Sparkling Chipboard Sun Tutorial ~ ScrapThat! March Kit

I enjoy repurposing my supplies for unexpected uses. I had a picture in my mind of what I wanted my "Movin' On" page to look like. That vision included a sparkly sun. I was so blessed that our ScrapThat! March Kit included the Maya Road Chipboard frame pieces. My set included a flower frame. I kept the center circle in place and transformed it into my sun using the following steps. For the tutorial below, I used a flower chippie from my stash, so if your kit includes different shapes than mine, try checking your chippie stash to find something that will work. 

This is a technique that would work with a number of different products, so I have included some ideas that may work if you don't have the exact products I used. I am a firm believer in using what you have on hand when possible. 

Sparkling Chipboard Sun Tutorial

Supplies:

Supply List:

1. Flower or sun shaped chipboard piece.

2. Big Shot or other machine that will emboss. 

3. Darice Swirls embossing folder or any embossing folder with texture you like for your sun.

4. DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Paint or other yellow/gold colorant.

5. Ranger Crackle Accents or other clear crackle or non-crackle medium.

6. Mini Marbles or microbeads. While microbeads are smaller, they would still catch light for the sparking effect. 

Step 1. Run chipboard through a textured embossing folder. I used the Swirl folder by Darice. Any embossing folder with dots or swirled texture should work. The raised portion of the embossing is on the top of the "sun". 

Because the chipboard is thick, you may need to shim with cardstock in place of one of your normal embossing plates. I was OK with the plates for my Big Shot, but it was a tight fit.

Step 2. Paint with gold metallic paint. Because my chipboard is bare, it took two coats for good coverage. I used DecoArt Dazzling Metallics Splendid Gold. 

If you don’t have gold metallic paint, you could try, ink, mist, yellow paint or other colorant.

Step 3. Cover with a clear crackle medium dropping clear mini marbles or microbeads into the wet crackle. I used Ranger Crackle Accents and Beadies Mini Marbles. Allow to air dry.

Ranger Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint should work as well. If you don’t have either, you could also use Glossy Accents or other clear medium. Although a clear medium won't have the crackles, it will adhere the microbeads for the sparking effect. The result would look much like the first photo below.

Wet Crackle with Mini Marbles:

When Dry:

Step 4. To create the rays I penciled in lines of different lengths extending from the sun with a ruler. I used my Tim Holtz Design Ruler and piercing tool to create holes every 1/8 inch. I erased the lines, then hand stitched with yellow embroidery thread, randomly adding yellow seed beads as I stitched. Depending on the beads, you may need a beading needle. Fortunately mine had large enough holes that a "sharps" needle worked fine. 

If you don't have a ruler with piercing holes, you could simply pierce the holes down the lines, not worrying if the spacing is exactly even. 

"Movin' On"

ScrapThat! Main Kit

See how easy this charming sun is to create? I hope you have been inspired to give it a try. Please stop by and leave a link for your project if you do. I'd love to see your sunny project. 

Thanks for stopping by, I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

Movin' On

I'm back to share the details of my personal favorite layout I created from the ScrapThat! March Kit. Normally my layouts evolve as I create them; however, for this one I had this fun idea pop into my mind. Amazingly, it came out just as I had envisioned. I've had this photo set aside to scrap for some time. It is an older photo of our daughter, Elizabeth taking a drive with her cousin, Tyler. We didn't have a battery operated car, so she was so thrilled with the ride, and I just adore Tyler's serious expression as he is trucking her on down the path. 

The ScrapThat! Main Kit is just packed with gorgeous embellishments included on this page.

Movin' On

MK

Tips and Techniques:

Title Banner ~ I used my CTMH Artiste cartridge to cut the layered banner from the MK cardstock. I added eyelets from my stash to run the brown kit cording through. The letters are from the Basic Grey Alphas included in the kit. These little letters are just perfect and so versatile  I inked them just a bit to take the edge off the bright white, and they can be inked to any color to coordinate. I also inked the edges of the banner pieces. You will notice a flourish from my stash tucked into my flower cluster. I cut up the random extra crystals to embellish the banner. 

Eggshell Path ~ I was inspired by Gabrielle Pollacco's egg shell mosaic to create this little road. I cut a piece of cardstock into the shape of a curved path, then followed Gabby's great tutorial to apply and color the eggshells. At first I tried some small pebbles, but they were too large, and the eggshells worked perfectly.

