We are so excited to be welcoming Laurel Beard to the CLASSroom today! Laurel is a ray of sunshine in this crafting world - her enthusiasm and energy are so contagious!
Her blog, Papercrafts by Laurel, along with her YouTube Channel, Laurel's Crafts, are a treasure trove of information. I'm not certain where she finds the time to do it all with two young children, but she does so with flair! Laurel is also founder of the Lawnscaping Challenges blog and this is where I first "met" her. It was the common love of the Lawn Fawn images that brought us together in this crafting world and I am a lucky lady to have her in my life.
For even more learning opportunities (yes, Laurel has another project AND video awaiting you) you must visit Laurel's blog, Papercrafts by Laurel! I would appreciate if you would help us thank Laurel for sharing her creativity with us here in the CLASSroom today. Please leave your comment on her post about being a guest here by August 19th to be included in the random drawing she will be hosting. As our way of thank you for taking the time to do so you will have a chance to win some of the fabulous products she used in this post! You know you are in the right place if you see the following picture.
Thank you Laurel for sharing your beautiful projects with us here in the CLASSroom today! -Ellen
Hi there! I am over the moon excited to be here at the CLASSroom today to share with you a few projects using some creative die cutting combined with some Design Memory Craft Faber Castell products!!! If you are like me, you like to stretch your products to get the most out of them, and that’s what I did here to get the most use out of this fabulous chevron die by My Favorite Things.
DRY EMBOSSED DIE CUTS
I decided to do some dry embossing with the die so I ran it thru my cuttlebug die cutting machine. The sandwich I used was: A plate, C plate, die face up, cardstock and two tan mats and this was the result: (if you don’t have the tan embossing mats, you can use several pieces of cardstock to act as a shim)
After applying some Gathered Twigs distress ink, I stamped the sentiment from this stamp set in Versamark ink and heat set it with Ranger Black Sparkle Embossing Powder.
I then grabbed some patterned paper scraps in my stash and die cut the pumpkin and leaves from this die set and voila, done!
GLITTER TEXTURED DIE CUTS
Let’s move on to the next card shall we? This time, I thought it would be fun to add some texture to the pumpkin! PERFECT time to pull out the Glass Bead Glitter Gel by Faber Castell!!! I tinted the medium by smooshing some Ripe Persimmon distress ink onto my work surface (I use the Ranger non-stick craft mat) and mixed in the glitter gel with a palette knife. I then added it to some cardstock and allowed it to dry (approximately 15 minutes). The texture and sparkle it leaves behind? WOW!
While that was drying, I worked on my background panel. I decided to use the chevron die as a stencil so I die cut the chevron, layered it on top of my white card panel, and spritzed it with some Mister Huey’s spray. I use an old shoe box for this so I don’t have to clean up afterwords!
I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and then heat set it with my favorite embossing powder ever because it seems to go with everything, Liquid Platinum by Ranger. Now that the Glass Glitter Gel has dried, I die cut the pumpkin from the textured panel, grabbed some scissors and cut off his head, hahaha.....
Of course, I added some googly eyes and some twine for the pumpkin insides and popped it up on the misted chevron panel with some foam dimension... As a finishing step, I heat embossed the edges of my card base with some Enchanted Gold Embossing powder! To do this, I applied my Versamark pad directly to the edges of my card base, sprinkled on the powder and heat set.
SPACKLE TEXTURED DIE CUTS
And finally, my last project to share with you today! A cute little place holder or treat bag!
To create the cute little pumpkin panel, I used some Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. I tinted it with Gelatos.... The pumpkin is from the Impression Obsession stamp set I used in my first project. Simply color some gelato onto your work surface, grab some whipped spackle and blend together.
I applied the spackle to the pumpkin using a palette knife, making sure I kept it uneven as I applied because I definitely wanted some texture and dimension.
I allowed it to dry (about 15 minutes) and then fussy cut the pumkin. For the burlap bag, I used some burlap I had in my stash (actually came in a coffee club order, ha ha) but Ellen Hutson carries these cute burlap bags which would have made things much easier for me! I cut my burlap into a circle and cinched up the top and tied it together with some twine. Then I cut a hole in the top of the pumpkin to weave the twine through and voila! As a finishing touch, I heat embossed an “L” using the same Ranger Black Sparkle embossing powder I used for the sentiment in the first card.
Be sure to head on over to Laurel’s blog for even more projects and a special card accompanied with a VIDEO! :)
