under opposing corners of the photo.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I found this lovely little journalling spot in the</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;"> </span><em style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">6.5″ Paper Pad</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">- it was perfect popped into a space in the floral pattern. I also added in a small bit of hand cut flowers that were left over from the left (inside) cover page.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; line-height: normal; text-align: start;"> </span><span style="text-align: start;">The final touches were a hand cut butterfly for the top right corner – which was looking a bit bare – and a journalling tag from the</span><span style="text-align: start;"> </span><em style="line-height: inherit; text-align: start;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Collectibles</strong> </em><span style="text-align: start;">pack. I added a length of black ribbon to the tag and popped it in behind the photo. Most of the photos in this album have been adhered with dimensional tape for the purpose of allowing me to hide the journalling tags behind the photo.</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="line-height: inherit;"><a href="http://ngaireg.wordpress.com/2012/12/22/twiddleybitz-gate-mini-album-tutorial-part-2/img_3334/" rel="attachment wp-att-2435" style="color: #105cb6; line-height: inherit;"></a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">The inside, right cover has been kept pretty simple – partially because the left side is so complex and dimensional and partially because I really wanted to feature the die cut quote panel. After cutting out and trimming the panel, I lightly inked the edges so that it would stand out from the background paper a little better. Underneath it I put a bit of muslin fabric, which I had pulled apart at the edges a little to make it look fragile and delicate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The only addition to the page is a trio of the small flowers I’ve used throughout the album. It’s nice to repeat elements so as to make sure that the various pages are linked throughout the whole mini.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">Here is the same page in the finished album.</span></div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-74574086798396105102013-06-24T08:00:00.000+10:002013-06-24T08:00:00.627+10:00Part 1- Twiddleybitz Gate Book with Ngaire Gilligan <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; padding: 10px 0px 0px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are in for a real treat this week as our Design Team Member <a href="http://ngaireg.wordpress.com/">NGAIRE GILLIGAN</a> takes us through her creative process for altering our <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/3325-bk016.aspx">BK016 GATE BOOK</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hasn't Ngaire done a fabulous job!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> So let’s make a start with the gates and cover pages.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">[Apologies on the quality of some of my photos during the putting together of the album. Most of it was done late at night and the lighting reflects that.]</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To create the cover pages that will be seen through the wrought iron gates, I first inked the edges of the chipboard with <em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Black Soot Distress Stain</strong></em>. This gave me a ‘finished’ edge to them – making it easier to add patterned paper without needing to cut it exactly.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Before beginning the mini album I picked out the photos I wanted to use. Most of them have our old, faded grey paling fence in the background behind my daughter. I wanted to reproduce this fence as part of the mini album and the paling fence pattern of the<strong style="line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Willow</em> </strong>paper in the <strong style="line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Pickled Pear</em></strong> range allowed me to do this easily.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I trimmed down two pieces of <em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Willow</strong> </em>to match the size of the gate covers and another to match the back cover. This is easiest to do by tracing around the chipboard pieces, using them as templates. Then I trimmed them down a further 0.5 cm along all edges. I’m going to use the piece meant for the back cover for all the images that go with my explanation of the process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once you have it trimmed down to size, you need to use a distressing tool (a proper<strong>Heidi Swapp</strong> or <strong>Tim Holtz</strong> one works best – though a pair of scissors will do fine too) along all the edges to rip and distress them. Add in some additional bigger rips here and there and tear some ‘holes’ in the fence in a couple of places. I’ve popped it back onto the chipboard cover here, so you can see how well the holes will contrast against the patterned paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The next step is to use a black ink (try to use an old pad if you can, so that the ink is not heavy and black, but is faded) along all the edges. It is important to ink down along the rips and tears to age them as well. A little bit of ‘overspray’ to the inking is fine too – see the 2 rip holes below for what I mean.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The final touch is to lightly wipe the ink pad across the paper here and there, so that you leave a light smattering of ink. A sort of smudgy look. This will ‘age’ the fence panels in the un-ripped sections to match the edges/rips. Have a good look at the following image and compare it to the one before it – you should be able to see that the second image is grungier than the first.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">When you are happy with how they look – attach the fence panels to the chipboard cover with dimensional tape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">And here is the one on the left after I put the mini album title on it. I’ve used the </span><a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2032-alpha005b.aspx" style="background-color: white; color: #105cb6; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Itty Bitty Alphabet</strong></em> </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">(ALPHA005B) from </span><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">Twiddleybitz</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> for my title. These particular alphas are black to start with – but I added some black </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Kindyglitz</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">to them to make them sparkle a little. Although it’s a similar product to </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Black Soot Distress Stickles</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"> – the finish is very different. The </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Kindyglitz</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">has less texture to it, the ‘black’ is more pronounced and the glitter is more evenly spread compared to the </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Distress Stickles</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">. Apologies that you cannot see the sparkle on the alphas – </span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Kindyglitz</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">is notoriously hard to capture properly in photos without using a flash and doing that would have flashed out everything else.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I like the back of my mini albums to be fairly flat and not overly embellished – so all I added to it was a simple journalling spot and a couple of word strips – all from the</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Collectibles</strong> </em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">pack.