Dried condensed milk has an amazing sheen, therefore, when mixed with food colouring can make for a great paint.
Mix one cup condensed milk with food colouring to create the colour of your choice.
Use this mixture to create a bright and shiny paint.
Archive for September 2009
Use a fine tip glue pen or tiny glue dots and place the adhesive behind printed letters or other darker printed elements on the transparency. I am a big fan of Glossy Accents by Ranger and tend to use this lot for transparencies and acrylic items.
Use adhesive such as photo tabs, double sided tape, liquid adhesive, etc if there is going to be an area of the transparency that will be covered by a photo or embellishment. Just be sure to apply your adhesive directly under the portion of the transparency or acrylic that will be covered.
Other popular ways to attach transparencies include brads, eyelets, snaps, clips, buttons, staples, photo turns, nail heads, and stitching.
Categories Card Making, Scrapbooking, Tuesday's Tips
As most of you know….. I love to hand stitch on my layouts. I recently purchased some amazing American Crafts paper from my trip to The Scrapping Bug. Love the new line so much that I bought all of it.
On the following layout of DD I also added some Ruby Rock It butterfly pop-up embellishments. These are simply fabulous. I poked some holes in by hand along the shaped paper and hand stitched.
Challenge: I would love to see you sew on your next layout. Don’t be intimidated, it can be something as simple as two little stitches by hand or elaborate with a machine. Email your creations to me to earn a ballot for this months blog draw. Please put CCAS Blog in your subject line so it doesn’t get lost in my inbox. Thanks.
~Tara~
Categories Monthly Challenges, Scrapbooking
I am giving away a 7 Gyspsies Binderie Punch on my blog!! All you have to do is complete and challenge until October 31st to earn a ballot for the random draw. These are amazing to use and produce great results. I am a fan already!! Check out my blog for lots of challenges and other ways to win. Thynner… all tangled up
WeScrap is now a FREE Site!! Yippee… come and join Ally and I over there for lots of inspiration and daily doses of fun!
Speaking of weScrap……. we are having a DT Call right now and I would love to see you join us and share in your creations and showcase your talent!! Here is the information:
Starting September 21st thru October 15th, 2009 we will be accepting Design Team Submissions. We are looking at bringing on at least 1 or more design team members to join our team!
You may apply for the weScrap iTeam (Inspiration Team) by submitting the following to: allison.wescrap@gmail.com
*International applicants are welcome!
Submit a total of 3 items (by post them to the gallery indicated; do not send them with your application):- 1 newly created Layout (for our gallery only! – do not share outside of this forum until the call has ended) best showcasing your scrapping style- 1 newly created Layout or Card featuring use of embellishments- 1 Layout featuring “you”- using papers, embellishments & journaling show us who you are (does not have to be new)
All layout and card submissions should be posted in the weScrap Design Team Call gallery for general viewing. Note: No more than 2 photos per project please.
Send a Scrapbook/artist resume & biography, as well as your full name, weScrap forum username, email address & full contact information with your submissions to allison.wescrap@gmail.comwith “weScrap DT Call” in the subject line.
Please include a link to your blog. Having an active blog is a mandatory part of this position.
Please tell us of any scrapbook design teams you are currently on. You are required to only be on no more than 2 other teams while you hold your weScrap iTeam position.
Please include the answers to the following questions:-Why do you think you would make a great iTeam member?
-What is your best attribute or skill?
-What is the attribute or skill that is a challenge to you?
-Do you feel that you can give inspiration, encouragement & techniques in the forum on a daily basis? How might you achieve this?
*Share any other information you feel is important for us to know about you.
*During this DT call your presence in the weScrap forums and gallery is crucial, since the flow of a board is greatly determined by the activity and connection of the DT members to our registered board members. We do not like to set a number of post in the forums but just know if chatting in the forums and communication is not one of your strong points then this call may not be for you. Communication with forum members and other DT members is highly and strongly encouraged during this term.
If chosen as a weScrap iTeam member you will be responsible for the following:
1. You will be required to create Layouts, Cards, Altered items, Mini Albums anything that showcases the bi-monthly kits provided to you.
2. All DT members are required to be a registered member of our forum and post as much as possible each day. Starting threads and answering thread are a must as well as leaving praise in the gallery for our members and your fellow DT.
