ADD THE ILLUSION OF WATER (Technique)

This is a great technique for creating water on small projects such as ATC's or Cards. I hope that you will give it a whirl and make this technique your own. If you do, please post a comment and a link so that I can check out your creation.

SUPPLIES

Craft Baggie (Bead sized are great)

Clear TapeRed Line Tape

Cardstock

Hair Gel (Clear or Blue)

In my example I’ll be creating an ATC (Artist Trading Card).

Using a piece of cardstock (3 ½ x 5 for the ATC) score and fold at center to create 2 ½ x 3 ½ foundation. Unfold and stamp and color image as desired.Cut away any background that you do not wish to keep, making sure that you have a minimum margin around all edges to conceal the baggie. Set aside.

Fill baggie (for my ATC I’ve used a bag approx 2”x3”) with 1 TBSP of hair gel. Zip/Seal baggie closed. Fold mouth of baggie over and tightly secure with tape to help keep hair gel from drying out or leaking.

On inside of the cardstock run red line tape around the edges of image to secure baggie in place. Run additional red line tape to seal ATC closed and hid baggie edges.

ONE STEP FURTHER:

Add food coloring to create any color desired.

Add Glitter for some sparkle.

Add small buttons that compliment the theme.

REMEMBER I'D LOVE TO SEE YOUR TAKE ON THIS TECHNIQUE.

POST A COMMENT AND LINK IF YOU CREATE SOMETHING!

I'D LOVE TO TAKE A PEEK!

While the Cat's away .. the mice did play!

Well they're back!

And yup, the mice did play

while the cat was away!

The hubby & youngest son, Alex, went camping overnight and squirrel hunting!

(No worries, no squirrels were harmed)


Alex took some photos and will try to upload them a little later this week.

While they were away, I did get my scrap on a little......

The next few cards are quick cards

I put together to send to the troops so that

they'd have cards to send to their

families for birthdays & anniversaries.

(I'll be making more for Christmas & Halloween!)

and here are two quick ATC's I made for a swap!

I did a layout too, but can't post it yet until a a DT call I submitted it in ends.

Wish me luck on the DT call.

The Countdown has begun

We'll I've been absolutely buried with projects this week. I've been working on the sb album that this fella (JOE) has hired me to do for his wife as a secret. Additionally, I've been sewing a pair of camo pants for youngest son. Hubby is taking him camping overnight and they're going squirrel hunting. The pants were finished last night .... sooooo many pockets....... so many broken needles! Sooooo glad that mess is done, but now I have to make the shirt. Oh well atleast I have a little more time to get that done. They're heading out tonight to get an early start in the morning and by golly I'm gonna stay home and scrap my butt off! I've been so missing the papercuts. LOL! So hopefully, I can get some new creations up.

Oh and I've tried my hand at digi. That's a first for me! The first one I did I used a template ... kinda just rearrange the elements and drop the pictures in, but my second one was an absolute freehand creation.

THIS IS MY FIRST ONE.....

THIS IS MY SECOND ONE.....

So that's my update for what it's worth!

Hope everyone has a wickedly wonderful weekend!

Scrappy

Sweet Pieces of ass (donkey you dirty minds).....

Oh wow ..... World Card Making Day is right around the corner! Celebrating WCMD & her 25k blog hits is MichelleO of Stamps, Paper, Scissors & Donkey Smiles! She's giving away some delightful donkeys from Alota Rubber Stamps. So pop on over to her blog and find out how YOU could be the lucky winner. What are you waiting on .... go on ...... check it out you only have until October 8th.

The NEVERENDING Blog Candy!!!!!

Cammie has the most amazing, to die for blog candy right now. All you have to do is pop over there and leave a comment. There is over $1k in giveaways ... and they're all gonna go the ONE lucky person. Pop over and give her a shout out. Lucky winner will be chosen on 9/26. Make sure you read the rules and follow them, they are pretty specific.

From her requirements, here is a card that I'm sending to the local nursing home employee that must deal with Alzheimer patients on a daily basis. Thanks Cammie for the inspiration and here's the card that I am sending out in tomorrows mail......

