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Amber by Lynn Krucke
Create your own "altered book"
look on a scrapbook page using the following techniques with tools
from Fiskars.
Materials
Needed
12 x 12 cardstock- sweetheart, petunia,
romance (Bazzill Basics)
Vellum
Premo! polymer clay- silver, black (Polyform
Products)
Metallic rub-ons- kit #1 (Craf-T Products)
Shade-Tex texture sheet (Scratch Art)
Alphabet stencil (Wordsworth)
Spritz bottle with water
Acrylic roller (Polyform), or another
way to roll out clay
Ruler
Craft knife
Cutting mat
Sculpey Super Slicer (Polyform Products)
Oven thermometer
Paper trimmer (Fiskars)
Hole punch- 1/8 inch (Fiskars)
Non-stick scissors (Fiskars)
Glue tape and dispenser (3M)
Foam tape (3M)
Vellum tape (3M)
Stencil brush
Scrap paper
Pencil
Ribbon- 6 inches
Focal photo and four smaller photos
(optional) small circle canapé
or cookie cutter
(optional) 12 x 12 inch ceramic til
Instructions
Creating the clay elements-
1.
Condition polymer clay before beginning by kneading
and rolling each color on your hands until the clay is soft and
pliable.
2.
Mix one part black clay with four parts silver clay
to create a dark silver color. Roll this clay out into a thin sheet.
3.
Spritz the texture sheet lightly with water (to keep
it from sticking) then place it on the sheet of clay. Use the acrylic
roller to press the texture sheet into the clay. Remove texture
sheet.
4.
Pick up silver metallic rub-on with finger and smooth
over the surface of the clay to highlight the texture.
5.
Cut the clay into strips.
6.
Draw a rectangle the size of your focal photo on a
scrap piece of paper. Place strips along each edge of the outline
to create the frame. Allow strips to overlap at corners.
7.
To miter the corners- Make a diagonal cut connecting
the inner and outer corners at each edge of the frame at the overlap
points. Remove excess clay and press corners together to seal.
8.
Cut a small circle from a leftover piece of the textured
and highlighted clay.
9.
Place the paper with the frame and embellishment
on it into an oven preheated to 275 degrees F and bake for twenty-five
minutes. Allow to cool.
Assembling the page-
1.
Cut a 4x12 piece of dark pink cardstock and a
4x8 piece of medium pink cardstock.
2.
Adhere these to the light pink cardstock as shown
in photo. Crop the smaller photos to 3x3 inches and adhere them
across the bottom of the page, leaving room for the title.
3.
Print journaling onto vellum and cut into strips.
Adhere to left side of page with vellum tape.
4.
Adhere frame and focal photo at top right of page.
5.
Use the hole punch to make a hole in the center
of the baked clay circle. Tie a knot in center of ribbon then
thread both ends through hole in clay circle from front to back.
Spread out ribbon tails and adhere to page with foam tape.
6.
Use rub-ons and alphabet stencil to add title
at bottom of page.
