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| Close up of the calico flower. |
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| My yr 12 gave me a surprise birthday party and this was the cake. Love the writing "18-----with 40 years experience" |
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| Close up of the fabric flower and textured background. |
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| This close up shows the cracks of the crackle paint and the ridges of the texture paste. |
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| This tag was made using the technique I outlined in the previous tutorial. The flower has been made from 3 pieces of fabric cut into circles of the same size. I put a brad in the centre to hold them together. I spritzed the layers of fabric with Glimmer Mist and scrunched them up and allow them to dry scrunched. The leaves have been made from the cardstock that was an off cut from the background card. I bent the leaves to give them a 3D effect. |
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| 1. Put a blob of Matisse Impasto onto a piece of cardstock. Then put another sheet of cardstock the same size on top of the texture paste (Impasto) . Then run it through the cuttlebug with it sandwiched between the 2 B plates. Allow to completely dry before altering it. |
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| 2. Paint Black Gesso all over the textured cardstock and allow to dry. |
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| 3. Dampen a cloth and rub off the excess Gesso. Then with a dry cloth keep on rubbing until you have what you want. The damp cloth causes a watermark effect in some places. Yes I know it looks like Mickey. My 4 yr old Grandson has already pointed it out. |
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| 4. Spritz with Tim Holtz Color wash, Espresso and allow to dry. Then paint randomly Tim Holtz Crackle paint over part of the area. This can be used to make tags, embellishments, cards etc. |
It has been 8 years today that my Mother died from cancer. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her and my Father. I miss them so much. I know they are together in Heaven and I will see them again one day. Until then, I will miss them and look forward to our times together again. I had the best parents.
My Mother didn't quite reach my 50th birthday. She died the day before.
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| Punch or cut 10 hearts in double sided paper and one circle. |
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| Fold the hearts in half and begin gluing them from the centre. |
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| Keep gluing the folded hearts until you have covered the circle. |
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| Roll one edge of the heart to expose the colour on the back of the folded heart. |
Look what my students made for me the other day. A few of my year 11s did this. How sweet. Made my day. They put effort into making this. This is what teaching is all about,making a difference.
This tag was cut using Tim Holtz Alterations. I used cream metallic cardstock from SALT and inked it all over with Scattered Straw Distress Ink. The flowers were cut from cream metallic cardstock also and inked with Distress inks. The flowers were cut on the Cuttlebug from a Spellbinders die. The pearls and sentiment are Kaisercraft products.
I was showing a lady at a crop a few weeks ago how to make tissue flowers out of circles. She came up with making them out of squares. Very affective done with squares.
I have decided to play with all the folded cards. These folds make life very interesting. There all sorts of messages and photos that can go into these cards to make the receiver smile or be delighted with every unfold.
Here are Donna's pages for our circle journal swap. I had to redo them as my grandson Cooper had tried to alter them.
These photos were taken by Daphne from Daph-a dils Photography. They show me teaching a flower class in May.
