Showing posts with label #Graphic45. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Graphic45. Show all posts

Thursday, April 14, 2016

A Stampendous, Dreamweaver, and Graphic 45 Voyage

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I hope you've hopped aboard our Voyage Beneath the Sea each day this week! We've had a whale of a good time playing with all of our Stampendous and Dreamweaver ocean-themed products mixed with Graphic 45's wonderful collection of papers. Remember to leave comments on all posts this week for the chance to win one of three whopping prize packages. Details can be found on the Stampendous Impressions blog.

Here's what I'm sharing for today...


I've created a window on the world beneath the sea, which includes a bit of unexpected ocean delights like mermaids and steampunk octopi! There are two sides to this sea world...the first featuring a large worded image and teal paper from Graphic 45, along with stamped, colored, and die cut shells from the Stampendous Cling Seashells collection.


On this panel is also a Matte Black Embossing-pasted "Oi Oi" fish, which has been covered in Stampendous Aged Teal Embossing Enamel, and the same paste for the Dreamweaver "Under the Sea" stencil design.


There is also an acetate insert on which the sea weed stencil/template from the stamp set was used to paste-emboss the design with a mix of Dreamweaver Pearlescent Paste with Tsukineko® Radiant Neon green and blue re-inkers. Once pasted, these panels were covered in clear glass tiny beads.


On the second side, I've used the panel of paper featuring the Graphic 45 mermaid, on which I've paste-embossed in black the Dreamweaver Jellyfish and Sea Turtle. These have been covered in Aged Teal and Aged Hunter EE and heated as well, along with a sprinkle of Aged Black speckles.

 
This side also has a panel of the same pasted seaweed, and the glass on the outside has been paste-embossed with the Dreamweaver Starfish, Small Scallop, and the Nautilus design. All of these used Metallic Gold Embossing Paste, and Aged Ochre EE on the first two, and a bit of Aged Gold and Rose Gold Embossing Enamel on the nautilus.

 
 
I used Beacon Adhesives' Dazzle Tac to adhere the double-sided panel to the center of the glass block (Pittsburgh Corning®). On either side of the panel, clear glass marbles were added for the bubble effect, and to keep everything in place.


Here's the rest of the crew on board for today...


Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Under the Sea? With Graphic45 and Stampendous!

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All of this week, in addition to introducing our new designs from the April catalog, we are also showing off projects where Graphic 45's Voyage Beneath the Sea collection has been part of the inspiration. And yes, there are prize opportunities by visiting and commenting on all of our team's blogs this week. All the info can be found on the Stampendous Impressions blog. Here's what I'm sharing for today...


Though maybe not "beneath the sea", this card has a fish, and is under water. And though it may only have a small strip of the Graphic 45 paper, it was the perfect addition to this design as it brings out the color of the goldfish, and the fan/shell pattern mimics the scales and tails of our fishy friend below.


Just adhering my colored (Copic Sketch Markers) House Mouse Designs® "Fishy Kiss" to the card would be fine, but I really wanted to give it a bit more of the "fish bowl" look. So I CASEd a technique from my good buddy, Louise Healy, as shown in this post HERE. Using the new Stampendous Fitted Frames "A" set, I placed three nested sizes of frames together (taping them with removable tape helps keep them together), and cut out the sections highlighting the fish and the mouse lips (do mice have lips?). When adhering them to my card, each section used thin strips of foam tape in graduated thicknesses or layers, with the center coming out the most. Btw, using the same Fitted Frames set, I die cut the long strip of the Graphic 45 paper, stamped the cute sentiment from the Perfectly Clear House Mouse Designs® "Hoppy Wishes" at the top, to raise higher than the top of the card.


Just in case you're not ready to come up for air, here are the links for more fun "beneath the sea":