Friday, October 14, 2011

Totally Papercrafts ,,, Acetate !! :-)

Hi all ,, we have a FAB theme for you this week

ACETATE !! ,,, :-)

Mel chose the acteate ,,, and there were a few grumbles from the DT ,, but a challenge is a challenge eh !! :-)

Actually, it is much easier than you might think ! packaging often used acetate ,, Spellbinders for example so you could do a bit of recycling here too :-)

Before moving onto the challenge we are having a bit of a re vamp over on the TPC and Cathy has agreed to take over the running of the challenge BIG THANKS to Cathy MWAH !!!

ALSO ,,, Sue Scoopy has returned to the fold after taking a couple of weeks off WELCOME BACK Scoopy :-)

AND we are having a DT call ,, we are looking for a few new DT people to join us so if you are interested in joining this FAB group of friends then have a peek at the Totally Papercrafts Challenge blog for further details.

We are sponsored this week by Meljen Designs so a fab prize of 4 digi images of the winners choice :-) Thanks Melissa xx





I have recently bought some Hero Arts Acetate tags ,, perfect to use this week I thought. I recently joined in the Jennifer McGuire Inspiration Showcase online class ,, which was FABULOUS !! ( If you have never done an online class I DEFINITELY recommend it ,,, there is a new one starting soon called Holiday Boot Camp, click here for more details :-) ) anyway ,,,, Jennifer made a few fabulous creations using these acetate tags and she really inspired me to have a go too.

Acetate is difficult to photograph, so please excuse this effort, I will try to get a better piccy later when the sun is shining :-)

I placed the tag on a piece of dark blue cardstock, drew around it and cut it out, I then run the acetate tag through my Big Shot in a Swiss Dots folder, my most used folder I have to say !! LOVE it ,,, I did consider stamping a design on the blue tag but then I thought it would detract from the lovely acetate, what do you think ?I punched a few snowflakes out of plain white card using Martha Stewart punches and then glued and glittered with Art Institute Crystal glitter ( THE most sparkly glitter I found ,,,gorgeous !) I added an few Hero Arts Neutrals Gems to the centre’s and added a Hero Arts sentiment too ,, the edges of this were glittered with silver. I added some Tim Holtz Bias Tape ribbon and a Doodlebug snowflake brad to the bow at the top. I added pop dots between the acetate and card, these were hidden by the snowflakes and sentiment but does add more dimension IRL :-)





Thanks for looking :-) The DT have made some fabulous cards and creations for your inspiration so hop on over to the TPC to see them :-)

Challenges :

Art Impressions Stamps ,, Make a Tag or Bookmark

Aud Sentiments ,,, Winter + sentiment

C.R.A.F.T Recipe, I ribbon, 2 shapes ( tag and banner) and glitter

Stamp Insanity ,,, Anything BUT a Card

Hooked on Crafts ,,,, Anything BUT a card


21 comments:

Anne said...

love this Lols, great use of acetate and a lovely tag
Anne x

Marion Kuipers-van Eijsden said...

Hun, I'm completly in love with this tak!!! Great job on the acetate!!! We did a bit the same!!! Love the re vamp at the Blogs... So happy to be in this team!!!! We are all together again... doing a happy dance again!

Hugs

Nikbee said...

A lovely tag. The acetate is great. Thank you for joining us at CRAFT.
Nikki x

Keep It Sweet and Simple said...

Wow! How fab does acetate look with the dots?? Beautiful tag, Lols.
Caroline xxx

http://acraftynutter.blogspot.co.uk/ said...

I love how you've made the tag !

Erin- said...

That is so neat! I would never have thought to do that. Love it. :)

Lorraine said...

this is beautiful lorraine xx

Anne Fenton said...

What a fabulous tag...love it. Thanks for joining us at Art Impressions this week..hope to see you again soon.
Hugz
Anne

Unknown said...

Love your tag thankyou for sharing with us at StampinSanity this week
Luv Jane xxx

Vicky said...

It's beautiful hun...

big hugs Vicky xx

Carissa said...

Oooh, the embossing on the acetate is so pretty against the dark blue. Hugs, Carissa

Riet said...

So gorgeous Lorraine.

Hugs Riet.xx

Sue said...

Hi hun
oh this is a beautiful tag, stunning work as always, sue,x

Cathy said...

This is stunning Lols, I love the embossing and the details, what a fab tag.
Hugs
Cathy xx

kim edmonds said...

great project, thanks for entring this week over at c.r.a.f.t challenges x

Julie said...

What a great tag. Thanks for joining us in our Winter challenge at Aud Sentiments
Hugs,
Julie

Tina said...

beautiful tag...locely details and colors...thanks for joining us at stampinsanity anything but a card challenge

Tina
DT

Sharon said...

What a beautiful creation.
Thanks for joining us at C.R.A.F.T. this week, hope to see you again soon.
Hugs Sharon x

Susan Says (Stupid Stuff) said...

Gorgeous tag! Thanks for playing along with us at StampInsanity! :D

America said...

A gorgeous and elegant TAG!! Id love to create my own TAGS this year. But then again, I say that every year and never have the time. Always end up just buying giant stash of premade Xmas ones. LOL!

Jilly said...

Beautiful tag to keep in The bible or bookmarking, I just find about it more than three days, this is my fourth day and today morning I got a great treasure which I was really searching.
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