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">I wanted a wrought iron feel to the actual gates themselves, but at the same time I wanted them to be pretty and feminine. I got the best of both worlds by producing a glittery, rusted look to them by using the following process.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ink the gates with a shimmery gold ink. It needs to be nice and thick. I’ve used <strong style="line-height: inherit;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Galaxy Gold Brilliance Ink</em></strong> from <strong style="line-height: inherit;">Dew Drop</strong>. Then heat gun it to make it set. Check out the shimmer – this is one gorgeous ink.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">I wanted a dual-tone look to the gates – so over the gold I randomly applied some</span><em style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Weathered Wood Distress Ink</strong></em><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; text-align: left;">. It matches the dominant blue in the paper range really well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To get the rusty look I needed 2 stages – the first was to rub over the gate randomly with <em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Black Soot Distress Ink</strong></em> and then heat gun the gate to set all the inks. You can still see bits of the <em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Weathered Wood</strong></em> here and there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The second half of the process is to add a thick layer of <strong><em style="line-height: inherit;">Black Soot Distress Stickles</em></strong>and dry this with a heat gun. You get this lovely sparkly look that is both grungy and textured at the same time.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Georgia, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: inherit;"><a href="http://ngaireg.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/twiddleybitz-gate-mini-album-tutorial-part-1/img_3280/" rel="attachment wp-att-2420" style="color: #105cb6; line-height: inherit;"></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once my gate – both sides – was done, it was time to add embellishments. That’s a rather organic process – so it is a bit hard to take photos step by step thoughout. I pulled apart two <strong style="line-height: inherit;">Prima</strong> arrangements – one relatively recent vine with plastic leaves and flowers; and a much older bouquet-style arrangement of paper flowers. The yellows, light green and white of the flowers were a perfect match for the <em style="line-height: inherit;"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Pickled Pear </strong></em>paper range. To the gate on the left I added a small bronze filagree butterfly charm.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To attach the flowers to the gate I first entwined them around the ‘rails’ with whatever bits of stem and vine I could. Then I added a few touches of glue here and there to make sure they all stay put. I prefer using <strong style="line-height: inherit;">Tombow</strong> glue (the white/green container) but sometimes I find it doesn’t hold up to high level use – so I’m not sure how it will cope with heavy duty handling – but for just looking at – it should all stay put.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here’s the completed left gate over it’s matching cover.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And here is the left gate as it appears in the finished album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Another shot – this time looking on the ribbons that are tied around the “rings” holding the album together. I used a variety of ribbon styles, widths and colours (even some tulle netting) and tied some of them into bows, leaving others just as tied on strands.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">(A note on the rings – they are silver – not my preferred colour, which is bronze. I can’t find any large bronze rings – well, I can’t find bronze rings of any size actually. Sigh – I will settle for black if I can find them – even a cream or green to match the paper colours. Anything is better than the silver. I live in hope of finding some.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">The other side of the gate has a matching floral cluster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">To finish off this side of the gate – since the other side got the title – I popped a couple of the die cut butterflies from the </span><strong style="color: #333333; line-height: 18px;"><em style="line-height: inherit;">Collectibles Pack</em> </strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 18px;">together and then put them over one of the journalling spots from the same pack. This is slightly smaller in size than the hole in the gate – so to keep it in place, I punched out an acetate circle and glued that to the underside of the gate and then glued the journalling spot to the front of that.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">And here is the right gate as it appears on the finished album.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And now both gates together. The final touch to the gates was to add a little bronze chain wrapped around the gate. This was then emvellished with a bronze key and lock charm set, a bronze butterfly dangle charm and some pearls. The chain has been wrapped around both gates indpendently and then the final length is used to tie them together. You open up the chain by undoing the lobster clasp holding the two ends together. As you can see, without this, the album has a tendency to gape open.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">A close up of that gorgeous chain/charm album closure.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px;">With the gate covers done it’s time to move onto the inner pages. Check them out in up-coming posts.</span></div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-84824835613468440132013-06-17T14:34:00.000+10:002013-06-17T14:40:32.731+10:00Jo Johnson - Using those left over chipboard bits and pieces, even the packaging.<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
Scrapbooking with those left over pieces
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Hi everyone Jo here, with a page for <a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/default.aspx">Twiddleybitz</a> using all those left over bits and pieces. I am definitely a hoarder
when it comes to chipboard scraps. I never throw anything away, what
might be packaging for some, is definitely must keeps for me. I also
collect buttons, I never throw out a button if I am throwing an old shirt or something away. But just for the
record, crafting supplies is all that I hoard, the rest of the house is
totally tidy and nothing is kept just in case. I love all the frames
that hold the chipboard in place when you purchase it. So for this
layout, that's what I started with.<br />
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I used some left over plasterers tape from when we did a house
renovation, I put that on the page. Then on the left hand side I used a
frame from a Twiddleybitz <a href="http://www.twiddleybitz.com.au/category/34-tweenies-inchies.aspx">grab bag</a>. I also had a piece of chicken wire
chipboard as seen on the bottom of the photo below, form a double page
layout challenge, that I had to cut off because I just couldn't get
anymore of on the page. You can see some flourishes and swirls in
amongst the buttons. <br />
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I also had some other pieces of chipboard cut offs that I added to the
mix. I glued it all down, and then layered buttons over the top and
round it. Sometimes you end up layering over the top of your chipboard,
but it all adds to the height and the look. I also had a few
embellishments like the plastic car button that I added to the layout.
