After seeing Susie Australia's card and reading about all her fun techniques, I had to play in the WT challenge. Susie used all kinds of fun things. Reminded me of some of the super fun cards Pat Smethers made. So I drug out one of my favorite images and covered it in coffee grounds and glue - I cased this wonderful card by Pat circa 2009:
Then I put on a couple of layers of Stickles. The very bottom yellowish layer of my card is a piece of parchment paper (I didn't have any wax paper) that I cut down, ran through an ef, sprayed with Fireworks spray and sprinkled with Spanish Paprika out of my spice cabinet. The wet spice wouldn't seem to dry, so I wiped off most of it and loved the resulting color made by the spice and the ink mixed together.
Saw a cool bg done by Sabrina (Cook22) where she did a million little dots to color the bg of her image so I did that with my bg too. I think I got my dots too close together because they blended in together too much. I still love the results - thanks for the idea Sabrina!
What a terribly fun challenge. After reading what others have done with kitchen supplies, I have to ask myself why we spend so much money on new stuff when we could just be raiding our pantries. LOL! Hugz
PS - Fireworks spray is a glitter mist with some really cool colors. When it comes out, it doesn't come out all the same - it comes out more concentrated on the edges -not sure why but that is what happens. I learned about it from calex when I saw this great card she did:
It was pricey for the size so I only ordered one pack from Amazon (click to Amazon using the link from this site so the volunteers will get treats) - but I love it so I will get more when I get more money! LOL!
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015 GMT Views: 1078
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Registered: May 23, 2009 Location: sunny california Posts: 9825
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 @ 9:13 AM
The layout, colors and textures all add up to one fantastic card. You sure aced this challenge with all the creative kitchen things you used. The stamped image is do perfect for this theme. The big bow is the perfect finishing touch.
Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92697
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 @ 5:53 PM
Nancy, you made me smile with your tongue-in-cheek photo of a kitchen-related card photographed in YOUR kitchen. Terrific card with SUPERB coloring. Loved reading your account as well.
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31237
Fri, Feb 06, 2015 @ 6:05 PM
Well, you certainly got quite creative right in your kitchen, Nancy! Lol!!! What a great card using pantry items....I love that you stamped a chef/baker holding a cake she created! How fun~
------------------------------ ~Roberta
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Registered: December 14, 2007 Location: Vancouver canada Posts: 8914
Sun, Feb 08, 2015 @ 9:35 AM
great card, so many items in the kitchen to use. Fireworks spray are so pretty IRL and such cool colours (one of the most concentrated glimmer mist I've seen). I'm always happy to encourage more spending on our addiction
Oh my gracious! This one really jumped off your blog and I couldn't wait to come see it close up here but wow, I had no idea all the different techniques you used to create this. Amazing dots! Love the idea of using parchment paper! So cool!