All you ladies who are always doing triple challenges are such superstahs that I was inspired to give it a go. How much FUN! :0)
Thanks to Beate and Beth and Sharon for such great challenge inspiration!
I promise to have the purse template up by tomorrow for anyone who'd like to make one. Just PM me and I'll send ya the link once my scanner is behaving again...
A lot of blah blah about the Card details: :0)
The note cards:
* Print text onto cardstock (this is just an Oscar Wilde text that I scanned)
* Emboss flowers onto it (I stamped the Wonderful You flowers in black craft & added clear e.p.)
* Paint & embellish flowers (these have steel microbeads)
* The flower for the purse is covered in crystal effects so that it'd be strong enough to act as the purse closure
* Stamp the small flowers & emboss in white e.p. (after using anti-static bag)
* Edge the cardstock with silver pen...
* Heat & colour them in with glitter pen (Sakura clear)
* The 3x3 cards themselves are made of Naturals Ivory cardstock, to lighten it up (& so they can be written in...)
* The strip of text is made from 7gysies gaffer tape (Le Monde) To cut thin strips, you can just stick it to cardstock & cut with your paper trimmer (It's adhesive, but easy to work with.)
The purse:
* The strip of text for the strap is made the same way as above (just two are adhered so both sides have text; it's adhered from the back with adhesive and brads for strength
* The little chain is just off of a key-chain I had; the round tag is from the dollar store. I stamped it with Close to my hearts acrylic tiny typewriter alphabet
* A couple of flowers on the purse are done using tinted signo gel pen. Colouring them in using white lets you add marker & get a tinted look.
* The main flower for the purse was covered in Crystal Effects, but I edged it in silver & added colour as an afterthought to tie it into the bright flowers on the note cards.
Stamps: Simply Said, Wonderful you, Close to my heart tiny typewriter alphabet
Paper: Black, Naturals white (with text printed on it for flowers & plain for cards) Stazon for envelopes
Ink: White & black craft, watercoloured with ruby red, really rust & cameo coral
Accessories: Clear e.p., Black & white text is 7gypsies gaffer tape (le monde), round white dollar store tag & old key chain parts, Crystal Effects, Steel microbeeds, 3x3 envelopes (SU), Signo gel pen, Sakura glitter pen
Registered: April 17, 2008 Location: Central Square, NY Posts: 1702
Mon, Jun 09, 2008 @ 3:22 PM
Great job!! They are lovely!!
God bless, Wendy
------------------------------ God Bless, Wendy
"I lift up my eyes to the hills-- where does my help come from? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth." Psalm 121:1&2