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There are a couple of squares again from a grab bag just up from the
clock and to the right, and more flourishes and bits and pieces, I then
sprayed it all to give it a good colour. I started with the brown,
dried it off and then added some blue to lift the page.</div>
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I added this lovely clock in, and the little green frog and the tape
measure strip that I had left from another project. I added some metal
looking buttons and then decided a few flowers to add a bit of texture.</div>
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Finally I added the key and the words cherished and lovable. So this is my page dedicated to left overs. </div>
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So don't throw all those little chipboard gems away, use them on your
layouts. If you make a leftover layout, tell us about it. Load it on to
the Twiddleybitz ning, we would love to see it. <a href="http://twiddleybitz.ning.com/">http://twiddleybitz.ning.com </a></div>
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Hi Everyone - Jen here today! I had a great time getting messy with this! I wanted to use more than one photo on the layout as a recent request from Twiddlyebitz DT Bosses called for multi-photo layouts!<br />
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I sponged distress ink though the Twiddleybitz Chicken Wire template onto the background and overstamped with a compass stamp from Darkroom Door's Discover, Essentials 9 Collection.<br />
I altered the chicken mesh wire using Claudine Hellmuth Multi-medium gloss.<br />
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The more I added, the more it clumped nicely to represent the seaweed and stuff hanging from the net in the photos.<br />
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I force-dried it with my heat-gun and sprayed it it with an array of mists...<br />
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I used the Stampendous Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel on my title and the new Sunfish - both Twiddleybitz chipboard pieces. I added a charming chain, some shells, and some sugar beads.<br />
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Near the Sunfish I added an Elise Antique Brown Rhinestone Flourish, Sugar Beads and Charms, and a ticket made from the Kaiser ticket stamps and Tim Holtz die. I'm happy I managed to journal along the bottom of my page using a Distress Marker, and added a date as well using the Grunge Charming Date bottle top from My2Angels.</div>
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<u>Twiddleybitz Products used:</u><br />
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Twiddleybitz Chicken wire stencil<br />
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Twiddleybitz - Chicken Wire (WIR002)<br />
Twiddleybitz - Remember This Moment Word (WOR086)<br />
Twiddleybitz - Sunfish (SEA005)<br />
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<u>Other Ingredients:</u><br />
Background:<br />
The Paperloft Sanded Geometric Series Patterned Paper<br />
Darkroom Door Rubber Stamp - Discover (DDRS090) from Essentials Nine Collection<br />
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress ink - Brushed Corduroy<br />
Tsukineko Stazon Ink - Timber Brown<br />
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Marker - Walnut Stain<br />
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Embellishments:<br />
Claudine Hellmuth - MultiMedium Gloss<br />
Assorted Lindy's Stamp Gang Starbusts<br />
Ranger - Emboss It Dabber<br />
Stampendous - Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel<br />
Flourish With A Bling - Rhinestones Elise Antique Brown<br />
My2Angels - Sugar Beads<br />
My2Angels - Charms; Starfish, fish<br />
My2Angels - Charming Chain - Family<br />
My2Angels - Date Bottle Cap<br />
My2Angels - Bakers Twine<br />
Kaiser Ticket Stamp - Explore<br />
Tim Holtz Ticket Die<br />
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Tsukineko Stazon Ink - Black<br />
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Miscellaneous Doily</div>
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Miscellaneous Corner Punch</div>
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Thanks for joining us today - I'd love to see some of your projects where you've altered your Twiddleybitz using similar techniques - leave us a link in the comments for this post and we'll be sure to check it out!!</div>
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Charlene here to guide you through creating a fabulous texture book cover using the </div>
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Twiddleybitz Numbers Stencil. I have used mine to house my son's special<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b>Numbers
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>By
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Twiddleybitz
Numbers Stencil </span>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">American
Crafts 8x6 Album</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Impasto</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Artist
Palette knife</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Kindy
Glitz- Stickles </span>
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Paint or Gesso</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Lindy's
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Paint
the chipboard cover with the white paint/gesso. This gives a nice
surface to work with. Use a heat gun to dry.</span><br />
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will need two different small containers for mixing the impasto.
Place about 1 tbsp impasto and 1tbsp of your desired paint colour
into each and mix well. I used Lumiere Pearl Turquoise & Metallic
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place your numbers stencil over the painted cover and hold down
firmly with one hand whilst you use the palette knife to apply one of
the coloured impasto randomly over the stencil. You don't need to
completely cover the stencil with the first colour. Be careful not to
move the stencil whilst applying the impasto. Once you spread a bit
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the second colour over the rest of the stencil, making sure you get
right to the edge and there are no gaps. You should now have a
beautiful two toned effect over the whole stencil. It's a bit like
icing a cake!</span></div>
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Gold. Use a heat gun and focusing mainly on the number dry the spray.
