Sunday Scrap Page: Rembandt

Today I share with you the 

Basket Weave Technique

It is one of the fun techniques

from the Carpet Tape Chronicles

that is the technique of the month April

over at the Club Scrap Blog .

You find a video explaining the technique HERE.

Today I used this technique for a scrapbook page.

I started out by cutting 12"x 0.5" strips of paper.

I cutted a small strip of the carpet tape to hold the strips

down on my table while weaving.

I also have some smaller strips 2,5 "x 0.5"ready for the weaving.

I just used this decorated paper, but you can also use different

colored strips matching your project.

Here you see the strips are allwoven.

But when you pick it up, it will fall apart.

So I just turned it over and stuck carpet tape 

all the way down. This way I can tape it to my page.

Now you can cut of the excessive strips to make it all straight,

but i liked it the way it was, so I did not cut them of.

Here you see the finished strip on the scrapbook page with

some Michael Strong tulips on top. I stamped them with

green and red ink (technique from the month March).

On the topof the page you find the journaling about the exhibition

my husband and me visited in Amsterdam.

You can read about it and see some video's here:

The Late Rembrandt in the Rijksmuseum.

Even though it is quite busy, it is totally worthwhile

to go and see the painingsif you are in the neighberhood.

Don't forget to add your card or project to

the linky party if you want to win a prize.

Go here:

http://clubscrap.com/0415-technique-challenge/

Have a creative day!

Happy Spring Card

It is Spring!

The weather is getting nicer and the flowers

pop up everywhere. So how about a Spring card.

For this card I used:

Michael Strong's cloisonné large and mini flower

with matching dies

Michael Strong cloisonné leave stamp

book paper

embossing powder

green and orange inkpad

I started out with cutting the bookpaper

to the right panel size for my card and

cutting the large flower in the middle of the panel.

I used  a green  inkpad around the panel and stamped

the leave stamp underneath  the flower.

Now I took the smaller flower stamp and

embossed it with yellow embossing powder.

To make a nice cut outI used the die.

For this you add another cut out piece

over the embossed flower and mark the dots.

The dots are used to place the die in the right spot

for cutting.

Finished cutting the flowers.

Printing the sentiment with the computer.

This is the inside of the card.

Thank you for looking.

Have a creative day!

The Carpet Tape Chronicles2

Here another post for the Club Scrap

April technique of the month.

One of the fun thechniques in the Carpet Tape Chronicles

is the Mosaic Technique. You find the video with

the technique here:

https://vimeo.com/5773670

I stamped this collage background for the card.

All stamps and papers are from the Club Scrap

 March London Calling kit.

I cut the right length of carpet tape for the card

and got some of the left over strips frommy box.

Enough for more than one card!

Here is the finished strip of carpet tape

embossed with red embossing powder.

Than added the strip to the background and added

the sentiment on top.

So you see this technique is not only fun for 

scrapbooking,but also for cards and super to use all

those little bits you have left over.

And did you think: where is the coffe cards Hetty always

makes with every topic?

Well here it is:

I kept all the litte bits I have from Mocha Java

and the Mocha Java Remix and it was great to use on

this card with scented coffee embossing powder

this card really smells like coffee.

The background is done with the coffee bean embossing folder

and I added a little spoon charm.

Thanks for looking!

Have a creative day!

Club Scrap technique of the month April

Every month there is a challenge on the Club Scrap blog

with a technique of the month.

One of the members of the Artist Team will pick a technique

and make sample cards for that technique.

You can try this technique and add your card/ project to the 

link at the Club Scrap blog HERE.

This month it is my turn and I have chosen 

The Carpet Tape Chronicles

as the technique of the month April.

There are several video's in the Club Scrap archive

and different techniques one can do with carpet tape.

This started with the first technique called the herringbone 

technique and the video about this technique is here:

https://vimeo.com/5003955

There are more ideas with carpet tape,you can als see them 

on the Club Scrap Blog

but here on my own blog I will share some more ideas.

Today I show you alsohow you can do the

herringbone technique in another way,if you just don't

happen to have carpet tape at hand,but you do have 

washi tape! in the 50s collection there was a yellow roll

of washi tape and with some of my own stash I made

the same herringbone technique with the tape:

Use the tape exactly as you would do

with the paper strips.

You don't have to cut them of,you can 

easity tape them to the back,just at the

corners you have to give them a little cut.

What makes your card extra interesting is using 

an embossing folder. Now I found this fun 

kitchen embossing folder matching the 50s Kitchen

theme from last month.

You can deboss the background and leave as

it came out after running it through your embossing machine.

Or you can emboss and use some ink

on the raised emboss part to make them extra visable.

Her is the finished card with a fun little

charm frommy stash and one of the

cut apart sentiments fromthe kit.

For this card I used the digital 50s Kitchen to

print the sentiment.I did not want to cover

alot of the background, for it looked so nice.

Hope you wll be inspired this month to link your

card or other project to the linky party on the 

Club Scrap Blog.I will have some other posts

sharing more ideas with the Carpet Tape Chronicles.

Hope you come back and have another look.

Have a creative day!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter 

to all my friends!

I made another card using the tin foil

idea from tim Holtz. This time I cut out some eggs.

As I used a spellbinder die, I could not cut bookboard,

so I cut out several eggs

and taped them together. 

With crumpled tin foil cut to size

I coverd the eggs. Leaving the shiny side inside.

Now I took a sizzix embossing folder

and embossed the eggs for a fun effect

before covering them with alcohol ink.

The eggs are finished now and I put them aside.

For the background |I took a white peace of cardstock

and sprinkled a few grains of bistre on it.

Sprayed water on top and this way covered all of the paper.

Now stamp Michael Strong's Fiona's Flock stamp

first on the background and then on yellow cardstock.

I gave the chicks some extra dimention by coloring

them with a yellow pencil.

Cut out the chicks (without the paws - these are already

on the background) and use foam tape to add the

chicks to the background.

I used part of Michael Strong's pot stamp (gold embossed

on green paper) as a bowl for the eggs.

On top of the eggs you see little bows.

The come with the easter bunny die.

The sentiment is from an old Stampin'Up! set.

Thanks for looking. 

Hope you have an amazing day!

Have a creative day!