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It's Sabrina here as your hostess for the first WTUI challenge in February!
Some people think that "Cook" in my username is my surname - actually, it's because I used to work as a cook (I still do - I just don't get paid now ;-)).
So this week we are making cards which use something from the kitchen.
And there are LOADS of possibilities for cooking up some fun on your cards.
To start with, there's the Salted Background technique - and as an extension of that, Lydia has this suggestion of using rice, and while I failed with my couscous, I have it on reliable information that it will work too:MIX81 Rice, Rice, Baby
Plenty of possibilities to use whole spices in shaker cards or just as an embellishment. Last year I sent someone a card with a little sprig of thyme in the corner, and she said it was probably the first time she'd picked up a card to sniff on taking it out of the envelope. And I've used large dried chilli peppers to make great trees :mrgreen:.
And that reminds me - I've never tried this, but it surely counts as using kitchen supplies: Scratch and Sniff Technique Tutorial
Or you could use aluminum foil - it looks great stuck to card and embossed. It looks fab just plain - or you can colour it up with alcohol inks or acrylic paints.
And waxed paper : Wax Paper Resist & Cuttlebug Embossing Wax Paper Resist Technique Tutorial
Anne (jdmommy) had a no-iron take on Beate's tutorial: you can find Anne's description here, and it's what I used since you can barely see the effect of my salt and couscous:TLC488 No-Iron Resist
(please note - if you use waxed paper I would really like you to do MORE than just use it to help release die-cuts, great for that as it is ;-).
When you've cooked up something with your kitchen supplies, upload it with the keyword WT517, and then come back and share a link here - that makes it easy for people to find your card ;-).
If you're not sure how to add a link, here's how:
1. Open 2 windows or tabs: one for your card in the gallery, and one for this thread
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Go to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE.
Sabrina I think I need to go cook up more cards. Shame I have to go to work today. This is a fantastic challenge and I am so excited to see what everyone else cooks up from their kitchen.
I'm so glad to be back to SCS after my disastrous computer crash the other day. My son very kindly gave me a new laptop, so I'm in the process of replacing programs, etc. But I had to take time out to do a challenge -- I was having withdrawal symptoms!!! Here's my card:
Here's my card using the salted background technique....not sure if you can see the salted pattern but I guarantee that my wastebasket has a lot of kosher salt in it!
Oh My Word! I feel like a mad scientist. I've got some cool stuff going on with coffee, salt, cinnamon and cocoa. Now to find time to make something out of what I just did!
Wowie! Sabrina, you sure are full of ideas for us. Thanks so much. I intend to be back when my errands are done. I'm waiting for the "great warm up" as I woke up to -4 this morning.
Oh My Word! I feel like a mad scientist. I've got some cool stuff going on with coffee, salt, cinnamon and cocoa. Now to find time to make something out of what I just did!
Oh Gail - I bet it smells delicious! And knowing you, it will look wonderful too!!
Sabrina- what a wonderful challenge! Best greens I had were cilantro for my bunny, so that's what I used at the base of my card. Paper pieced my flowers on top of the green stamped leaves of my flowers, and used a vintage postcard for my base. Background is my Trick or Treat quilt which I showed the ladies at our monthly quilting tea Here's Vintage Flowers
__________________ "You can't use up creativity. The more you use the more you have." -- Maya Angelou
This was SOOOOOOOOOOO much fun! Can't wait to make more cards later. Magic Kitchen Blend
I've got such a stuffed up nose that I don't know how good it smells Sabrina but I'm betting it has a pretty good coffee scent! ;)
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Another grandson card. Thumbnail is identical to my first card but expanded picture is correct
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Ladies, I just want to say how impressed I am at your creativity from the kitchen. Some of you are certainly the Heston Blumenthals of card-making :mrgreen:.
Ladies, I just want to say how impressed I am at your creativity from the kitchen. Some of you are certainly the Heston Blumenthals of card-making :mrgreen:.
You sure know how to set a great challenge Sabrina, I spilt balsamic vinegar on the bench tonight.... I stood there and looked at the black puddle and my first thought was to get a piece of cardstock LOL
__________________ Susie
Please don't take your organs to heaven - heaven knows we need them here.
I made my card on Friday, but one of my daughters was in town for the weekend, so I didn't get a chance to photograph and upload until today. I used some lemon juice to make my Wood You Be Mine? card...