I started off by making a hot glue stencil - her inspiration is fab. But DH and I are both home sick again today...and we were meant to be hot-desking: I could have a couple of hours in the morning to make a card and he could have my desk for the afternoon to work remotely. But he had an emergency and banished me from my desk, so I worked on putting this together in a small corner.
The base is from my scrap box - it was, I think, Brusho acrylic mists and silver shimmer spray.
The next layer was also from my scrap box, a quarter sheet of Tyvek coloured with watercolours. I drew little circles on it with my hot glue gun (knowing that the heat would already start distorting it), and used various embossing powders. Then I heated it very carefully to set the powders and continue distorting it. Love how a little hole melted just in the middle of a red circle of EP to let the underneath layer show through - serendipity.
Because it's so dimensional, I made a little coiled spring from wire to pop the ladybird up on, gluing it at the back and then gluing the panel to the base layer.
I added some poppies and the ladybird which were in a dish on my desk, and then die-cut the sentiment to add a focal point. I went through several experiments with the edge of the base layer - black stitching lines, a silver pen - but in the end I added Icicle Stickles, and that finished it off so that I was happy with it. This is going to be hard to mail but it sure was fun to make.
The tutorial for Hot Glue Embossing can be found HERE.
Date: Friday, January 19, 2018 GMT Views: 1379
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Accessories: watercolour paints, Sakura stardust pens, silver pen, Stickles, glue gun, Prima leaves, Serendipity word die, Elizabeth Crafts ladybird die, ep in silver, gold, copper and chinese red
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Fri, Jan 19, 2018 @ 1:44 PM
Wow, wow, wow.....this goes straight into my favourite category..weirdo arty stuff! Sabrina ever inch of this is magic, it must look even more amazing in real life. I love how you did the flowers too. Sorry to hear you are both sick, hope you get lots of rest on the weekend.
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Sat, Jan 20, 2018 @ 2:13 AM
Wow this is absolutely scrumptious....love it and added to my favourites. I love how you made such a beautiful card using your stash and just layering different items...that texture. Yummy and so Beautiful. TFS. Happy day
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Sat, Jan 20, 2018 @ 9:32 AM
Wow, just gorgeous! I am in awe of your mixed media skills!
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