Story of a stone

Hi everybody!

A few days ago I had a short relax trip to France, I was in the Montagne Noire (in the border area of the Tarn, Hérault and Aude departments), a beautiful area, I enjoy it very much!

And today I want to explain a story that begins driving across a rural road, and seeing a nice stone, specifically a slate.

When I saw it, I stop the car, pick the slate, and immediately I thought in a scrapbooking project; I want to do a layout with that stone! everybody in the car thought I'm mad (and perhaps they're right! stones are not usual in scrap projects)

Some details of my crazy project

I'm really happy with that project, is perfect decorating home!

All the embellishments in this stone layout are made with the same technique, here's a explaining video

Sizzix products I'm using:

660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)

660476 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Layering Frames

656554 Sizzix Bigz Die - Corners, Flourish #2

Be Happy!

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Hola a todo el mundo!

Hace unos días tuve un corto viaje de relax a Francia, estuve en la Montagne Noire (en la zona fronteriza de los departamentos del Tarn, Hérault y Aude), una zona preciosa, me gusta mucho!

Y hoy quiero explicar una historia que comienza conduciendo por un camino rural, y viendo una piedra bonita, concretamente una pizarra.

Cuando la vi, paré el coche, cojo la pizarra, e inmediatamente pensé en un proyecto descrapbook; Quiero hacer una página con esa piedra! todos los que iban en el coche piensan que estoy loco (y tal vez tienen razón! las piedras no son habituales en proyectos de scrap)

Podéis ver algunos detalles de mi locura de proyecto

Estoy muy contento con este proyecto, queda perfecto en la decoración de mi casa!

Todos los adornos de esta piedra-página se hacen con la misma técnica, mas arriba encontráis un video que explica como hacerlos, es muy recomendable!

los productos Sizzix que uso:

660515 Sizzix Big Shot Plus Starter Kit (White & Gray)

660476 Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Layering Frames

656554 Sizzix Bigz Die - Corners, Flourish #2

Sed muy felices!

Frameworks dies as masks for gold flakes

One of my long time always in my craft room product are any type of gold flakes or faux gold leaf. they add a different kind of metallic effect that not card mirri or shiny would ever do. 

One of my favourite products form the latest releases from Mr. Tim Holtz are the Frameworks dies, dies that are perfect for a lot of different technique. And if you know me, you will know that I love techniques. Frameworks dies make wonderful masks, gap cards and templates. Here is one of those techniques.

I die cut first the Frameworks-Chevron die using white textured card. As usual, I put the textured card facing the foam that will make the textured side the front. Then I took a piece of Stix2 double sided sticky sheet and attached it to a plain card to give it some extra stability, though is not necessary. 

I lifted the remain protective sheet and place over it the Chevron (texture side up). I protected the adhesive placing the protective sheet over it.

I placed on to the biz die from the Big Shot Starter kit but any Bigz die with a bold shape will work. Once die cut, I removed the protective sheet and use the left overs from the Chevron die to fill the one area that looked a bit bare. this in itself is another way to do this technique as you will see bellow.

Then I placed the heart with the sticky side up on a plastic container that holds my gold flakes. Using a scrunchy tool (usually sold on its own as a gold flake tool) I made sure that all sticky areas were covered and that any excess was pulled away and back in the container. On the right photo you can see the effect.

As I mentioned, this technique can be used as well with just the off bits like in the card bellow.

And finally a close up of the golden flakes effect bellow.

I think it is a very elegant way to add some metallics to your work, specially if you mix it up with matte and soft colours. I love it and I hope you try this technique soon!