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Once
touch dry, paint the edge of the album cover then you can embellish
the rest of your album cover as you wish. I used the papers from the
new Kaiser Class Act range. Enjoy your new album!!</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Rachel Walsh shares her technique for covering a mini album page with paper. This is a fantastic introduction if you are just starting to go beyond the page. Rachel covers how to cover one of Twiddleybitz tabbed album pages but this technique can also be implemented for covering other types of off the page projects .</span></span></div>
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By Rachel Walsh<o:p></o:p></div>
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There are a number of ways of adhering paper to a mini album
– the most popular being with mod podge - using it as both glue & sealer;
with double sided tape; or my favourite method which I’ll show you here – the
good old glue stick!</div>
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I normally use a Pritt glue stick, but I ran out, so made do
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Gather your supplies:<o:p></o:p></div>
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Mini Album – I’ve used a Twiddleybitz Round Tab Book BKRT01 and inserts
BKIN01<o:p></o:p></div>
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Glue stick<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sharp knife<o:p></o:p></div>
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Sandpaper<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ink – I’ve used Black Soot distress ink & a small sponge (I use a
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Rubber roller (optional)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Patterned paper of your choice – I’ve used Kaisercraft Tropicana Collection<o:p></o:p></div>
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Choose the section of paper that you want to use to cover the chipboard
page. Turn the paper over, remembering
that if you wanted to use a particular image that was, for example, on the
right hand side of the page, it will now be on the left hand side. Generously
apply glue to the chipboard piece, turn it over, and adhere it in
position on the paper.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Use your roller (if you have one) to press the paper firmly into
place. If you don’t have a roller, just
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Carefully trim around the edges of the page with your knife. Make holes for the binding – I do this by
cutting a cross in the hole on the wrong side, then flipping the page over and
using my knife to carefully cut around the hole, tidying up with sandpaper
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Gently sand the edges with sandpaper, and ink if
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Continue until both sides of all pages are done, then decorate your
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I’ve turned my mini album into a travel journal, all ready for our trip
to Bangkok in January – I’ve added some small envelopes in between the pages to
hold memorabilia, and will add photos & journaling as I go along – I’ll
also add proof sheets of all the photos that I take when I return, which will
make it easy to find the photos I want to scrap, and the stories will be there
waiting to refresh my memory, even if it takes me a few years to get around to
scrapping the trip! I’ll share a few
more pages of the album when we’ve returned & I’ve completed it – it’s
currently a work in progress as I add bits & pieces to it. <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> <o:p></o:p></div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-21266531473745188902012-12-19T07:00:00.000+11:002012-12-19T07:00:00.107+11:00Fantasy Shadow Box by Tina Connolly<div style="text-align: center;">
The very talented <a href="http://www.scrapdiva-tina.blogspot.com.au/"><b>TINA CONNOLLY</b></a> is with us today. Check what she has done with our TWIDDLEYBITZ <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2342-fsbs004.aspx">FSBS004 Fantasy Shadow Box</a>.</div>
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It's amazing!</div>
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Tina shares her techniques for recreating: </div>
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Shadow Box, using a strong glue. Allow
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <!--[endif]-->Spray with your favourite mists. Allow to dry.
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> <!--[endif]-->Ink up a script stamp with Stazon ink, and stamp
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Crop and adhere your photograph in the centre of the box.</div>
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to dry until tacky, then dust Perfect Pearls over it using a soft brush. </span><br />
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Lindy’s Stamp Gang Sunrise Salmon Gold on the outer edges of some of the pieces
and another embossing powder; I used LSG
Morning Glory Azure, to the remainder.
Melt embossing powder with a heat gun.
