Looking for blood...

Hi all!

I hope everyone is enjoying the That's Scrap Inc. Fabric Blade blog hop! If you're looking for that post, click on the badge at the right and it will take you to it. 

Now for today's goodies...I have been playing around with a few things...trying to come up with a card for someone that LOVES Halloween!! I wanted to do something out of the ordinary...nothing cutesy here!

I started out cutting some basic shapes from SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) on my Silver Bullet Professional cutter that can be purchased from Sherri at That's Scrap, Inc. (SUCH an awesome machine, by the way)

I used the My Minds Eye Haunted 6x6 paper pad...really like this one, kinda modern but also has a slight retro feel as well. Layered those onto the front of the card and thought...ummm, well, what now?!? I wanted it to have a kinda creepy feel LOL...so this is where my journey to find some blood came from...

I wanted something on my card front that would look like actual blood...yeah, I know, I'm weird! I started playing with different things and low & behold...I MADE BLOOD!!!!!!!! bwahahahahaha...soooooo, I found that if you take these two ingredients

you can create something that looks amazingly real!!

I will share a few pics with you of some of the components that I'm thinking about using for the card I'm in the process of creating. I can't show the finished card, because I would like it to be a surprise for the recipients...

SEEEEEEEE.....it really looks like blood dripping down the card front!!!!! AND it will stay that way, doesn't flatten out and keeps looking like fresh, red blood! Can you tell I'm soooooo excited by this?!? I'm sure someone else has already figured this one out, but to me, it's all new!!!

He looks like he's just finished his dinner....BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Like I said, it is an unfinished card...but I'm sure you get the idea. I just mixed, in an old nail polish bottle, some of the Triple Thick and a few drops of the Barn Door reinker, until I had the color I wanted and kinda dripped it onto the card in various places...and voila, instant bleeding card!

I'm also thinking about all of the different colors that could be made and what could be done with those!! I will have to play around some more...awwww, that's such a shame...HAVING to create...I guess I will have to put myself into crafting detention!! LOL

If you use this, I would really like to see your take on it! Send me pics or a link to a blog post. If you have any suggestions or comments, please leave them...I love getting feedback!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a few minutes out of your day to visit with me. I hope to see you again soon! I wish you a blessed and creative day!!!!!

Until later,

That's Scrap - Fabric Blade Blog Hop

Hi all!

So glad you stopped by...if you have come from Elizabeth's blog, then you are on the right track. If you just happened here, then please start at Penny's blog because I really wouldn't want you to miss any of the fantastic creations that they are offering for inspiration!

We will be using our Silver Bullet Professional Cutters in combination with the 30 Degree Fabric Blade we obtained from Sherri at That's Scrap Inc. We felt it would be fun to use this not so well known blade...and give you some FUN ways it can be used to create cool projects!!! You can use whatever cutter you own...and if your blade holders use the Roland TYPE blades...the 30 Degree Fabric Blade should work in your holder... so you can play along. If you don't have your 30 Degree Fabric Blade from Sherri at That's Scrap Inc...head on over to her store and order yours so she can get it sent out to you and then get to having some FUN!

Each of the Bloggers (6 in all) have created their own project to offer inspiration for you to create a project and post on the Silver Bullet Facebook Page  for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to That's Scrap Inc.

Here's mine...are you ready...????


TISSUE PAPER

 Did ya know you could cut tissue paper??? Yep, yep, yep...it's fun to do as well!!

You will see from some of my pics that the colors look slightly different...no need to adjust your screen and NO, you aren't going color blind...teehee...I changed my mind on the colors and decided to go more traditional. So some pics have purple paper and some have green!

Now for the TON of pics...

The words and the solid ornament shape are cut from a text weight paper that has a sheen and texture, the gold is tissue (video after the pics) and the snowflake & ornament with the cutout are silver tissue paper.

Closer pics...

Now for the color change and card pics...

tadaa!!!

Okay...now for the technical parts...
Items I used:
1) 30 Degree Fabric Blade from Sherri at That's Scrap Inc 
2) Silver Bullet Professional Cutter also from Sherri with the original holder
3) Gold & Silver tissue paper
4) Various cardstock / text weight papers
5) spray adhesive
6) Glossy Accents
7) Transparency Sheet
8) Ribbon 
9) Lattice 24 File from Monica
10) Stickles - Stardust - by Ranger
11) Ornament file from me...download here
12) brayer

To cut the tissue paper, make sure to smooth it down onto your cutting mat. It's very important to have a good adhesion between the tissue and the mat. So after making sure that it is as smooth as possible, brayer it down. 

I used my Silver Bullet Professional cutter to cut all of the elements for my card. You can use whatever cutter you have, as long as it takes a Roland type blade it will use the 30 Degree Fabric Blade from Sherri. My settings were Velocity of 550 and Force of 25 for the tissue paper using the original holder and the fabric blade. (ornaments & lattice background)

I cut the text weight paper using a 45 Degree blade from Sherri and a Velocity of 700 Force of 53 with the original holder. (words and solid ornament) 

After a couple of failed attempts to adhere the tissue lattice background to the cardstock...my brain FINALLY kicked in...'bout time! Spray (lightly) the piece of cardstock that your tissue is going on with the spray adhesive. If you take the tissue lattice cutout, place it face up on the counter/table top and smooth a piece of transparency/acetate sheet over it, it will create a static cling effect, making it possible to transfer it rather smoothly onto your cardstock and Voila!!

Now it's your turn to play with the 30 Degree Fabric Blade and some tissue paper!! Create anything you would like, as long as you use the fabric blade, tissue paper and your cutter. 

