Today's Ways to Use it Challenge (WT151) was to use staples on our card. Last summer my dear friend Shelley gave me a Fascinator for my birthday, which I hadn't used yet, so I figured it was certainly appropriate to use on a card for HER birthday!
So where are the staples on this card? I made them into the picket fence! I had only the copper staples that came with the Fascinator, so I stapled them onto white CS, swiped a Versamark pad over them, and embossed them in white EP. Then I cut them out, and glued them to 2 strips of white CS.
I stamped the winter church scene on a piece of DP, embossed in black, *painted* Versamark onto the snow areas with a rubber *brush*, embossed in white. The snowman I stamped separately on another piece of white CS, covered him with DD glitter, cut him out and mounted him on thick foam tape. I sprinkled DD glitter over the rest of the image to look like falling snow.
Everything is popped up on thick foam tape- looks much more dimensional IRL.
Thanks for looking!
Maddy
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2008 GMT Views: 1947
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Registered: February 19, 2006 Location: Texas (Killeen, Fort Hood area) Posts: 6985
Fri, Feb 01, 2008 @ 11:32 AM
This is beautiful!!! I hate doing staples on a card....just my personal preference.....but your creative mind made them look great!! Some of those fastenator staples are great though. I saw staples on your description, and was hoping you hadn't stapled on ribbon lol You certainly didn't!! You do so incredible with all the details!!
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Sun, Feb 03, 2008 @ 4:13 AM
OMG! Talk about dimension to your card! This is just precious. How smart you were to cover up your staples with snow! This is just precious! I am loving it!
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Sun, Feb 03, 2008 @ 7:15 AM
OH, Maddy , once again - so much dimension and depth to your card!! Fabulous framed image - and your picket fence - to use the staples - is just perfect!!
I'll be double dog dipped!! This card is fabulous!!!!!!!!! That picket fence is just over the top!!
For anyone reading...I'm the recipient of this beauty and if you've ever been lucky enough to get one of Maddy's creations, you'll know how tickled I am right now.
This card is even lovlier in real life...the dimension is amazing.
Thank you thank you thank you my dear friend.
Love, Shelley
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