Good morning! Today I would like to share a new-to-me product that works in conjunction with Ranger's Memory Glass and Memory Frames line, Memory Capsules. I saw these at Winter CHA and loved them because they made it possible to have a three-dimensional piece in the Memory Frames.
See the little plastic bubbles in the lower right of the photograph above? Those are the 1-1/2" Memory Capsules. I am using them with some Graphic 45 Botanicabella papers here, but I can see these used as a fabulous first Christmas ornament for a baby--perhaps in a larger size capsule (like the 2"), and with a tiny lock of hair and a baby picture--wouldn't that be a fun and simple gift?
I chose an image from the Garden Suite sheet of Botanicabella. (Since none of the images are repeated on a sheet, you will want two sheets of the same paper.) In the 1-1/2" frame, the black corners would have shown. I decided to trim the flowers carefully and mount them on the script sheet shown on the left.
Here you can see my first layer of flowers glued down to the script sheet. I added some shadows with my Copic W1 marker in order to make even my flat layer look dimensional. In front of the flat layer are two more flowers that I cut out and backed with foam tape.
Using the Memory Capsule to determine where my flowers would look best, I added the flowers and an additional small leaf to the base layer.
Here is a side view so that you can see the foam tape under the layers. I did not layer the flowers exactly on top of the ones I had first glued to the script paper, but I moved them around a bit to add fullness.
So, the question is probably what to do with it, right? After stacking my layers (glass, patterned paper backing, patterned paper image that I had layered, and capsule), I put the stack inside the Memory Frame. Next I used the same line of papers (Graphic 45 Botanicabella) to create a card base. I used a Martha Stewart Arch Lattice Punch on the script layer to create a decorative border. Next I added pearls up the side of the lattice strip and a wide silk ribbon from which to hang the ornament. It is attached with a glue dot, making it fairly simple to remove from the ribbon.
Can you think of some possibilities for the Memory Capsules? Feel free to brainstorm and share them here! Thank you for visiting the CLASSroom today.
