Crafting with limitations and disabilities is possible. With this blog, I am creating a record to show how I am overcoming my disability and using it as a motivation to become a better crafter. I hope my story helps others who may be in a similar situation. My tools, my hands. Crafting with limitations and disabilities is frustrating and can be very painful. The most important tool we CAN use is our determination. Click on a picture on the slideshow to view an enlarged image.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Passion tag
This one includes some of my favorites! First, stamped Girl in Wave using chalk ink (progressively darkened toward the bottom) trim and edged with Platinum. Glued to a larger piece of dark bluish card stock, edged that with a postage stamp punch. Separately, stamped 'passion' on the same color paper, trimmed and edged with platinum. Inked around the base tag with foam using Chipped Sapphire. Cutting a tag from Vintage Shabby, I trimmed 2mm around and distressed, then inked the edge with Broken China and adhered to the larger tag. Glued the stamped image at an angle and on top 'passion' with pop dots. Loading 2 headpins with tumbled sea glass I attached them to a jump ring and the tag. Finally, I glued a starfish charm tucked under the raised word.
Hope tag
A friend gave me a boxed set of stamps with one word statements. Maybe I'll work my way through the box and make tags with them...
For starters, we have HOPE. Stamped the keyhole face on transparency material with Stazon, cut and then glued that onto iridescent card stock, trimmed the edges and then carved the hole itself. Stamped the girl (gypsy set) in purple and masked. Added the flourishes with Pumice Distress ink and edged with Wild Honey and Worn Lipstick inks. Using brown I stamped 'hope' 3 times in different directions without reloading ink. I centered the key hole over the girl's face. made registration marks for alignement, pierced and by putting a 4mm bead under the keyhole I got the dimensional effect when I put the brads. The metal key was inked with Sunset Orange alcohol ink and heat set, then attached to tag.
For starters, we have HOPE. Stamped the keyhole face on transparency material with Stazon, cut and then glued that onto iridescent card stock, trimmed the edges and then carved the hole itself. Stamped the girl (gypsy set) in purple and masked. Added the flourishes with Pumice Distress ink and edged with Wild Honey and Worn Lipstick inks. Using brown I stamped 'hope' 3 times in different directions without reloading ink. I centered the key hole over the girl's face. made registration marks for alignement, pierced and by putting a 4mm bead under the keyhole I got the dimensional effect when I put the brads. The metal key was inked with Sunset Orange alcohol ink and heat set, then attached to tag.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Koi ATCs
These things can get addicting. How to create a calling card in a 2.5 x 3.5" piece of card stock? The possibilities are endless. For example, this is one of the Koi series I created using photo paper. First I did smoosh and swirl alcohol inks for the background and spritz it with light blue Perfect Pearls with a mister. Then, found a darker area that could be used as the bottom and hand painted reeds -kinda floating with the waves- and added a raised frame around (1/4" only) that I colored with pastel chalks. Separately, on transparency material I stamped the koi with black solvent ink and completed -very roughly- the rest of the body on the fish with Lumiere inks. Added a sprinkle of mini beads and using Glossy Accents I adhered the transparency -turned backwards- to the raised frame so the beads can move around. Stamped the letters on photo paper with a few stray reeds, added a page pebble over the letters and trimmed. Adhered with Glossy Accents.
On this ATC I used photo paper. I think it has a nice ripple effect when it is smooshed on alcohol inks. Alcohol inks (meadow) for the background -smoosh and swirl- and then a combination of lettuce, caramel (?) and slate -1 drop of each- painted the plants. Stamped the koi with black Stazon and again, Lumiere inks to complete the bodies of the fish. Trimmed the scene down and adhered with a Xyron runner to an orange piece of textured card stock allowing two sides to overhang and show 1/16" and then glued that to a dark teal piece of cardstock (2.5 by 3.5"). Stamped the letters on the same orange textured card stock, added page pebbles over the letters, trimmed and adhered. I love the ripple effect of the inks on the photo paper, it looks like water.
On this ATC I used photo paper. I think it has a nice ripple effect when it is smooshed on alcohol inks. Alcohol inks (meadow) for the background -smoosh and swirl- and then a combination of lettuce, caramel (?) and slate -1 drop of each- painted the plants. Stamped the koi with black Stazon and again, Lumiere inks to complete the bodies of the fish. Trimmed the scene down and adhered with a Xyron runner to an orange piece of textured card stock allowing two sides to overhang and show 1/16" and then glued that to a dark teal piece of cardstock (2.5 by 3.5"). Stamped the letters on the same orange textured card stock, added page pebbles over the letters, trimmed and adhered. I love the ripple effect of the inks on the photo paper, it looks like water.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Bee ATC
Oh yeah, this one came out right. Archival ink on glossy paper for the writing. Olive solvent ink for the measuring tape and then Wild Honey for the medallion bee. Added Distress embossing powder -Vintage Photo- and lifted the release crystals. Red Stazon for the cancellation mark. Distress ink -Vintage Photo- around the edges. A thin layer of Stickles over the wings. Bada-bing!
Bee-Day Card
My friend's b-day is right around the corner. So today I spent a great deal of time making this card using the Cricut. Not original, its a 'lift' from an excises we did in class. Can it get any more cumbersome to lift all the tiny pieces? Really! It can be very difficult for me to do this type of stuff. Gluing is OK if I run it through a Xyron machine, as long as I put the correct side on the glue... 5 bees later, here we go. The effort was worth it. She is worth it. I'll put it in the mail tomorrow.
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