Sweet Leafy Treats!

Chrissy D has a beautiful stamp set she's offering up as blog candy to celebrate hitting 40k hits.

How AWESOME! Go check it out! Winner will be selected on 9/23!

Whew! I'm Glad That's Over!

What a week it has been so far! So much has happened!

Some of you already know that I organize a group that raises funds and aids in budget needs for my local library. We just wrapped up our annual silent auction ... and it was great! I think it went well, but all I can say is WHEW I'm glad it's over! A lot of work goes into fundraising. I was pleased that several of my cards and notecards that I put in the auction sold and did quite well. YEAH!

Moving right along, today was also the close of a Design Team call we had running at ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com. There were ooooooooddles of awesome creations submitted, but I had the unfortunate task of picking JUST ONE! I mean, come on... ONE?!?! There seriously was some great stuff.

Well, I just wanted to take a moment to tell CHRISTINE (aka: ScrappyGal) Congrats for getting the first DT spot. Hope over to SSD or check out her blog and wish her well.

Oh and toot toot, of sorts! I've got my first official album to do for someone. This fella wants me to do a complete album to chronicle the relationship w/his now wife. It's a secret though! He plans on having it to display when they renew their vows. He wants to make it a centerpiece so she can look at it and say 'what's this.' He ultimately wants to make her cry! I guess in this instance I'll enable him. LOL! But I'm so stoked about getting this chance.

Need a sweet sugar fix?

Bev of All the things I love has some great blog candy up for grabs. The RAK closes on the 22nd, so bustamove and pop on over there!

and if that doesn't satisfy your sweet tooth ... then try this one out!

Theres also an amazing piece being offered at Lis-Trations Art & Designs from Elisabeth! Hop hop hop on over cause it closes on the 21st!

Oh NO he didn't!

No he didn't remember our 9 year anniversary!

Not a word, no a card, not nothing about our anniversary!

I didn't expect anything except for it to be remembered!

I would have even been estatic about a card.

Ok, he did say something about it,

but it was 11:30 at night and what he said was...

"I'd tell you happy anniversary, but I'm too tired."

I just don't really think that counts!

This just chaps my ass!

It just makes me feel unappreciated for all the crap

that I put up with all of the other days.

oh and the poll results ........

66% said yes he'd remember

23% said he wouldn't remember
Thanks for casting your votes ...

keeping up with ya'll is what made it fun for me!

Thanks for letting me rant!

How sweet it is!

Blog Candy Alert Ya'll!

Suzanne of ScrapBitz has some amazing candy to give away on the 12th.

Here's a pict of her swee treats.....

• 1 unmounted Whiff of Joy "Melinda Hugging Heart" stamp
• 6x6 Basic Grey "Stella Ruby" dp pad
• 1 roll of pink/polka dotted ribbon
• 1 bottle of pink Stickles
• 1 pkg of Prima flowers
• 1 pkg of rhinestone/jewels

Just pop over there and check it out, leave her a comment!

Good luck!

Two for the Road

Ooooh, you better hurry .... here's some blog candy, but it's gonna have a new home on the 9th!

Gina P is hitting 20k and celebrating with a wonderful give-a-way. Hop on over and check her candy out! You've got to hurry, it's gonna have a new home on the 9th!

How about a brand new Whiff of Joy stamp that another card diva is giving away on Sept. 9th.

Will He or Wont' He?

I sit here and wonder as my wedding anniversary nears, will he remember or wont he? It doesn’t really matter one way or the other if I get a gift, although I know I won’t. The one time he bought me a gift on our anniversary (back around the 1st or 2nd year), it was really because he had been such an ass towards me. He bought me a 20 gallon fish tank. Again, it’s not about the present, but about whether he REMEMBERS. I’ve even had to break it down for him and say mean stuff like, “wow … I knew it was an omen that our anniversary should fall right after a tragedy like 9/11”. This isn’t one of those milestone anniversaries; it’s number 9. Will he behave himself or will he have another ‘angry’ day. Just for giggles, I’m going to open a poll to see what you think. WILL HE OR WON’T HE? Take a moment to cast your vote (poll is just above my mugshot).