Scrap Your Idea

Hey folks...I have been MIA thanks to my troublesome lappy...My MacBook survived 8 years without giving me any trouble but it did have a painful end with battery, motherboard and its internal fan all gone for a toss!!! Sad to be deserting it but at the same time happy with the new member in the family -MacBook Pro!!!

Anyways I have missed a couple of posts so instead of doing a details showcase of items and linking back to the blogs!!!

We are currently having the "Trash to Treasure using Washi Tape" challenge at the Color Conceptions Challenges. You can recycle anything as far as its done with washi!!! So do join us for the challenge and share your creations here.

My inspiration for the same was.....



I used an old leftover foam sheet and had two different washi tapes cover it completely and then a few strokes of Mod Podge just to seal the loose ends and give it a long lasting touch. After it dried down I cut it to make a puzzle game out of it!!!

There were many other beautiful and cool inspirations from the other DT and to have a look at it...click here.

Over the past three weeks the design team has come up with some real cool ideas of how to use washi tapes and for that am posting the links below...see for yourself and get inspired!!!

1. Create interesting patterns with Washi for your cards: By Priya Sivaraj

 http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/07/diy-interesting-patterns-and.html


2. Washi Tape ideas for Jewellery and Stationary: By Tanvi Shah

http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/07/some-washi-tape-ideas.html


3. DIY Washi Tape Holder: By Dr. Sonia

http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/07/diy-washi-tape-holder-with-our-guest.html


4. Revamp your house items with Washi Tapes: By Saumya (ohhh thats me!!! hehehhe)

http://colorconceptionschallenges.blogspot.in/2013/07/go-crazy-with-washi.html

Hi Everyone....okie okie....I know am blogging too much today but cant help ....have been going crazy with crafting since morning...the previous post was on my cards which am entering for a Challenge on India Craft Room...and now here I am with a small but nice tutorial.....I saw it on Youtube but I didnt note the URL!!! Damn !!! Never mind but am very happy with the technique and the final effect .....

Okie lets start.....You need Crayons, Cardstock (Preferably White but you could try on pastel coloured cardstock too), Stamps, Inks, Paper Towels or Tissues and an Iron!!! Yesss you read it right.....IRON!!!!



Ooops sorry forgot to include the most important thing in the picture :( the crayons......anyways I used Faber Castel Oil Pastels.

Now take a white cardstock and start making circles with the crayons.....and feel like a toddler :)....You can do any geometric shape or heart or anything..but I love Circles for some weird reason sooooooo...


Once you finish this is how it will look!!!

I was doing many designs together so will do the same here too....:)



After you finish with this......heat your Iron on one side and take out the paper towels or tissues.....


Cover the entire Cardstock with the Paper Towel or Tissue like below



And then Iron on it......I used my old Iron as I was scared that I would spoil my other nice ones...but there's nothing to fear !!! 

This is basically to melt the crayons and tissue is added so that the extra colour is absorbed by it....keep ironing till the crayon circles turn a little chalky in feel than the waxy/oily original feel of theirs .....

You can check by touching it....if you get the colour on your finger tip and it seems like chalk its done!!! Make sure the oilyness is gone or we cant stamp on it!!!!



Now for the next step......the messy part :)


I like a smudged look to just took a tissue and blended the colours ...all into each other!!!


It MAY NOT look all that good and nice now but there's nothing to worry ....wait and watch!!!!

The second one I didnt do a smudged feel .....just took off the extra chalky colour through the tissue!!!



Now we shall proceed with the Stamping Part of it!!!!


 My CTMH stamps on work with her CTMH inks and acrylic block.....


Stamped!!!


Dont worry about crayon showing unevenly on sides etc..it doe snot matter at all.....the overall effect is what matters ....



Continue the same way with the other circles.....and yess I forgot please use those crayons colors on which your stamp inks will show....dont use very dark colors .....stamping will not show on them!!!


The final look after stamping!!!



Optional Supplies needed are sketch pens or fine tip pens ...to make the stem and leaves ....you could do it with felt paper...scraps of paper....punch craft ...options are many..suit yourself!!!!


I used buttons too .....you could use glitters or glitter glue pens etc for the middle round ....also could add bling border to leaves etc as per your imagination and creativity....options are endless....


I trimmed the sides a little and mounted it on a cardstock to make a card.....simple and easy isnt it????


A closer look !!!

You can also use this technique to create pattern paper for layering etc....like I plan to use .....




Love the effect.....how about you????  Have a look at the others too that I did.....


The next one does not use the stamping effect ....its with plain fine tip pens!!!!


In all the patterns you can add glitters ...bling etc etc as mentioned earlier to enhance the pattern!!!

Hope you like the technique and also do hope that I was crystal clear in the step by step procedure ....this is my first tutorial soooo nervous.....but none the less....I love the final product and am off to do some lovely cards with these !!!

Byeeee till my next blog!!!