Today's Ways to Use it Challenge was to make a window card. I've made a card for a friend who is obsessed with wooden boats and everything nautical. The window is a ship's porthole, with a view of a *blueprint* for a ship. Around the window I've punched holes with the SU double 1/8 inch punch, and threaded heavy twine through the holes, knotted between each 2 holes. The window is a shaker box, filled with large and small microbeads (think water or sand!)
The cardfront is a background of the TLC challenge 155, *Ink, Spray & Smash*, so it also qualifies for that challenge too. I used green and blue inks (think ocean!) and overstamped it with Old World Map. I used a piece of real cheesecloth across the top (think fishing nets!) and the folded over left edge is torn and embossed with Ranger's *Snow* EP (think whitecaps!) Finally, there is a Polyshrink conch shell caught in the fishing net.
The front of the card seemed too busy to add a sentiment, so I'll write that inside.
Hope you like it- thanks for looking!
Maddy
Date: Thursday, February 21, 2008 GMT Views: 2405
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Paper: Glossy White, Naturals Ivory, Night of Navy, Brilliant Blue
Ink: Versamark, Staz-On Midnight Blue, Brilliance Moonlight White
Accessories: Large & small microbeads, SU! double 1/8 inch punch, black twine, cheesecloth, Polyshrink, SU! markers, large white brads, Ranger *Snow* EP, Coluzzle, foam tape
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Registered: June 12, 2006 Location: On My Mountain!!! Posts: 73310
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 @ 4:42 PM
Oh my gosh!!!!! Oh my gosh!!!! How fantabulous!!!! I love that porthole shaker box!! And the twine and the netting.........oh wow!! Goin' in my faves!!! My dd is amazed too and wants to try to CASE it!!
Registered: December 19, 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 15571
Thu, Feb 21, 2008 @ 5:02 PM
Another fantastic work of art. I love everything from the porthole to the knots around it. So clever using cheesecloth and a polyshrink shell. Fabulous Maddy!!!