Tuesday, November 24, 2009

November 2009 Meeting

Diane showed us 2 techniques to add to our techniques album. The first one was how to make our own alcohol inks by using Stampin' Up re-inkers and rubbing alcohol. The other technique was how to emboss on fun foam using rubber stamps.
Alcohol Inks are the new "hot" items that could pinch your budget if you decide to invest in them. Using your existing re-inkers you can mimic them by dipping a cotton ball in rubbing alcohol and dropping a few drops from the re-inkers on it. Three coordinating colors work best. Using glossy paper (glossy photo paper does not work, trust me on this) add a few drops of metallic ink to the paper then dab and swirl the prepared cotton ball on top of it. Because the metallic ink does not dry, a heat gun is needed to finish the job. These papers can be used as background paper or go ahead and stamp right on the paper and cut out your image. Stunning!








For the fun foam, use your heat gun to warm the foam enough to start curling it then quickly press your rubber stamp on to it. Lift and see the impression it made. Trim and embellish a card or scrapbook page.




Here are the Thanksgiving card swaps.

Our December meeting is a week early, December 12.

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