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<!--[endif]-->Adhere decorative frame to the shadow box,
attach embossed pieces (cut from the Vintage Frame) as shown. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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using a strong glue such as Helmar 450 Quick Dry Adhesive. I used a leaf charm and some wings from a
broken necklace. (To add colour to my
leaf charm, I sprayed with a mist and when dry, sealed it with Dimensional
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-17251094089601819622012-12-16T11:50:00.002+11:002012-12-16T11:50:30.407+11:00 Wreath 'Joy'<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I had so much fun making this card and it all started with a
few branches!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">First I sprayed the leaves both sides with green sparkly
spray:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Then I cut a wreath using two circle cutters through
my Big Shot machine. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I cut the leaves so they were separate parts and gave
them another spray to really sparkle:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once dry, I laid the leaves out and began attaching them to
the wreath:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I had a few spare:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> Then I added some self adhesive pearls for berries:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> And a bow at the top (that I later changed to white):<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<u>Materials:</u><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">TWIDDLEYBITZ PRODUCTS:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c25a6;">Twiddleybitz - <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2035-alp004.aspx">Alpha Square (ALP004)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c25a6;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Twiddleybitz - <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/1991-fer001.aspx">Fern Leaves Set of 4 (FER001)</a></span></span><br />
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OTHER PRODUCTS:<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cardstock - red<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Cardstock - white embossed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Red Green and White striped Ribbon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Green Tara - White pre-tied bow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Flourish With A Bling - </span><a href="http://www.flourishwithabling.com.au/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=3&products_id=28" style="font-family: inherit;">Adhesive Pearls - Red</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lindy's Starburst Stain - Green Goblin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Adhesives by Stix2Anything<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thanks for stopping by.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"> I hope to see you creating wreaths
of your own - let me know when you do!!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-61652487462697913992012-12-03T08:00:00.000+11:002012-12-03T08:00:01.769+11:00Oh Christmas Tree Card by Charlene Camilleri<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hi Twiddley Fans,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">DT Member CHARLENE CAMILLERI has created this fabulous Christmas card and shares the process for recreating it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Thank you Charlene! </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Oh Christmas Tree Card<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Twiddleybitz
Product<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">FLOR020 Flourish
Pack for Cards<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">BUT006 Butterfly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Twiddley Template
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Other Product<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">1 piece of 12 x12
inch White Cardstock<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dew Drop
Brilliance Galaxy Gold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Kindy Glitz Dusty
Rose<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ranger Dylusions
Fresh Lime Ink Spray<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Lindys Stamp Gang
Bougainvillea Fuchsia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Rhinestones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Step 1</b> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Separate the swirls from the pack, you
will need 2 large scrolls and 3 medium scrolls. Spray with the Dylusions Fresh
Lime Spray then use a heat gun to dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit;">Step 2</b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b>Spray a butterfly with the Fuchsia Spray
and dry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b>You need to trim 3 pieces from your
cardstock. One piece will be the actual card which will measure 24 x 16 cm. Fold
in half. The second piece will be your snowflake piece which measures 11.5 x 15.5
and the third piece will be for your Christmas Tree, this measures 12.5 x 6.5 cm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b></b>Lightly spray your snowflake piece with
the Fuchsia spray. Heat gun dry- the paper will bend up whilst drying, this is
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think these <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2175-mdf02.aspx" target="_blank">chairs</a> from
Twiddleybitz are super cute and have loved all the soft feminine chairs that
people have created with them but I wanted to do something a bit different!
Christmas gave me the perfect opportunity to make Santa's Chair!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I started by painting the poppy colourspray onto the MDF -
spraying doesn't work so well as it beads on the wood.</span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Then I glued all the pieces together with pva - this was
super easy as they slot together perfectly!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Embellishing the chair was again extremely easy as I used a
Christmas embellishment pack from </span><a href="http://my2angels.net/" style="font-family: inherit;">my2angels.net</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">!
I didn't have to make any pins, rosettes, tags or do any embossing!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Here's the gorgeous rosette on the front of the backrest and
the two 'star cushions'!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did however sew the pincushion!!! yay me! dusted off
the sewing machine - it's been a while BUT I cheated with the Santa Sack and
put cushion stuffing in a pre-made organza bag :-P. I added the green
sparkly ribbon from the pack and the gorgeous charming chain too.</span><span style="font-family: Times, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">And a side view too :-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cover or paint the inside
of the walls, base & flap of the mailbox. </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Cover the sides, ends & flap with
corrugated board (I bought A4 sheets as it is thinner & more flexible than
an old box – and less messy – but you can recycle a box if you prefer). Paint or mist the bottom of the base piece,
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pieces, making sure you insert the flap through the holes before gluing the
last piece in place. Glue the four sides together, and attach to base
piece. Use lackey bands to hold it
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assist). Using strong glue, attach to
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dry. Paint the stand with a thick layer
of black gesso & use a heat gun to dry – the paint should bubble &
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Distress Stain, liberally apply it over the painted mailbox to give an aged
“rusty” look. Apply glue to random parts
of the mail box and the stand and sprinkle with Twiddleybitz Rusting
Powder. Leave to dry. Spray the rust with vinegar to start the
rusting process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the base of the mailbox. Decorate the
