Polished Stone Resist Tutorial

I decided to play around with this technique the other day, as it's quite fun and I hadn't done it in a while. Here is a step by step guide with pictures for you to follow should you *dare* to try it.

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Tools You will need:

• Glossy Cardstock
• 2 re-inkers that compliment each other (I used Twilight and Crystal Blue)
• 1 metallic re-inker ( I used Platinum Planet)
• Versamark
• Stamps
• Isopropyl alcohol (I used 99% variety)
• Gloves if you don't like alcohol getting on your hands
• Cotton Balls

First you get a sheet of glossy paper and stamp it with versamark using your desired image and then set it aside to dry. Now you may want to stamp it and let it sit overnight to really dry. You can try to heat it with a heat tool to speed the process but keep it moving or it will warp the glossy paper. I have stamped with snowflakes on the paper above, although it's a little tricky to see.

Once your images are dry, take a cotton ball....lightly wet it with alcohol. Then apply some drops of the re-inkers to the cotton ball. Sorry for the blurry cotton ball apparently my camera didn't know I was doing a tutorial and the cotton ball was the center of focus not my hand.

Then dob, smear, smoosh, (I know not exactly the proper technical terms here but what can I say!!!) whatever technique get's you the desired look you are going for. You can go back over areas that are not to your liking as well. Then I take a dry cotton ball and repeat the dob, smear, smoosh deal till I really like what I see. The versamarked (is that a word???) snowflakes resist the ink and stand out making it look cool.

This is the final product using my custom made patterned paper. I stamped the elf using Staz-on, then layered it on a piece of scalloped CS. I stamped the "snowflakes" and the little snowflake in White Daisy pigment ink. I tied a little white hemp around the card and called it good. I hope you enjoyed my little tutorial and I would love to see projects that you come up with.

Frosty

I made this card the other day....I used a product called sculpting foam. It's a soft pliable foamy substance that when dry is set in the shape it is, but still retains some softness. Does that make sense or do I just need to have y'all over to play with it?!!! lol Anyways, it was lots of fun. I stamped the snowflakes on the little circles as well using Crystal Blue ink. I drew the snowmans face and buttons using my ink markers. His hat I used dimensionals on the back to make it the same height as his head. His arms were fashioned out of cocoa ribbon.

I hope you like him.

Origami Christmas Tree

I created one of these last year and they are so cute. So I decided to do another one on a card this year. I used White Pigement ink to add a snow looking effect to the branches, and accent to the edges of the card. I also added red sparkles to look like ornaments and add a little glitz to the tree.

I hope you like it and if you would like instructions on how to make one let me know in the comments section and I can send you instructions.

Snowman Shaker Card

I made this shaker card tonight and I have to say it was a lot of fun.

I used my nestabilities and cut out a circle from the heavy cardstock, not quite as thick as chipboard but heavier than cereal box weight. Make sense??? Then I lined up my patterned paper and cut the same hole in it.

I stamped my image on some White CS, and put adhesive all the way around the hole leaving no gaps. Then I added some glitter and white fun flock for snow. I adhered a window over the hole of my patterned paper. Then added ahesive around the hole where the glitter was leaving no gaps as well. I sealed the windowed patterned paper over the hole evenly and pressed it to make sure I had a good seal.

Then I decorated the front a little with some striped paper and a scalloped circle to spotlight the shaker portion. Stamped my sentiment and inked the edges of the whole card front. I hope you enjoy my little shaker card as much as I do.