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Tuesday, 24 July 2012

a Happy Secret: a Tutorial on SCS! :-)

Posted on 23:30 by Unknown
So, there's this happy secret I can finally share with You!

distress watercolour dry embossing collage
(Butterflies: K & Co. "Hello Friend" sentiment: Hero Arts "Just for You" digi kit.
"happy birthday" sentiment SRM Stickers "Happy" set)



First things first, Thank You! There are no words for how much your kindness means to me. I am always astounded anew by how incredibly supportive You lovely Crafty Kindred spirits are. How lucky for me that you take the time to share your wise thoughts and beautiful way of thinking. A thousand happy thank yous & I'll keep you posted on my journey to healthiness. OXO


And that secret?

It's an ultra special first:


A while back, the queen of tutorials, Beate from Splitcoaststampers
offered me the chance to do a tutorial on SCS. Of course, I jumped at
the opportunity & today is finally the day it goes live!
giggle giggle giggle






The technique is called Distress Watercolour Embossing
and you can find the tutorial here on Splitcoaststampers.







Here's a version of the technique that uses another image style of folder, a tree
pattern in a Spellbinders M-Bossabilities embossing folder called Flora:

Flora - Distress Watercolour Embossing card
(Butterflies: Hero Arts "Flutterbies" digi kit. Sentiment: Hero Arts "Just for You" digi kit)


This background is really quick and easy to do. I tried to get an ombre effect with the shades of green. Distress Ink colours used: old paper mixed with crushed olive & shabby shutters.
All the details are on SCS here, for this card.

If you like the graph paper,
it's a freebie that you can find here:
11-plum_BRIGHT_subtle_GRAPH_12_and_a_half_inch_SQ_350dpi_melstampz
(I lightened the plum colour in photoshop by selecting the
following: image - adjustments - hue/saturation - lightness +)


To save this file:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"
(or you can see the whole set here on Flickr)





And here's a version that's my attempt at that modern casual style:

Regal Flourishes - Distress Watercolour Embossing card
("happy birthday" sentiment from SRM Stickers "Happy" set.)


It uses just a piece of watercoloured embossing &
a Tim Holtz Texture Fades embossing folder called Regal Flourishes.
Distress Ink colours used: tumbled glass; broken china; crushed olive
and all the other details are here on SCS.

If you like the papers, they are digital paper freebies
that you can find...

... here:
19-barely_there_cream_NEUTRAL_pomegranate_and_flowers_solid_12_and_a_half_inches_SQ_350dpi_melstampz

To save this file:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"
(or you can see the whole set here on Flickr)


...and here:
9-blue_raspberry_BRIGHT_subtle_random_STRIPE_12_and_a_half_inch_SQ_350dpi_melstampz

To save this file:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"
(or you can see the whole set here on Flickr)






This last example is a soft version that uses a more abstract watercolour
style and an embossing folder from Sizzix called Tropical Paisley:

Tropical Paisley - Distress Watercolour Embossing card
(Baby T-shirts and Sentiment: Hero Arts "Special Delivery" digi kit.)


By the by, it's actually easier to do this type of folder than the rose outline one,
since there is less chance of getting embossing powder where you don't want it.
Distress Ink colours used here watered down to make pastel shades:
broken china; wild honey; crushed olive; spun sugar
And you can find all of the other supplies & details on SCS here.


If you like the papers, they are digital paper freebies
that you can find...

... here:
20-cool_grey_light_NEUTRAL_medium_DOTS_outline_12_and_a_half_inch_SQ_350dpi_melstampz


To save this file:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"
(or you can see the whole set here on Flickr)

...and here:
11-plum_BRIGHT_subtle_random_STRIPE_12_and_a_half_inch_SQ_350dpi_melstampz
(I lightened the plum colour in photoshop by selecting the
following: image - adjustments - hue/saturation - lightness +)


To save this file:
In Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"
In Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"
(or you can see the whole set here on Flickr)



Thanks ever ever so much
for being You!

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Monday, 23 July 2012

Squeak?

Posted on 10:00 by Unknown
Just wanted to say how sorry I am that
I've been as quiet as a Mouse...

...for so long.


Truth be told, I've been feeling simply broken, and I think
I've just finally admitted to myself that what I thought was the Winter Blues
was really a bad case of chronic depression. (Yup, it's July, hmmph?) ;-)
Not sure why I feel so ashamed to talk about it, since intellectually I know
it's a physical medical condition just like Diabetes or any ailment, but...


So anywho, long story short:
I lost my voice rather completely,
but I'm going to try and get it back starting today!


Much Love,


P.S. Thank you so much for your lovely emails letting me know that Google Reader is sending out blank posts all by itself. I found out that Feedburner is broken as well, and I'll do my best to fix them as soon as I can wrap by migraine-brain around it all.
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