3. iTeam members are responsible for helping create & hosting forum challenges for our crops and providing new tips/techniques. You will be responsible for a few daily posts per month, newsletter assignments and creating work to be loading into our growing resource area.
4. Promote the weScrap site on your blog by posting any weScrap contests, news, announcements, projects, kit sneak peaks, kit reveals, etc.
5. DT members are to promote weScrap.com where ever and whenever allowed without breaking rules on other sites. An iTeam blinkie will be provided and required in your signatures on our forum and again anywhere without breaking rules on other sites. Updating and showcasing items on your blog.
6. Communication with your fellow iTeam members, Co-Presidents and Vice-President is essential to a great team & fantastic site. You will have access to the secure iTeam private forum.
7. This is a 6 month commitment; DT duties will start up on November 1st 2009. You will have immediate access to the DT forum as soon as you are notified of your new position so that you can get to know the other members and learn all about your responsibilities.
8. iTeam members will receive a discount in the weScrap store during their contracted time and free shipping if shipped with your bi-monthly kit items.
9. You will receive one free kit every 2 months to create with. Kits are packed with great products and fun things to create with.Use this thread for any questions that you may have about the call. We are here to help you be your best so that you can be the best for weScrap.
~If you have any questions please post them in this thread or email me at thynner5@yahoo.ca. weScrap DT Announcement
Good luck to all and have fun!
~Tara
Categories Misc. CCAS, Saturday's Sharing
I am a font-a-holic!! I can admit it. I love fonts!! All types of fonts. I am contantly looking through the web for new, fresh and funky fonts. I thought I would share my addiction with you gals.
I love a good font and these are fontastic!
It is called: Wish I Were Taller
You can download them here: Kevin and Amanda
I would love to see any creations you make using this font. You can send it to: thynner5@yahoo.ca and put “font friday” in the subject line. You can also link you creations here as well. Anyone who does this will have a ballot for this months draw!
Enjoy your new font!
~Tara~
Categories Fonts
By Tanya Gibbs
We all have it, and many of us do not know how we will use up such a large bottle of it. What am I talking about, ultra thick embossing enamel, and otherwise known as U.T.E.E. Remember that trend where we “had” to have it, even if we did not know what we would do with it. Well it is time to take it down from its dusty resting place and put it to some good use.
The technique I am about to show you is so simple, with tons of “wow” factor. What you will do is create a translucent picture with a patterned paper showing through the back of it. Now let’s get started!
First off you will want to choose your photo and print it off onto regular printing paper.
- Note: try and pick a photo with a light background so that the pattern paper can show through. Altering the photo to black and white also helps.*
Next step will be to completely cover the back of your picture with adhesive (glue stick works well here) and then place over a piece of patterned paper (the worded ones work well) the same size of your photo and adhere in place.
Then you will cover your entire photo with a clear embossing ink, and cover with UTEE and sprinkle off the extra.
Heat with your embossing gun, melting all the UTEE and making sure it soaks through the paper. You will probably have to do at least 3 layers. Your paper may curl up; all you have to do is press down on the photo to flatten out once your utee is not too hot to the touch. In this layout, I actually adhered my patterned paper and photo to chipboard, which made it not curl.
You can either crack the UTEE once cooled to give a distressed look or leave as is. If you choose to sew your photo onto a layout, take precaution, because it could crack the UTEE if you go to fast, and also clean your needle afterwards, so it does not jam up your machine later on.
Now go on, get messy, play and create.
Categories Thursday's Tutorials
This week’s word:
Grow
1 a : to spring up and develop to maturity b : to be able to grow in some place or situation c : to assume some relation through or as if through a process of natural growth
2 a : to increase in size by assimilation of material into the living organism or by accretion of material in a nonbiological process (as crystallization) b : increase, expand
3 : to develop from a parent source
4 a : to pass into a condition : become b : to have an increasing influence c : to become increasingly acceptable or attractive
I used this word as the title for my layout I did for Let’s Capture These Sketches. It is of my darling DD and how much she is growing up.
Use this week’s word in your next layout and email it to me at thynner5@yahoo.ca to earn a ballot for the monthly draw!
~Tara~
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