Polka Dots with Tutorial

Hey there! It's polka dot day over at CCC ! Ya gotta love polka dots! They are always so cheery!

 

I decided to play with the polka dot theme and make a mess...errr... create something rather than just use polka dot paper. I made my own polka dot stencil !

 

First I tried it with just card stock as my stencil base but that was sort of flimsy and truthfully was a bit too messy.

 

So then I fished out a scrap of acetate that I had lying around and proceeded to punch random holes in it with my Stampin' Up 1/2" circle punch and also the larger circle punch on my crop-a-dile. I  had to slit the acetate partially through the middle to add a few holes in there. I just had to be really careful when I added the temporary adhesive on the back, to cover the slit well so it wouldn't leak through. You can see the slit on this photo....

 

 

 I adhered my stencil to a piece of white card stock.

 

Now comes the fun messy part! I blotted my Strawberry Slush ink pad onto my non stick craft sheet a few times { I LOOOOVE those new pads ...they are sooo juicy!}.

 

 

 

Then I scooped a blob of model paste onto the nonstick sheet and proceeded to stir it up until it took on this yummy pink color! It looks like icing!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Next, using my palette knife {but an old credit card works well too!}, I spread a layer of that yummy pink goo over my stencil.

 

 

I let it dry slightly and then carefully pulled off my stencil and this is what I got!

 

 

Pretty, eh?

 My dots might not be perfect but I love the subtle dimension it added to my tag.

 

 Here's my finished tag...

 

Supplies for my project include:

 

SU Ink and card stock in

Pistachio Pudding, Strawberry Slush and Baked Brown Sugar

1/2" circle  punch

Su ticket corner punch

Crop-a-dile

SU Embosslits Butterflies

SU Labels die

Sentiment stamp is "Feels Good" #129684

SU Dazzling Diamonds

Golden Model Paste

 

Thanks for popping by today...now head on over to CATHERINE AND CATHY CREATE and check out the polka dot projects created by my cohorts! Toodles!

 

PS: Did you notice that some of my butterflies even have polka dots on them??? I love that butterfly Embosslit!

Butterflies and Bathing Beauties

Well...after my little hissie fit with my new Kodak printer {which God love Staples they replaced on the spot no questions asked} I finally got around to this little mini album that was my original project of that night...mind you, I didn't go about it the way I had planned. Go figure!!!! My ORIGINAL plan was to cut out a butterfly shape from chipboard with my Cricut... that just caused another machine SNAFU... btw did ya know it's hard on the Cricut blade to try and cut chipboard ??? Take my advice and invest in the deeper blade made for that purpose... anyhoo{ yes I know I have random thought patterns!} I stumbled across these cute little PRECUT chipboard albums at Michael's for only $1 !!! almost as good as hitting the easy button at Staples! The albums { I did one for the lady who hosted us too} came together in a snap. How do you guys adhere paper to your chipboard? I'm a fan of Modge Podge myself tho my friend Lisa uses her Zyron...lucky for her, she has a ginormous one where as I have a little one only suitable for making 1" stickers. I'd love to hear any suggestions for adhering!I used all 2x2 pics on this mini album. The paper is all DCWV Citrus collection ...made the embellies from same paper. Thanks for dropping by!