Good Wednesday morning and welcome to the CLASSroom. We’re playing with Craft-a-Board this week and I had fun using Julie’s Poinsettia and Pine set to to create an evergreen arrangement to embellish the Peace sentiment on my project.
I have only used Craft-a-Board a couple of times in the past so I performed a search on the CLASSroom homepage and found Julie’s In Touch post showing several fun and different ways to use the product.
To begin cut pine and pinecone pieces. I had no trouble at all getting a clean cut with the wafer thin dies.
Apply a dark layer of Peeled Paint ink to the outer pine branches with a mini applicator. Just apply a light amount of green to the center of the branch.
Apply a light layer of Vintage Photo ink down the center of the branch.
Apply more green over the brown to blend the colors to create a natural looking branch.
Apply Vintage Photo ink to the pinecone with a mini applicator.
Apply Gathered Twigs ink to the outer edges of the pinecone.
Apply versa to the branches and pinecones and emboss with clear embossing powder.
Cut the sentiment out using Craft-a –Board and again using Bazzill Red Hots cardstock. Attach the two layers together with a Cosmic Glitter Glue. Apply versa to the sentiment and emboss with clear embossing powder.
Julie’s Tip: To create a double-thick embellishment from a more intricate die cut shape, try leaving one shape inside the negative and apply glue over the top; this will prevent glue from getting everywhere. Simply mount the second shape directly over top, then use a stylus or tweezers to eject/release the shape from the negative.
Apply the scalloped layer to the card base using thin strips of mounting tape.
Arrange the pine branches and attach to the card base using glossy accents. Hint: Hold the pieces in place for a bit to reinforce until the glue to begins to set against the slippery embossed pieces.
Apply Cosmic Glitter Glue to the back of the sentiment and attach to the card base.
I was not originally going to add the red branches to the arrangement but felt the design looked too bare. I cut Red Hots foliage pieces from the set to match the sentiment, embossed them with clear embossing powder and attached them around the pine pieces with glossy accents.
I love the foliage and pine dies in the this set and how pretty they looked arranged together against the all white card base.
I hope you are enjoying the focus on Craft-a-Board this week. Thanks for coming by and I’ll see you next time.
