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Brusho and Bubble wrap

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I’ve been getting just as excited by the packaging as in the contents of the boxes lately. Bubble wrap is wonderful with brusho.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Brusho and Bubble wrap - Celebrate You thinlits dies

I sprinkled some prussian blue, brilliant red and gamboge brusho powder onto the large bubble bubble wrap and then spritzed with water. Pressing a piece of watercolor paper on top of this produced this background. The cut out from the Celebrate You thinlits dies finished this off perfectly – not forgetting to apply the multi adhesive sheet to the back of the card before cutting out the shape. I love this product, it makes it so easy to apply words.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - Brusho and Bubble wrap - Celebrate You thinlits dies

This one was mostly brilliant red powder with just a tiny sprinkling of prussian blue and a bit more water and pressing down harder. Dapper denim went well with the hints of prussian blue so I used that and the sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday and tied the dapper denim in more by adding a thin mat. I think it was after making this card that my brother Martin found me in the kitchen washing bubble wrap. He was just a little surprised shall we say? He understood of course once I’d explained. I’m now on the lookout for some small bubble bubble wrap!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

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More String Theory

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I decided to try more string theory and this time to use two stands of twine. This was using thick baker’s twine which does give a different look – experiment with any string you can find, it’s fun! One strand was colored with bermuda bay and the other with dapper denim.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - More String Theory

On this card I draped the two pieces of string separately on the bottom card layer, then put the ends together, added the top card layer and pulled the string out of the phone book. For more detailed instructions, see my earlier blog post or Lydia Fiedler’s blog where I first learned the technique. I hadn’t really planned for a sentiment so now I went on a hunt for the right sized one – and found it in Picture Perfect Birthday, stamped in bermuda bay.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - More String Theory - Picture Perfect Birthday  Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - More String Theory - Celebrate You thinlites dies

For these two beauties, I’m showing the top and bottom layer that were created together. I put the two pieces of string together and then arranged them on the card. It’s amazing how different they look even though they are mirror images. For the one I again used the Picture Perfect Birthday sentiment but for the other I used the Celebrate You thinlits dies which I earned in Sale-a-bration but which will be available in the new annual catalog in June.

I hope that you enjoyed today’s projects and that I’ve inspired you to try your hand at string theory. Just don’t forget the gloves or cling film to prevent extremely inky hands! If you’re short of re-inkers or card stock you can buy them in my store. Most of all, have fun!

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Playing with string

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You will discover, once you find your old phone book, that playing with string with the String Theory technique is addictive. In just mere moments you can have quite a number of layers ready to make into cards. Here’s my first post on the technique and here’s Lydia Fiedler’s blog post which includes her video.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - String Theory - Celebrate You thinlits dies

I used a piece of twine that was natural and gold again and doused it in bermuda bay ink. The metal in the twine definitely adds to the effect by not taking up the ink. I made two loops in the twine and then another towards the bottom of the card, topped it with a second card and put it into my phone book. Then (using a glove!) I used one hand to press down on the phone book and the other to pull out the twine. I really loved the effect of two separate petals (?) at the top of my image. The space left was perfect for this sentiment from Picture Perfect Birthday also stamped in bermuda bay. I of course mounted this on a bermuda bay card base.

It’s a good idea to wear gloves. It really is, BUT then it’s easy to add smudges of ink as I did on the top piece of card. So I cropped it, mounted it on a black piece of card and added a sentiment from Vertical Greetings. You can see that they are mirror images but they look very different.

Liz Bailey Stampin' Up! Demonstrator - String Theory - Vertical Greetings

I hope that you’ll have a go with the String Theory technique, it’s loads of fun. Just find a phone book, some gloves and see what you produce. I’d love to see what you come up with.

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I hope you enjoyed today’s project.

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Liz