Monday, June 21, 2010

Crafty Secret's Technique Blog Hop!

The Crafty Secret's DT has lots of inspiration to show you today! All of us have a fun technique to share with you! My technique is nothing earth shattering, but it is fun and provides visual interest to your cards! That is the one thing I love about art.....you can interpret images in soooo many ways! : )

The first step is to find an image that will be "cuttable." I chose Seasonal Friends by Crafty Secrets. You want to color the image like you normally would. I chose to use Copics for mine.
I cut my image into 3 strips going vertically, then horizontally. Like this. Don't worry about them being exact.......if you notice my bottom right hand square is a bit wonky! : ) This picture doesn't show it, but after cutting the squares, I distressed the edges of all the squares with Tim Holtz Distressing Ink in Old Paper. Then take your distressing tool and go around all of the edges of the squares.
Take out a bottle of Crystal Lacquer or Glossy Accents.....whatever.

Apply the Glossy Accents in a thin layer over each square and spread with your finger. I just wanted a shine to each one. It kind of reminds me of tiles in a kitchen!
Put your pieces back together and finish creating your card! It is just an interesting way to show off your stamped image! It almost looks like you are looking outside through a window, right? : )



For this Father's Day card I used the Car Classics set by Crafty Secrets and only cut vertical pieces. I distressed the edges of each just like I did above.....but no Glossy Accents. I wanted it to feel masculine and rugged! I used Prismas and Gamsol for the image. I airbrushed the background using Papertrey's cloud dies as a mask.

Here is the card put together! Although my husband looked at it and wondered why I had cut the paper.....he thought the car looked like it was in jail! Funny, Funny man..... ; ) My mother in law (who is also a paper crafter), very gently told him it was an artistic interpretation. Yep. Artistic. That's me. ; )


Hope you enjoyed my not so "Earth" shattering technique! ; )
Be sure to head on over to the rest of the DT's blogs to see what they have up their sleeves!

Vicki Chrisman
Michele Kovack < ----------- Me! : )
Thanks so much for visiting me today!!!

39 comments:

Rose Ann said...

These are amazing, Michele...and so inspiring!! Thank you for sharing the technique and details!!

StampinCathy said...

This is awesome Michele. I just love this technique and love the images you used. The colors are just beautiful.

Glenda said...

Thanks for visiting my blog! You are so kind! I have been looking around your blog and let me just say, I'm going to do so loafing around for awhile! I love your two cards and the technique with the glossy accents! I am working on a card right now and I'm going to use this technique! Thanks for the tip!

Glenda said...

Oh! It looks like I double clicked. Please forgive me for so many comments!

Lin said...

Oh my, I really like your first card! So much work, but so worth it! Thanks so much for your kind comments lately on my blog; I've become a follower, now that I've seen yours....

Deborah March said...

Lovely cards Michele...love your grid work with the glossy accents!

Jan Hennings said...

Just beautiful! Love the design and shine!

Beate said...

Michele,
your cards look fantastic! I love them both! Thanks for sharing.
Hugs and smiles

Vicki Chrisman said...

It's a great technique and tutorial Michele... I love the look on both these cards.

Pam said...

I love this technique Michele! Your cards are so pretty, even the car in jail ;)

Hearts Turned said...

Absolutely beautiful, Michele! Love both of your cards...and I like wonky!

Julie

Cindy Haffner said...

Ohh love this technique, FABULOUS!!

Riet said...

Ohhh wowwww Michele,So beautiful cards,i love your images and the colours.
So gorgeous papers.

Hugs Riet.xx

Crystal said...

What a FANTASTIC technique Michele...Your cards are wonderful!!

Sue from Oregon said...

Oh goodness...these are amazing creations! Love both of the images and how you "put" them both back together! Pure lovely!

Anonymous said...

What a great idea! It looks completely different that way and I love it!

Marisa said...

Very eye catching technique Michele. Love it.

Stef H said...

oh my! is that window ever gorgeous!!!!! and that car...holy moly! wow!

Anonymous said...

I love both cards Michele. I must give this a try. Linda Duke

Beth aka BR-T said...

These are amazingly creative cards! Beth

a litre of sunshine said...

Wow! Thanks for sharing this technique. I'll try it one day :)

Bernadette Bliss said...

Oh my, love the card and love the technique. Thanks so much for sharing it.

Conniecrafter said...

like how you have cut up the pieces and the gloss on the first one is a neat touch, sweet card!

Regina Easter said...

oh man Michele, i have got to try this girl...i love it...hugs

Diane said...

Love it!!! TFS this technique!!!
They are both so beautiful!

Unknown said...

This looks so cool!! What a great technique and beautiful cards Michele - have to try that sometime! :)

Nancy Jensen said...

I love this effect, especially the first card. What fun way to show off a stamped image.

Corinne said...

Une très jolie carte masculine
j'aime beaucoup
Amitiés de France

Anonymous said...

amazing stuff thanx

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