Happy February to us all!
I was interested in Dina's recent
Kaleidoscope Squares tutorial, and thought it would be fun to see what other people did with it. I made a floral one soon after her tutorial featured in the Inkling, and this time round I tried something more masculine (and with less colouring). And then I went for another floral, using several stamps and piece-working the four pieces, instead of one large stamp as in Dina's tutorial. I found I had very few suitable large stamps, but it was quick enough to stamp each square with one stamp at a time, especially with the little jig/template to put it back in place each time.
I still remember the first kaleidoscope I got, in a Christmas stocking. It was fillled with the usual little plastic geometric shapes. I thought it was just magical! I still do find them fascinating. We had another one that my dad made - no fancy housing, it was just a triangle shape, and he had small bits of dried flowers in it. Not as vivid and jewel-like to chilhood eyes, but still beautiful.
I hope you will have fun trying this out.
Dina's tutorial (and video) can be found
HERE in our tutorials section.
So
please do remember to choose Technique Spotlight and Kaleidoscope Squares when you are uploading your creation with the keyword
TLC832, and help build a library of inspiration.
In case we are still experiencing syncing issues with the gallery, it's even more helpful than normal if you come and post a link on the thread here so that we don't miss your card. (Mondays are exceptionally busy for me at the moment, so I may not be along to comment till Tuesday.
Here's a link to our
TLC832 Kaleidoscope Squaresgallery
Here are my cardsApologies for the quality of the thumbnails. I have uploaded brokers the same size as for the last number of years and can't figure out the latest curve ball from the site.
TLC832 Do The Geometric Twist
TLC832 Floral
Remember to use the keyword
TLC832 when you are uploading.
If you're not sure how to link your card on the thread here, here's how:
1. Open 2 windows or tabs: one window for your card and one for this thread.
2. In this thread, click on reply and type anything you want to show before the link.
3. Go to your card window. Highlight the address for your card. (It says www. splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showphoto..... and so on)
4. Click EDIT. Click COPY
5. Go back to this thread. Click PASTE