mailbox as desired. I’ve used a leafy
flourish that I’ve painted green & sprayed with Glimmermist, to which I’ve
added a flower vine (I’ve wired together individual flowers, with the aid of
florist tape & wire). To age the
Twiddley Alphas, I’ve embossed them with thick gold embossing powder and kept
the heat on them at close range until they started to “burn”. The butterfly has been embossed with a couple
of different colours of embossing powder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-80012985219836257152012-11-19T08:00:00.000+11:002012-11-19T08:00:05.570+11:00Charlene's Altered Bird Cage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today Design Team Member CHARLENE CAMILLERI shares some of her home decorating ideas. Charlene takes a metal bird cage and shows us how to add pizzazz and a touch of whimsical to it.</div>
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How adorable is this!</div>
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BOR021 Oriental
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WBF002 Whimsy
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BUT006
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Ranger Distress
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Lumiere Paint-
Halo Blue Gold, Pearl Turquoise, Burnt Orange<o:p></o:p></div>
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Lindy's Stamp
Gang Sprays- Tibetan Poppy Teal<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ranger Dylusions
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Ranger Stickles-
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Stampendous
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Dew Drops
Brilliance Galaxy Gold<o:p></o:p></div>
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Flowers- Prima,
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Beaded Trim<o:p></o:p></div>
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Apply distress ink to the Oriental Border
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<b> </b>Use a sponge to randomly dab the Halo Blue Gold Lumiere paint over the border. You don't want to completely cover it as you still want to expose some of the distress ink.</div>
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<b style="text-align: center;">Step3 </b><span style="text-align: center;">Stamp the embossing pad over the entire border.</span></div>
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<b>Step 4 </b>Randomly sprinkle <b> </b>the spiced marmalade distress embossing powder.</div>
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<b>Step 5</b></div>
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Randomly sprinkle the Aged Spice Embossing Enamel. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Use a heat gun to activate the powders. Notice the change in texture, the powders will “melt”.</span><br />
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<b style="text-align: center;">Step 7 </b><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">Use the sprays to colour your whimsy birds and butterfly. </span>.</div>
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<b style="text-align: center;">Step 8</b><span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
Decorate with stickles and edge with Galaxy Gold Ink.</div>
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<b style="text-align: center;">Step 9</b><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">Pour a little burnt orange and pearl turquoise Lumiere paint unto your craft mat-paint tray and use a sponge to pick up the colour (don't be tempted to mix the colours as you want the two tone effect). Dab onto the bird cage. </span></div>
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Cut the border into segments and glue around the cage. </div>
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<span style="text-align: start;"> </span><b>Step 10</b></div>
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Embellish your birdcage with flowers, tuille, beaded trim...enjoy!</div>
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<br />Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-70073113294797879152012-11-16T08:00:00.000+11:002012-11-16T08:00:01.160+11:00Whimsy birdy name plate with Leeann Pearce<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>“Whimsy birdy name plate”</b></span></div>
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Pour the glitter all over the chipboard. Allow to completely dry.</div>
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Shake excess off after drying time.</div>
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Cover chipboard insert with pattern paper. Sand the edges and glue name on. Use a paper piercer and pierce a small hole on the scallop frame. Use a couple of small chain links and attach a charm.</div>
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Use some blu-tac and place on Child's room door. </div>
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- Use broken bangles, necklace charms and links.</div>
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<br />Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-78321942844350611942012-11-12T08:00:00.000+11:002012-11-12T08:00:00.672+11:00Double Embossed Chipboard with Rachel Walsh<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Today our Design Team Member RACHEL WALSH shares her tips for double embossed chipboard.</span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Supplies you’ll need:</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Chipboard
pieces - I used <a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/1880-alpha001.aspx"><b>Twiddley ALPHA001 Groove Alphabet</b></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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folder & Big Shot or Cuttlebug (or similar)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Versamark
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<b><u><span style="font-family: inherit;">Instructions:</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want to emboss your chipboard
(so the pattern is raised), ink your pieces with stazon ink and dry it off with
your heat gun for a moment. Insert it
into your chosen embossing folder & move it around until you’re happy with
the way the pattern appears. Emboss or
de-boss (so the pattern is sunk) your chipboard as desired – I de-bossed
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your embossing pen to highlight the pattern, and sprinkle with your fine
embossing powder. Heat with your heat
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Using your Versamark ink pad,
cover the entire piece of chipboard with ink, then cover with clear UTEE.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Heat, allow to cool, re-ink with the
Versamark, and cover with UTEE again, finishing with heating to melt the
powder.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I used three layers of UTEE to
make it nice & thick and shiny.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">If
you’re quick, you can sprinkle a second/third layer of UTEE on while it’s still
hot from heating the first time, but I find I get better results if I allow it
to cool & re-ink between layers.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When
you’re happy, use your chipboard pieces on your desired project – I have used
mine to make this very simple card for my parents-in-law, who celebrate their
52</span><sup style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">nd</sup><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Wedding Anniversary this week.</span> </div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-43095228980636303962012-11-08T12:54:00.000+11:002012-11-08T12:56:02.885+11:00Coffee Date with Maria Featon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="line-height: 31px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have Design Team Member <a href="http://offwiththepixies.blogspot.com.au/">MARIA FEATON </a>with us today sharing some tips and tricks for altering our chipboard.</span></span></div>
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FAIR005 Fairy Blossoms Large <o:p></o:p></div>
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FER004 Leaves <o:p></o:p></div>
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TEA001 Teapots and Cups<o:p></o:p></div>