Mixed Media ~ For this page, the pink flowers in the bottom right corner of the page didn't really fit my plans for the layout, so I used a credit card to apply gesso over them. It took two coats to completely cover, and I let the gesso dry between coats. I then spritzed with mists in green and brown. To get the inky drips. Spritz with mist, then a bit of water and tap the page to get the drips. Be sure to allow each color to dry before adding the next color. Heat set if you don't want to wait for them to air dry.  If your paper gets more warped than you like, mist the back of the warped section with a tiny bit of water, layer between paper towels and stack heavy books on top and let sit overnight. I usually put a large glass mat between the page and books to evenly distribute the weight. 

Bead Gel ~ After all my misting, I applied glass bead gel below the path using a stencil. I love how it picked up just a little golden hue from the mist I had applied to the page. 

Flowers ~ I just had to show you a couple different views of the flowers. The  pink roses are created with kit card stock and colored with Distress Ink. You can find my tutorial for the larger Full Open Rose created with Donna Salazar's Grand Peony and Bitty Blossoms dies here and the smaller rose is created with the largest of the Bitty Blossoms Dies. The yellow carnation is from her Carnation Creations die set. The gorgeous white blossoms, velvet leaves, and skeleton leaves are all in the Main Kit. 

Chipboard Sun ~ I used one of the flower chipboard pieces from the kit to create this sweet sun. Be sure to come back next Tuesday, March 12 for my tutorial. 

More Flowers ~ I want my layout to feel like Elizabeth and Tyler are driving on a path through a yard, so included these DA grass clusters with more of these sweet kit roses. A quick brush of paint colored the chippies. 

Nut Tree ~ I told some friends this was my insanity tree because I fussy cut an embossed image to create it. They told me I was nuts, so now I call it my "Nut" tree. I know, I know - there are plenty of cut files for leafy trees out there, but this Darice embossing folder tree was the perfect size and shape. I probably won't ever fussy cut another, but love this one for this page. 

I had so much fun creating this page and hope that you

have found some inspiration for your own pages. 

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments.

~ Blessings ~

"Dream Come True"

It was such a joy to our family when Elizabeth and Andrew announced their engagement last May. Elizabeth decided at an early age that she didn't want to date a lot of guys, but would wait for the Lord to bring just the right man into her life ~ Andrew, her "Dream Come True." Here are the details on my final page created with the wonderful February ScrapThat! Kit. 

"Dream Come True"

MK, EAO, FAO

I flipped Amy's fabulous February ScrapThat! Sketch for this page:

I hope you will create a page for our Sketch Challenge using this sweet sketch. The details can be found here.

Tips and Techniques:

Full Open Rose ~ The tutorial for the focal rose using Donna Salazar's Grand Peony and Bitty Blossoms Spellbinder dies can be found here. I used the Smooch Accents included in the kit to color the edges of the rose. 

Chipboard ~ I tinted texture paste with Distress reinker and spread it across my chipboard piece. When dry I went back and inked the edges for more depth and visual dimension. 

Cluster ~ Aren't these sweet pink flowers in the main kit just darling? I coiled the wire snipped from the blossoms to create the vines. 

Beads ~ I was inspired by a project created by ScrapThat! designer, Tracey Gregory, to add some scattered beads to my page. I also dabble in creating jewelry and have lots of seed beads in my collection. I used tweezers to dip each bead in Glossy Accents and place on the page. The Glossy Accents is a great glue for this. Just a little dab has a lot of holding power and dries perfectly clear. 

Hearts ~ The canvas heart included in the main kit were stamped with different designs and the edges inked. The little charms were from a package of charms I found clearanced at my craft store for a mere 50 cents a while back. 

Sparkling Strip ~ I created this sparkling strip by placing a 12 inch piece of Crafty Power Tape on my craft mat. I then sprinkled some different embossing powders and mica flakes on the adhesive. I melted them with a heat tool. The back of the tape remains sticky, so I just pulled it up and placed it down the center of the hearts. 

Title Block ~ I fussy cut one of the notebook pages and inked with Distress ink. I used texture paste over a doily stencil and stamped my title in the center of the doily.

Distressing ~ What is a page without pulling out my Donna Salazar/Zutter Distrezz-It-All? I love the texture I get with this machine. 

Cluster ~ More of the sweet Main Kit flowers spilling out of the peak-a-boo tear. I tied some charms with the silky pink baker's twine also included in the kit. 

Hand Stitching ~ You can see my hand stitching around the page border. I also stitched around the photo mat. 

ScrapThat! also has our DT Challenge to create a page with at least 4 layers of patterned paper. I hope you'll come on over and add your project. Details can be found here.  

Be sure to come back tomorrow to see my guest designer project for Scrapping Everyday Memories. Here is a sneak peek from my page featuring my stash of Donna Salazar goodies:

Thanks for stopping by! I treasure your comments. 

~ Blessings ~