Blue Christmas - the sour cream and salt process

Blue Christmas - the sour cream and salt process. Created for my PaperCraftPlanet Cuttlebug-ers Challenge #87. Which is to use your bug to cut a metallic tag ( I used Spellbinders Labels #9).

To cut the tag you may have to shim it up quite a bit. But start thin and work your way up. My sandwich is A Plate, B Plate, die, metal, B Plate, Two Tim Holtz grunge board sheets and two pieces of cardstock. I had to run it through my bug two or three times to finally get it cut all the way around the die.

The Sour Cream and Salt Process -

Before I get to my card I really want to explain my technique. You see, I know acid will tarnish/distress copper. But, THIS card wreaked havoc on my brain. I just couldn't get it to look the way I wanted, sort of an antiqued copper with some verde de gris. However, that said, I am mighty pleased with my finish product. I took my Copper and cleaned it up with some Ranger Inkssentials water - based Stamp Cleaner. Then I stamped the Reindeer from Layers of Color Reindeer Waltz in tourquoise ink, (note ink color doesn't really matter because) I embossed with clear embossing powder. Then the fun becgan, NOT! I took a sponge brush and painted the sour cream over the surface of my piece fo copper, covering up my reindeer. Then I sprinkle wet salt all around. I heated the surface with my heat gun for about 20 seconds. Then set it aside to assemble the rest of my card. I came back to my copper, placed it under the faucet and rinsed/scrubbed the salt and sour cream away and Voila! I used my tourquoise and brown ink pads with my daubers to distress the vanilla cardstock. I cut 2 of the Grand Labels #4 for my matte and distressed with more of the brown ink.

So if you are up to a challenge please join us over on PCPCuttlebug-ers this week. I'd love to see what you can do with this challenge. Remember the only required part of the challenge is to cut a tag from metal with your 'Bug".

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Betty aka ZacksNana

NOEL - SFYTT

NOEL - SketchForYouToTry from i {heart} 2 stamp. My Penny Black stamp, Noel, was stamped in Versa Mark then I heat embossed some Zing. My base was a recycled piece from a swap card. Ribbons are from Keep In Touch kits. These lovely brads were made by me using my 'NEW' ChatterBox Easy Brad Maker starter kit. The snowflakes inset into my brads are little scraps of an Anna Griffin white and wilver glitter dp.

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Betty aka ZacksNana

MMSC31 - Blue Christmas

Hello Again:
I took a little break from crafting to watch Julie & Julia. It was a terrific movie! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Now back to cards.
This little number was created for "priscillastyles" Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #31. I've used this little snowman before but never in monochromatics like this. I stamped him twice and used one for my image and one as a matte so I could add some snow drifts behind him. I stamped little blue snowflakes on my white background cardstock and then heat embossed them. He's colored with Copics, Spicas, Gel pens, Stampin' Up markers and Momento. The sentiment is hand written. Glittery cardstock is from the DCWV Glitter Matstack. Also used were my Spellbinders nesties, the scalloped oval and one of the tag dies. TFL
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Betty aka ZacksNana