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BAS013 bag of love hearts<o:p></o:p></div>
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American Crafts Amy Tangerine papers, journal card, stickers
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Fiskars border punch (notebook)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Paint, Glossy Accents, washi tape, rub ons, embroidery
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<b>Chipboard techniques:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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I made some light pencil dots as a guide around the flowers
about 2mm in from the edges, then with a piercing tool made holes to stitch
through with a needle and embroidery thread. I place a piece of foam under
chipboard when I’m piercing holes in it to make the job easier. You might have
noticed that Twiddleybitz chipboard is comprised of many layers. Using my thumb
nail, I distressed the edges of my flowers to encourage them to curl up and
give the flowers a shabby look. Then I glued them onto the layout and glued
buttons in the centres of the flowers. </div>
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The top layer of the two leaves was peeled off using a craft knife, then I
simply dabbed a green ink pad onto them and glued them down, tucking the ends
behind the flowers. <o:p></o:p></div>
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The teapot and each cup were given two coats of white paint
and then one coat of Glossy Accents. I set them aside to dry for a few hours
then covered each piece in a strip of washi tape, trimming away the excess from
the edges with a craft knife. I next applied rub on hearts to the tea cups, and
glued the teapot and cups on the layout. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Lastly I dabbed the chipboard love heart with some pink ink
but found it was a bit too bright, so I just toned it down with a little white
paint on the tip of my finger and glued it on top of the teapot. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Trudi Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02754306264984125691noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017192229257391573.post-65776547084535928502012-11-04T21:46:00.001+11:002012-11-09T04:57:51.835+11:00Poppy Tutorial <div align="center">
<span class="font-size-5">Poppy Tutorial</span></div>
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with Sandra Wallace</div>
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Remembrance Day is just around the corner.<br />
Why not create your own personal and special Remembrance Day Poppy</div>
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to wear to Remember those who fought and gave their lives for us?</div>
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Or, if not to wear, maybe to embellish those special pages?</div>
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To create your poppy you will need</div>
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Twiddleybitz Flower Template (codeTEM 005)</div>
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Red Cardstock</div>
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Twiddleybitz embellishment for centre (available for at purchase at shows)</div>
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scissors, distresser, black ink, water, hat pin, felt, glue, pencil and hot glue gun.</div>
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<a href="http://api.ning.com/files/NNa11zW5-qGddeh1uHDNOigNL-97Hjf1pl2QkeeJUTWUwxXhcfJ0GIQcedANclFepTC9kueU-sLKwIwLKATW3Bh1IU-1CLtl/1.JPG" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com/files/NNa11zW5-qGddeh1uHDNOigNL-97Hjf1pl2QkeeJUTWUwxXhcfJ0GIQcedANclFepTC9kueU-sLKwIwLKATW3Bh1IU-1CLtl/1.JPG?width=300" width="300" /></a> </div>
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Trace around all 3 flower templates onto the Back of the cardstock.</div>
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and then cut out, giving you 3 different size flowers</div>
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gently distress the edges with a distresser, or scissors.</div>
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using spray bottle, wet the flowers on both sides</div>
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Then gently scrunch them (carefully, as they are quite fragile) into a cone shape by</div>
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placing your thumb in the middle of the flower</div>
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and then folding up over your thumb</div>
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and then pinching the bottom gently to create a cone shape.</div>
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Now it is time to dry them.</div>
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You have 3 choices.... leaving them overnight...meh, that takes way to long!</div>
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using a heatgun, hmmm faster but still toooo long!!</div>
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or you could do as I do, and zap them in a microwave!</div>
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I kid you not.......</div>
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zap them for 20 second increments until they are hard and dry.<br />
be careful!! too long and they will burn!</div>
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Here they are after being “nuked”</div>
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Then carefully open each up.</div>
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Ink the edges with black ink</div>
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If you have a brad as a centrepiece create holes in the centre of each flower and then secure with brad.<br />
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glue the flowers together and then glue on your centrepiece</div>
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<a href="http://api.ning.com/files/YOAV6t1l*NYq8aGefw3CK6G53aABgE8JXOkqCvl2cNpI9hwcVFD*cdxezwAkLtUnNKdKoJABAZty*PqIe00uolkwg7FRneCi/13.JPG" target="_self"><img class="align-center" src="http://api.ning.com/files/YOAV6t1l*NYq8aGefw3CK6G53aABgE8JXOkqCvl2cNpI9hwcVFD*cdxezwAkLtUnNKdKoJABAZty*PqIe00uolkwg7FRneCi/13.JPG?width=400" width="400" /></a></div>
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Add a leaf</div>
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Now it is ready for your projects.</div>
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To wear as a pin, cut out a circle from your felt and glue on the back with hot glue gun</div>
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This will make it easier to attach the hat pin to the back...</div>
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Now you have created your own personal and special Remembrance Day Poppy to wear to Remember and Honour those who fought and gave their lives for us...and to remember those who are still fighting.</div>
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But PLEASE remember to still buy a poppy, wristband or give a donation for the Poppy Day Appeal Day which assists our Veterans.</div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Hello there again!<br />Here is a fantastic tutorial by Jennifer Hodge. <br />A Star Banner! </span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">I recently created this banner for Riley - he is definitely star material! Each part of the banner represents a different part of him or something he likes/enjoys.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">To cover the chipboard stars with the white patterned paper I covered them in pva:</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3"> I used my speedball to push out airpockets and excess glue.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3"> I then cut around them with my craft knife.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">The silver embossed stars are resistant to the colour...</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Then I filed the edges:</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3"> Punched the hole with my eyelet punch:</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">I used my Distress Stain to colour my white ribbon and again the embossed stars resisted the colour - and then I hung them to dry overnight. I was afraid I'd get too excited trying to dry them with a heat gun and melt the ribbon!