Krafty 'Time Flies'

When I read the blog challenged it spurred me on to try the leather Kraft card Sheena Douglass showed on create and craft a few weeks ago. I had to watch the video on her website to refresh my memory.

The only hurdle I had to concur was I don’t have an embossing machine!!! Never fear water and a rolling pin here!!!

• ·         Basically the technique is to spray Kraft card with diluted glycerin and scrunch up.
• ·         Then I needed to emboss the card so my method of embossing is spray with water, let it soak in, place the card in an embossing folder and use a rolling pin roll over the folder a few time.
• ·         I thought the card looked sufficiently embossed but when I applied the ink the pattern didn’t show up as well as I would have hoped.
• ·         I've done the same method with paper and thin card and got really good results but the Kraft card is 300gsm so far too thick for me. I haven’t much strength in my arms and shoulder so I have a feeling that may be the problem getting a good result.
• ·         I found in my stash the fob watch chipboard and thought that would display the leather look card.
• ·         Embossed the fob watch.
• ·         Glued the card and watch together.
• ·         Embellished with various goodie in my stash.
• ·         The lace behind the clock charm I made by threading ribbon through the bottom of the lace, pulled tight then knotted. I made 3 to go on the watch and seeing that the lace was too white I sprayed with a green and gold shimmer spray but once they had dried I arranged them on the clock but they didn’t really show up.
• ·         So used a clay flower I had coloured for a previous project and pushed a creative expressions brad in the centre.
• ·         Designed a saying to put on my fob watch, created in CraftArtist.
• ·         Applied glossy medium.

I'm really pleased how this project turned out because i didn’t really have a plan set out for this one. I usually have a good idea what i want something to look like.

Materials used

Kraft card

Glycerine from the chemist

Embossing folder - Darice

Wow embossing powder - verdigris

Chipboard fob watch - Stamps Away

Shimmer spray - Stamps Away

CraftArtist 2 and digikits

Embellishments from my stash

Martha Stewart clay and moulds

Glossy accents

Creative Expressions  brad

White card for printing

Mod Podge Matt glue

Challenge entered
http://thatscraftychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/thats-krafty-challenge_16.html