PCC #142 and a Washi Wednesday Challenge.

Hi everyone! 

PaperCrafters Corner has 3 challenges going on right now. 

Needless to say I've been getting crafty today. :)

The weekly Magazine Monday challenge is, as usual, awesome!

Looking at this cover reminded me of something that was very popular in the scrapbooking world. Serendipity squares. To make them you ripped up scrap paper and then glued it to a backing paper. After that you just cut the paper into squares, mat them, add them to your card or layout.
With the popularity of washi tape I decided to try the technique with washi tape. No glue, less mess.
I picked 3 wider music themed tapes and started ripping. But no squares this time. I double matted the serendipity strip and added the Unity stamp.

I also added the washi to the envelope.
Which leads me to the next challenge.
This week, for Washi Wednesday, there's a challenge to decorate an envelope with washi tape.
Decorating envelopes isn't something I do. Well, rarely do. I started going through my cards that I used washi tape on. I could easily make matching envelopes for them.....

Here are my cards with their newly created, matching envelopes.

Both of these challenges end on Sunday, May 1st. I hope to see your entries!
If you want to see the other PaperCrafters Corner challenge (I did say there were 3) scroll down or click here

Taking a chance

Hi everyone!

Stephanie at PaperCrafters Corner has a very fun challenge going on inspired by Take A Chance Day. Who knew there was such a thing?

There are 3 rules to this challenge:

"You must use paper 

You must ‘take a chance’ – try something new to you, something you’ve never done before You must share the results in a comment here, regardless of how what you tried turns out"

I knew exactly what to do. Watercolor ATCs. A long time ago I bought a bottle of  Daler Rowney art masking fluid from Walmart. I had almost bought it several times and finally took it to the check out. Once I got it home the only times I touched the bottle was to move it. 

Today...I USED IT!

 I tried it with a Delta stencil

 I used it to cover a stamped image

I 'painted' some lines with it

I added it to my stamps and stamped with it too.

Once the fluid was dry (it only takes a minute or two) I started playing with the watercolors.

These are the finished ATCs. All the stamps are Unity.

What did I learn?

1. Care must be taken when using stencils if you want a clear image. 

2. If covering a stamped image make sure the ink is dark enough to see. I used light yellow. 

3. When painting with masking fluid don't expect precision. The fluid is like trying to paint with glue.

4. If using it on your stamps be careful about the design of the stamp. It can be hard to get the fluid out of small spaces. 

Although this experiment didn't work exactly as planned...well defined lines.....I still love the end result! 

So thanks Steph for the push!

 I really hope you play along.

Design Memory Craft Challenge

Hi Everyone!

This month's challenge at Design Memory Craft is about "creating something that relates to the new and young". 

For my project I took something old and gave it a new life. I also used the color green because in the spring everything is new again. Plus, it's my favorite color. 

Step 1-create the background with Gelatos

 Step 2-Add some texture and shine with Texture Luxe and stencils

Step 3-Embellish with computer parts

Close-ups