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

Antique Quote

I decided which quote I would use for the challenge.

I thought about what the wow challenge ANTQUE meant to me. It conjured up images of art deco, old, brown and rusty colours.

Now to start crafting.

• I chose a digi background and then a digiboss so that i could have the embossed background look but not the bulk.
• Designed tags with the quote written on them
• Printed onto smooth paper. Cut and stuck to my journal page. 1st mistake! When i heat embossed the paper sort of bubbled up a bit! Obviously i should have stuck it down before embossing because the heat affected the glue!! I never learn because done this before!! Lol
• Stamped and embossed background.
• I coloured in the bee. I have embossed him in gold but it didn’t turn out too good because my ink pad was a little dry!
• Stamped flower onto Kraft card and coloured in with distress pens. Cut it out.
• Distress inked the edges of the page and around the flower.
• Stuck flower and tags to the bumpy page.

Hopefully you can't really notice the bumpy page.

Materials used

CraftArtist software

Digiboss and digikits

Wow embossing powder gold, verdigris.

Versafine inkpad

Sheena Douglass stamps

Quote found on the internet

Challenges 
http://www.thecraftbarn.co.uk/blog/q-l-challenge-unique-fame/
http://wowembossingpowder.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/may-monthly-challenge-2014-and-winners.html