Home Sweet Home Card Tip

Hey There Fellow Card Makers:

Anita here to share with you a new twist on and old technique.  I am sharing with how I made the background for my card using baby wipes and various mists.

This is a photo of the mists that I used.  I chose my patterned paper and then matched that to my mists.  This technique has always called for reinkers, but I don't have any of those any more.  I never used them so I got rid of them, but I do have plenty of mists.

I used a plastic coated craft mat to spray the four mist colors on.  You could use wax paper if you don't have a craft mat.

I then took a baby wipe that I made extra wet and dabbed it into the four colors, trying to spread them out.

I used white cardstock and made lines for my card with my wipe.  You can go back and touch it up if you miss any spots or need to add any colors.  You can make any design that you want with the wipe.  This gave me a perfectly matching background for my card.

The lines match the design on my flair, which was what I intended.  Hope that you have a chance to try this out for yourself.

Supplies Used:
Paper Sweeties Home Sweet Home stamp set
Lawn Fawn Beachside
Stampin' Up Cardstock
Baby Wipes Huggies
Spray Mists, Summer Sky, Prima, Heidi Swapp Color Shine Coral and Navy, Mister Huey's Dewey
A Flair for Buttons Watercolor Words
Martha Stewart Pearls
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Hugs,

Fun and Games Checker Board Ewe-N-Me DT

I am so excited to share my first design team post for Ewe-N-Me Printables.  I love these printables and they are so easy to use and print up gorgeously in your printer.  I love salt box homes and thought this would be a really fun set to make.  I bought a plain wooden tray from Joann's and painted it with Martha Stewart's Chipotle color paint.  It matched the red salt box homes perfectly.  I printed out both image sheets on cardstock and then adhered black cardstock to the tray with Modge Podge.  Once that was dry I adhered the game board over the cardstock and Modge Podged the whole tray and board piece.

I wanted to make the game pieces fit on the green squares like a real checkers board so used a round die to cut out the houses.  I inked half of the houses red and half black on the edge to denote the different players pieces.  I used red and black cardstock to punch matching circles to back the game pieces and popped them up so you can move them around easily.

Lastly, I printed Fun and Games with my Silhouette and put it on the outer long edge and tied some twine around the handle.  You can shop for these items in the Ewe-N-Me store and also with the links below.  

Saltbox Bottle Cap Image Inserts

Checkerboard Print

Hugs,