That's right, Creative Carte Blanch wants us to play with wood, words and "something wild" in May!
Well, words are easy --- I have words in the form of stamps, chipboard, stencils, die cuts, stickers... Heck, I can even "WRITE" words!
Wood is a little more difficult, especially in card mode, but I do have these wooden "icons" from Prima.
Now, "wild" --- well that can be interpreted in a number of ways, right? And I have been mulling this over for a couple of days. Finally came up with wildlife (bird feathers, although, in this case, the birds were probably not so wild) and totally impractical (all the depth and texture on this is definitely wild! LOL).
I decided to try monochromatic neutrals again. It seems to be a color palette I am drawn to... which surprises me. Oh well...
I pulled out my textured surfaces and found a scrap of corrugated cardboard which wasn't quite large enough to cover the front of a card so I matted it asymmetrically with a scrap of black card stock (WHY doesn't the self-adhesive on some of these textured surfaces NOT stick? I had to add miracle tape after the fact to hold that coorugated piece down!) . Then I attached three bird feathers (from the Prima "The Archivist Fred Garcia" collection of Chipboards & More) with my Tiny Attacher (first time using it --- had a heck of a time figuring out how to load the thing!). Some 3-D foam allowed me to place the chipboard word plaque over the ends of the feathers. I then used some Multi Medium Matte to attache a small wooden magnifying glass (from the Prima "The Archivist Fred Garcia" Wood Icons collection) over the letter "T" in the word "Toujours". A few sequins and a strip of Idea-ology Industrious Sticker for some shine, and I had a totally impractical (read "WILD") card with texture, dimension, depth, a little sparkle ... and wood... and a word!
Well, words are easy --- I have words in the form of stamps, chipboard, stencils, die cuts, stickers... Heck, I can even "WRITE" words!
Wood is a little more difficult, especially in card mode, but I do have these wooden "icons" from Prima.
Now, "wild" --- well that can be interpreted in a number of ways, right? And I have been mulling this over for a couple of days. Finally came up with wildlife (bird feathers, although, in this case, the birds were probably not so wild) and totally impractical (all the depth and texture on this is definitely wild! LOL).
I decided to try monochromatic neutrals again. It seems to be a color palette I am drawn to... which surprises me. Oh well...
I pulled out my textured surfaces and found a scrap of corrugated cardboard which wasn't quite large enough to cover the front of a card so I matted it asymmetrically with a scrap of black card stock (WHY doesn't the self-adhesive on some of these textured surfaces NOT stick? I had to add miracle tape after the fact to hold that coorugated piece down!) . Then I attached three bird feathers (from the Prima "The Archivist Fred Garcia" collection of Chipboards & More) with my Tiny Attacher (first time using it --- had a heck of a time figuring out how to load the thing!). Some 3-D foam allowed me to place the chipboard word plaque over the ends of the feathers. I then used some Multi Medium Matte to attache a small wooden magnifying glass (from the Prima "The Archivist Fred Garcia" Wood Icons collection) over the letter "T" in the word "Toujours". A few sequins and a strip of Idea-ology Industrious Sticker for some shine, and I had a totally impractical (read "WILD") card with texture, dimension, depth, a little sparkle ... and wood... and a word!
A close-up of my wood and word(s):
This photo doesn't really show how much the feathers stand out, and that dimension is why I consider this card "wild":
Products used in making this card were:
- Papers: The Paper Studio Value Pack "ivory"; scrap black card stock; Idea-ology "Textured Surfaces" (TH93203)
- Embellishments: Prima The Archivist Fred Garcia Collection "Chipboards & More" for the feathers, chipboard and sequins(579098) and "Wood Icons" for the magnifying glass (579586); Idea-ology Industrious Stickers "Frames & Trims" (TH93136)
- Adhesives: Ideao-ology Tiny Attacher, Ranger Multi Medium Matte, EK Tools 3D Foam Dots; Viva Las Veags "Miracle Tape'
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