Scraps Of Darkness 'His and Hers' April Kit Kathy Orta Paper Phenomenon Faux Paperbag Album

• 5 double sided papers from Prima's Stationer's Desk Collection
• 5 double sided papers from Prima's Cartographer Collection
• Prima: Stationer's Desk Collection - Pencil Flowers
• Prims :Everyday Vintage Paintables 
• Prima: Cartographer - Type Keys Clips
• Prima: Ingvild Bolme - Mannequins
• Ranger: Liquid Pearls - Copper
• 1 Floral Bronze Metal Embellishment
• Martha Stewart Circle Edge Punch Cartridge - Flower Arches
• DIY 3 x 4 Chalkboard Sheet
• Prima Stationers Desk - Tag Me - Ticket and Tag Set
• Small Office Hinge Clip (own stash)
• Antique Bike Charm
• Wrights - Ivory Bead/Sequin Wedding Embroidery Lace
• Creative Impressions - Antique Ruler Twill Ribbon 
• Heavy Weight Chipboard Sheets  
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Fired Brick, Weathered Wood, Black Soot, Old Paper, Frayed Burlap
• Martha Stewart Punches
• Core'dinations Black and Red cardstock
• Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray Frozen Jack Frost

As I've said before I have been taking part in Kathy Orta's Digital/Everyday Kit Club and loving every minute of it!!!

This album is actually one of her older ones and I made it this way because I didn't have access to paper lunch bags here in Ireland.  I searched everywhere and finally sourced my own but as I'd already started this and I was under a deadline I finished this one and as it was for someone in her mid thirties and Italian.  When I met her I thought she was cultured, well read, intelligent, elegant and refined.

So I instantly went to this kit collection because I love this palate in papers and embellishments.  They were perfect!!!  Once again let me say that Melinda struck the scrapbook kit ball out of the park!!! Fab!! Fab!! Fab!!

So I can't tell you how I made but Kathy's hidden hinge binding is easy and really clever.  But I used LSG Frozen Jack Frost to dye the lace to the blue/gray that matches the blue/gray in some of the Prima cardstock

Iadded some of my own embellishments strategically so there was no gluing any pictures and move them around as much as she likes.  I actually didn't completely add all the embellishments because I thought she would enjoy doing some of the fun herself.


Let me know what you think.

Hugs

Celina

Caught in Crystal and Chocolate Baroque is so Nouveau Riche

I want to share one of my most favourite techniques which is Caught in Crystal.

It's easy to do but as there are others far better that me that showed me how to do it you can go to

Sheena Douglass' fantastic youtube video to see how she does it with floor wax polish
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Noj44phXDIQ
or
Sue Wilson's descriptive tutorial using crystal lacquer
http://particraft.blogspot.ie/p/i-just-survived-another-fabulous-ally.html


Both create fantastic results every time.  It is so easy to do that my daughter has made sheets of it for me since she's been five!!  Under supervision of course.

This one I did using Sheena's technique and Lindy Stamp Gangs Starburst Sprays Tibetan Poppy Teal and Cheshire Cat Cherry with a little Silent Night Silver.

The mica in the sprays make the acetate sparkle

Now really it works better with alcohol inks and/or Luminarte Radiant Rain but I desperately wanted to see if it is possible to use other types of sprays and it is trickier but possible.


Supplies
Lindy's Stamp Gang Silver Moon Mistletoe Embossing Powder
Lindy's Stamp Gang Tibetan Poppy Teal Starburst Spray
Lindy's Stamp Gang  Cheshire Cat Cherry Starburst Spray
Lindy's Stamp Gang  Opal Sea Oats Starburst Spray
Elizabeth Crafts Velvet Sheets Black
Foundations Card Stock Milk
Foundations Card Stock Black for layering
Hunkydory Hologram Card for layering
Couture Creations Embossing Folder
Chocolate Baroque Stamps Mackintosh Collection
Prima Say it in Crystals Swirls
Prima Stationers Desk Bling
Prima Flowers
Simon Says Stamps Die Thinking of You


Instructions
1) I made a sheet of the Caught in Crystal Technique doing it Sheena's way with the the Starbursts Sprays
2) Whilst it was drying I cut a sheet of the Milk card to 7.75 x 7.75 inches and embossed it using the Couture Creations folder,  It needs to be run through twice because to make get the whole sheet embossed
3) When the crystal sheet is dry I stamped the acetate with Versamagic Frost Ink Pad using the beautiful Chocolat Baroque Art Deco Mackintosh Collection.  I love these stamps because they are so elegant and seem so delicate. Then I used the LSG Silver Moon Mistletoe EP and heat embossed.
4) I cut out the pieces by hand as closely as possible because the shapes can't be cut out with dies and then layered them with Holographic Card and used clead dots to adhere the pieces so that there is a little space between the acetate and the card so it looks like it is froating. then I adhered the pieces to black card for aesthetics.
5) I die cut the Simon Says Stamp Die Thinking of You with black velvet sheet and used a little cosmic shimmer clear pva glue to the centre of the milk card
6) I stuck the 2 stamped images to the upper right and lower left of the card mounted on foam
7) I applied the pearl and crystal Prima swirls and the Stationers Desk bling to the corners
8) I painted a Prima Flower with the LSG Opal Sea Oats and finished the card by layering the eitire piece with Holographic and Black card.

I am really pleased with the way the card turned out but I'm not sure about the flower.  I think it could look better without.

Tell me if you think it looks better with or without the flower

Hugs

Celina