Once you've completed your project(s) go on over to the Silver Bullet Facebook Page and post your entries into this photo album: That's Scrap Fabric Blade Blog Hop

Be sure to indicate which Blog you are submitting your creation from and your name!!! The Hop will continue for 2 weeks......Beginning September 1st......and ending September 15th with a winner being announced on September 16th! 

Remember, to be in the drawing: 
1) You must leave a comment on each blog 
2) You must complete at least 1 project  (your interpretations) 
3) You must post a photo of your completed project(s) in the Silver Bullet Facebook Photo Album

Good Luck!!!

Next blog on the hop is Rachellann...

Start Here - http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com
Elizabeth - http://shrinkingmimsy.blogspot.com/
Lisa Howell - http://mindovermattercreations.blogspot.com  <<<<<<<ME
Rachellann - http://www.rachellsmanycrafts.blogspot.com/
Rhonda - http://all-that-is-scrap.blogspot.com/
Mary Kobe - http://myspecialhideout.blogspot.com/


Thank you for taking some time out of your day to visit with me! I hope to see you again soon...

I wish you a blessed and creative day.

until later...

Charms...

Hi all!!

I hope everyone is having a great day!!

It's been raining here so much, that our chickens need rafts! teehee Maybe, just maybe, the weatherman is right and it's going to give us a break...but not until this weekend...UGHHHH! More rain today, tonight and tomorrow! This weekend is supposed to be HOT with no rain...which, where I live just translates into  STEAMY!!

Anywho...I joined an altered charm swap over at Ink Stains a month or so ago...the categories were general and Halloween (5 of each) and I should be receiving my return charms soon...can't wait!!! Mind you, I have never done anything just like this before...so of course, I just HAD to try BOTH...sheesh, what was I thinking!!! I had tons of fun, though!! Here are some pics of the charms I created...I won't get my own back, and didn't make one for myself, but that's completely okay with me...I have pics!

 Here is my "General Charm"

 

I took and old gift card, cut it up, added decorative papers and crackle medium along with some distressing inks and various stamped images, and used it for the main part of the charm The "vial" on there is a fuse that I colored the glass and stamped on it with solvent ink to make it look like it had a label and then wrapped silver wire around it to create a hanger. The whole concept of this was a perfume sample...I hope I accomplished it...LOL

This is my "Halloween charm"

 

 

For this one I printed a vintage graphic I found for free on the internet and a digi paper I purchased, layered those back to back between craft plastic, "soldered" the edges with pewter embossing powder, punched the holes and added the clasp and dangly parts.

This was really a ton of fun! I hope to do even more of this kind of thing...thinking about Christmas gifts now!

If you have stuck through here this long, then I truly appreciate you!!

I thank you for taking some time from you busy day to stop by for a few and I hope to see you again soon!!

I pray you have a blessed and creative day!

Until later,

Silver Bullet Pro vs Black Cat Lynx - Comparison Video

Hi all,

Is everyone having as much fun as I am???? I'm having a total blast with my new cutter, the Silver Bullet Professional ...Oh my, this is a fun machine!!! It has been a dream to set up and use...the packaging presentation is just as impressive as the machine itself...LOL!!! 

I have a comparison video that I have done, between the Silver Bullet Professional and the Black Cat Lynx...it is about a 10 minute video, but I wanted to do a comparison that shows the difference in the 2 machines. The video is unedited, and this was done on purpose, so that you will know that I have NOT changed any settings without it being shown on there, and I have also compared them on equal settings and then their max speed / velocity settings...to show the difference in them. This is an honest comparison, and I believe if you watch the whole thing and listen to the sounds of the machines, you will see that I have been fair in my comparison.

It's true what everyone is saying about this machine, you just FEEL / SENSE the difference. And when you make that first cut, oh my, it's smooth like silk and you can feel the sleek, understated power contained within...just waiting to be released with the touch of a button.

I'm sure you will see a lot more projects coming from me using the Silver Bullet Professional...LOL...

I thank you for stopping by today, and if you would like to leave a comment, please do so! I hope you will stop by again soon...

I wish you a blessed and creative day!!


Until later...

Silver Bullet Pro

Yippee...a new addition to the cutting world...the Silver Bullet Pro...this is one "blow your socks off" machine!!


I have had the Lynx for a little over a year now, and have loved it! It is still a terrific machine, buuuuttttttt, the power, speed and quietness of the Silver Bullet Pro is beyond belief and the cuts are so fantastic and precise that it is impossible to accurately describe!!!


Here are a few pics of a cut done with my Lynx at a velocity (speed) of 500 and 600 and the Silver Bullet Pro at a velocity of 600. All of the cuts used the same 45 degree blade in the original holder, SCAL (Sure Cuts A Lot) and Co'ordinations Cardstock. On the Lynx I used red card and the Silver Bullet Pro I used green card. I only used different colored papers, so that I wouldn't get them mixed up...but I REALLY didn't need to...there is NO comparison in the quality of the cuts...but I will let you see for yourself!! 
This file was cut at a size of  3.718W x 3.866H and has cuts that are less than 1mm wide!!!

 

Now...just how cool is that??

If you want to see some AWESOME videos on the Silver Bullet Pro...visit my friend, Penny Duncan, take a look around on her blog, watch the videos and drool (like me) over her fabulous creations!

UPDATE:
I have another friend that has done some phenomenal cuts and engraving with her 24" Silver Bullet Pro...you have got to go check out Rachell's blog and get a look at those SHOES!!!

I thank you for stopping by and spending a few with me and sharing in this exciting news! I hope you will return soon.


I wish you a blessed and creative day...
until later,