Friday, June 20, 2014

ANGELINA FILM REVISITED

I have previously done a class using Angelina Film (also called Fusible Film) but as I have quite a few newer girls who have never used it before and the previous class was several years ago, I thought I'd revisit it again.  Some of them already have the film but have never used it so I will be showing them several ways to use their Angelina.
 
The first atc is made by using the Angelina as the background on black cardstock and run through a machine with an embossing folder, then heated to create the various colours and burn marks.
"Vivacious"...
 
For this next one I have attached the Angelina to a chipboard shape and then coated it several times with clear utee, making it look like a shiny dichroic glass embellishment.  It looks like opal!
"Captivating"...
 
If you can tear your eyes away from the vision through the window... the window is made by attaching Angelina to a frame, embossing it with an embossing folder through a machine and then applying heat to make the Angelina change colour but also burn away in sections on the window.
"Seduction"...
 
This embellishment piece with Angelina was made by covering a piece of black cardstock with Angelina (I use pva craft glue to attach the Angelina), allow to dry then run through a Cuttlebug
 die-cut to make the embellishment.
"Conjurer"...
 
This is the same technique as above with a different shaped piece... it's actually the waste of the above piece!  Did you notice that?
"North South"...
 
 
These 3 atc's below are the remaining ones from the previous class, Glue Embossing.  All the girls who took this class did an amazing job of their pieces.  It's a really easy but very effective technique!
 
"Trashy"...
 
"Technicolour Season"...
 
"Truth or Conspiracy"...
 
 
Hope to have some more Angelina samples to show next time.

Friday, June 6, 2014

GLUE EMBOSSING

The technique this fortnight once again uses our trusty glue gun with clear glue only this time.  It's simply a matter of drawing your design onto watercolour paper with your glue gun, allowing it to dry, re-heating with a heat gun (taking care not to ruin your design!) and while still hot, dump your embossing powder on.  Tap off the excess embossing powder and heat again to melt the embossing powder.  Let it cool, spritz the card with water and apply Twinkling H2O's onto the wet card so the colours blend together and voila, a cool and dimensional background that you can add pictures to or if your design can stand alone, a little embellishment and some words and you can call it done!
 
Of course the computer screen doesn't show how dimensional this glue is nor how wonderfully shimmery the Twinkling H2O's are.... you'll just have to try this technique out for yourself and see.
 
"Trapped"...
 
 "Despair"...
 
"Royale"... (thanks for the crowns Amie!)
 
"Essence"...
 
"Ascend"...
 
 
More to come....