</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Once I'd painted the car red I used black liquid pearls on the tyres, and orange and yellow for the flames:</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">I coloured in the island chipboard with paint and distress stains. I used liquid pearls to give dimension to the grass and the palm trees, and age and deterioration to the treasure chest, and adding the skull n crossbones charm to finish it off. I used crackle paint for my sand to give texture: </span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3"><u>"Pirate" Star Ingredients:</u></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Twiddleybitz - <u><a href="http://twiddleybitz.com.au/products/2135-pir003.aspx">Pirate Island And Treasure Chest (PIR003)</a></u></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Figuring out how to hang all the stars on the ribbon was probably the hardest part as I wanted them to all be attached differently! The key to getting it right is working out the spacing, pinning to hold the spot and allowing for movement when hung - and thinking about if it will be hung tightly or loosely...</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Congratulations if you are reading as you managed to get all the way through - well done!! I'd love to see your banner so be sure to go to the Twiddleybitz Ning and upload yours to the gallery so I can see it too!!</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3">Thanks for joining me :-)</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-3" style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Jen</span><br />
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<span class="font-size-5">Another Brick Template Tutorial<br /><span class="font-size-2">this time with Sandra Wallace.</span></span></div>
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I LOVE the new range of Templates that Twiddleybitz have</div>
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<span class="font-size-2">recently released... so many options!!<br />For my Floating Bird Frame I used the</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">But for the purposes of this tutorial I have used the<br />Chevron Template TEM008</span> <span class="font-size-2">(because I have misplaced my Brick Template after a retreat!! eek!)</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">To create the Brick effect on my floating frame I used the following steps in the tutorial.. repeating</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">steps TWO to FIVE over and over again until the frame was completely covered.<br /><br />Products needed for the Brick effect.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Brick Template TEM007 (I used Chevon TEM008 in these instructions)</span><span class="font-size-2">Mont Mart Clear Impasto</span><span class="font-size-2">Chromocryl Paint: Burnt Umber</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Kaisercraft paint: Mocha</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Versa Inks: Pinecone and Black<br />Gilding wax: Gold and Patina</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">an old knife</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Here I have used the middle part of a Twiddleybitz overlay to help demonstrate this technique.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Step ONE</span></strong></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Paint the base of your project with the Burnt Umber (or dark brown) paint</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Now mix up you Impasto with the Mocha paint... making sure to mix it well.<br />Please note my Impasto is OLD!!! (I'm talking Stone Age!!) and it has lots of lumps in it...which might of helped with the end effect. :-)<br />Maybe this might be a good time to scrape the crusty bits off the top of your impasto container and put them to good use. ;-)</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step TWO</strong></span></span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2">Once mixed together place your template on the area you wish to work.</span></div>
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<span class="font-size-2"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step THREE</strong></span></span></div>
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And then spread your Impasto mixure roughly with your old knife.</div>
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It doesn't matter if it is a bit messy, lumpy or uneven, this will add to your end result.</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step FOUR</strong></span></div>
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Carefully lift the template off and wash it straight away! (it is really is stubborn to clean off once it dries...trust me!)</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step FIVE</strong></span></div>
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Dry using a heat gun.<br />
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If you are covering a frame or a large area, repeat steps <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>TWO</strong></span> to <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>FIVE</strong></span> until area is covered. (remember to wash template between applications!)</div>
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You will probably notice some white lumpy impasto pieces ... don't worry, these will be covered up with the following steps</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Step SIX</strong></span></div>
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Using a dauber apply Pinecone ink randomly to the bricks.</div>
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then add some Black ink in the same manner</div>
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then rub in some gold gilding wax</div>
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and maybe some patina gilding wax.<br />
and then keep re applying the different inks and waxes until you get the result you like.</div>
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I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and it has inspired you to try this technique yourself.<br />
Maybe you would like to try a more Terrecotta look with your bricks?.. adding more reddish tones,<br />
Or sandstone bricks?..adding a lighter colour to your Impasto and using beige coloured inks. <br />
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The above piece of brickwork won't go to waste.. I think I might try to incorporate it in a future layout.</div>
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waste not, want not. ;-)</div>
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Here are some more photos of my 3D Floating Bird Frame, which uses the above technique.</div>
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Create a keepsake for someone special or for yourself. Mini Albums are a fabulous way of showcasing a series of photos.</div>
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Today <a href="http://scrappinwitht.blogspot.com.au/">TRUDI HARRISON</a> shares a step by step for recreating her altered Twiddleybitz BK014 Book.</div>
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Patterned Papers: The Scrapcake
‘Bright Side of Life’ – 2 x Blue Mornings, 2 x Full Pockets, 2 x
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Assorted Blooms <o:p></o:p></div>
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Kaiser Sentiment Rub-Ons:
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Ribbon<o:p></o:p></div>
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Ink – Pale Pink and Blue, Aged Mahogany
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Paint – White or Picket Fence
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Album Closure - Optional<o:p></o:p></div>
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Paint Decorative Chipboard Elements on the cover and the filigree edge on the insert page. Remember to paint the reverse of the filigree edge. Allow to dry<o:p></o:p></div>
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Page 1 (the
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