I really need to put myself on a craft budget. After viewing this post at Ellen Hutson's classroom blog, I just had to get some gelatos and try them out. At least I've learned not to buy the entire line when I'm trying something new - I just bought the orange/yellow set:
They are very easy to use and different from Distress Inks. I embossed a white paper with a herringbone stamp, brushed the gelatos over it, then used a water brush to spread the colors together. I was pleased with it and used it as a background for my simple flower card:
Those are silk flowers that sit near my craft table. I'm glad OWH's tutorial was to use flowers because I never think to pull out those flowers and put them on a card. And I've got a huge jar of them - I could make 200 cards of flowers and still not use all of those flowers!
My next card is for the OWH Mid-week "It's About Time" challenge. I don't have the OWH Hero Arts Time stamp set, but I did have 12x12 clock paper that I used, based on last week's sketch:
I made the sentiments in MS Word. The sketch fit perfectly with the round clocks.
On anothernote, one of my cards was selected as the Design Top 5 over at the Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. Yippee! That makes me do a little happy dance! Thanks FCCB.
Take care and thanks for looking!
I like how you used the clocks for the bkgd and then repeated the circle shape for the focal point. Nice job!
ReplyDeleteVery cool cards!! I have eyeballed those gelato a few times.. But haven't tried them yet! I love your example of their use. Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteI have that clock paper and you used it perfectly for the sketch. Love how you added the extra sentiment to the circle.
ReplyDeleteI would love to showcase you for the sunday spotlight over at FCCB. apieceoflifespie@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteArin
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