Sunday, August 18, 2013

Faber Castell: Spending Time Together

I thought I would try something different...out of my box and use canvas with my Faber-Castell® Gelatos® Colors Gift Set. This is what I came up with by using a simple letterpress technique...


Faber-Castellのジェラトスを使ってキャンバスにLetterpress techniqueをしました。 思ったより簡単です。是非試して下さい。

I used Faber-Castell's Chocolate Gelatos' flat tip to cover a portion of Spellbinders® M-Bossabilities™ Regal Folder (raised side of the design). After I put it through my Grand Calibur® machine, this was the result...


I noticed that I still had some color on my folder so I misted lightly with water and did another pass through (second generation).


The letterpress on this one was a little darker (I'll be using this on another project)...


Next I wanted to stamp my sentiment onto the canvas so I used the same color Gelatos and misted lightly with water. I tried a couple of times to get the desired look. Then die cut over it for perfect placement.


Spellbinders introduced a new Grand Calibur accessory at the summer trade show which helps cut through their most intricate die templates. So I gave a try on the canvas - can we say CUTS LIKE BUTTER?! Highly recommend this Junior Metal Shim.


Here are all the pieces I used for the card front. Loving the Thankful Collection from Authentique Paper (last year's release)!


I adhered these pieces with ScraPerfect's The Best Glue Ever (wet adhesive) and then I put these two sets together with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L 3D Foam Squares - they work on fabric too!


The first layer was cut/embossed with Spellbinders Card Creator series, A2 Matting Basics A set and a few embellishments for a simple look. Then assembled the rest as shown in the finished card.


Here's another look...


Project Supplies:
JustRite Papercraft Stamps – Ornate Happiness Squares set
JustRite Custom Dies - Vintage Labels Three
Spellbinders Creative Arts - S4-318 Fleur de Lis Squares, S5-131 A-2 Matting Basics A, EL-002 Regal and GC-016 Junior Metal Shim
Canvas - Canvas Corp.
Coloring - Faber-Castell (Gelatos Colors Gift Set)
Card Base - Core'dinations ColorCore Cardstock®/David Tutera™ for Darice Celebrate Cardmaking System
Patterned Papers - Authentique Paper (Thankful Collection)
Pins: Maya Road and Making Memories
Button: Maya Road
Adhesives - ScraPerfect (Best Glue Ever) and SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L® (3D Foam Squares)
Other: Twine

Hope you try these Faber-Castell Gelatos for your next project. You can purchase them in different sets or the whole thing (COUGHlike meCOUGH)!

Thanks for stopping by!
MargieH

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is such a creative technique. I really love how it turned out! Thanks for the great idea!

Kimberly Kett said...

GORGEOUS card!

Emily Adams said...

Too cool! I just bought a little starter kit of these gelatos - I can't wait to try them out!

Madeline said...

Cool technique! Very pretty!

Mary Ann Jenkins said...

Very pretty Margie!

Lisa Rukin Swift said...

So pretty, Margie! Love the warm color combo combined with the texture of the canvas.

Mary Pat Siehl said...

just perfect and beautiful

Bonjourscrap said...

Love your card. thank you for sharing this technique.

Dictionary said...

What a fun use of the gelatos, cards is very pretty!

Connie Mercer said...

what a great blog post!! Love the card and thanks for the help on the Gelatos:)

Elisa K said...

Love this and makes me want to take my Gelatos out more and use them... Thanks for the inspiration and sharing.

Fleursbydesign said...

Beautiful card, love this technique :)

Unknown said...

Awesome as always!

nattyboots said...

Bright and beautiful

Elaine H x