Altered Acetate

This class is all about alcohol inks, acetate and the wonderful little machine called a Cuttlebug. The acetate is alcohol inked first, then run through the Cuttlebug with different embossing folders and attached to the front of atc's that have been stamped, possibly coloured, maybe even a soot technique background. I use my little Tim Holtz Stapler to attach the acetate even though acetate for me is usually attached with a xyron. As the embossing folders create depth in areas on the acetate the xyron doesn't work as well for this technique. Stapler to the rescue! Of course, you colour in your little rows of staples using a permanent marker (sharpie or Bic Mark-it) so it's all colour co-ordinated.

Firstly though, here's another couple of Fusible Film/Angelina Film samples from the last class.

"Life is too short"....(this was done with the Watermelon Angelina Film.....SO not my colour so I altered it a bit by dry-brushing with burgundy and lilac paints.....much better colour!)

"Untitled"... (this one has the angelina film attached to a chipboard border, then heated to create the holes)

Now the Altered Acetate samples...

"Soar"...

"Naturalist"...

"Support System"... (this one is the acetate placed over a soot background)...

"Secret of Life"...

"Just live it"...

"Red gush"... "Perverse"...

"Traverse"...

The next class will be Smooch Inks!

More Microscope Slides & another giveaway coming!

Following on from my last post, here are some more microscope slide atc's. All of these slides have been wrapped with the cheap version of the foil tape that was mentioned in my previous post.

"Talented"... (microbeads are the wriggly embellishment on this atc)

"Compassion"...

"Mauve"... (I used one of the border cuttlebug embossing folders to make the pattern down the left hand side of this one, sanded it after embossing and inked in Milled Lavender and Dusty Concord Distress Inks)

"Superb Cast"... (This one's for Mel, she loved the picture, hope she likes it!)

"Twirl"...

"Exorcised"... (Another cuttlebug border embossing folder on the left that's been embossed with bronze embossing powder)

Within the next week or so I'll be having another giveaway on my blog. I'll be running another Texture Paste Book Cover class this Saturday so I'll have some samples that will need to go to a good home. ;-) If you want to win one, wait until I post that it's giveaway time, then leave a comment on that particular post to go in the running to win one. Here are some samples of the previous ones I've done so the colouring of the new ones may be different. Thought you should see what they will look like though. The size is around 8" wide x 6" high and it's just the cover that you'll win so you can do what you like with it.

Less than 3 short weeks to go before I go over to Melbourne for the Creative Soul Retreat where I'll be learning some cool stuff from a couple of American tutors and I'll also be teaching my Technique Twinchie class as well! So looking forward to catching up with the girls again and getting to meet some new arty compatriots!