This card too used a lot of scraps. The lace-edged card base was originally destined for last Friday's MIX challenge, but the scale wasn't working out. When I was creating my rainbow for last week's MMTPT card, I had some extra Brushos left from creating my rainbow, so rather than waste them, I sprinkled them over the background stamp I had been using, and randomly stamped over the card base with it.
The narrow strips are that beautiful brushed silver card from Rangers with alcohol inks, this was the offcut from my Birthday Busker, and though I don't normally keep such small scraps, I knew I could use them. The leaves are cut from a scrap of cling wrap background and the flowers from an old TLC background. They have microbeads in the centres.
The butterfly was another scrap of DOX inks on glossy photo paper, I used a large Sizzix butterfly, and tore each wing, then taped it back up with narrow red-liner tape and sprinkled gold glitter over, burnishing it in. I stamped with a script stamp to add a bit more detailing into the wings, then I edged the butterfly with a black Sharpie, and added a bit of detail to his body. Ah, now I know why DH was sporting some glitter on his forehead last night!!!
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 GMT Views: 905
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Registered: July 4, 2014 Location: Modesto, CA Posts: 5909
Fri, Feb 28, 2020 @ 1:04 AM
So fun to read your descriptions of the origin of the "scraps". How do you keep it all accessible to be reclaimed when the time is ripe? I'd love a peek at your studio!
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