VIDEO: Hologram Style Images: EOINA

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Today I have a video for you on an old technique I'd forgotten about! It traps color and metal for such a unique holographic look and is super easy. I thought it would be absolutely perfect for fish scales and I'm thrilled with the way it turned out.

The supplies for this are pretty simple, but which type you choose does matter so listen to why in the video if this process is new to you. I have this fish stamp, which I thought would make an awesome hologram. 

The ink I used is very important because it allows you stamp on acetate just one time and get a super clear image as you will see.

The foil I used is this very thin one - this doesn't work as well with regular weight foil and I don't think it would work at all with heavy duty. 

You need a heat resistant acetate like this. You definitely need your cottontail tool. And I used OLO Markers for the color. I used a double sided adhesive sheet that is smooth, not dots. I love both and use them for different things, but in this case you want the smooth to get a really good bond.

Here's two of the fishies - they just sparkle. I was being indecisive about which of the woodgrained papers to use here. 

Fish Set [ HNB ] Sentiment Dies [ HNB ] Sentiment Stamps [ HNB ] Woodgrain paper assortments [ HNB ] Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool [ THR ] Clear EP [ HA ] Adhesive Sheets [ SBC ] Heat resistant acetate [ SSS ] Ink Pad: Black - Concord & 9th [ C&9 ] Foodservice foil [ AMZUS ] PGP [ MSP ]

Here's the video!

Hope you have a great weekend lined up!

Loveyameanitbye.

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Reimagining Shape Dies

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I'm SO glad squirrels are experiencing a stamping renaissance for obvious reasons. :)

I have so many different styles of little squirrels now - I could happily make years worth of squirrel cards.

But today I wanted to give you a couple tips on dies.

I'm not very good at figuring out dies on my own by looking at the actual die. I have to cut them out and look at the pieces, and even then I don't always figure it out without instructions.

But what that means, is that I often find a different use for dies through my own inability to see them right 😆.

Today's card is a perfect example of that. 

I saw the little dies that you can make into rocks, and I combined them with one of the tree dies to make what I thought was the perfect mushroom!!!

I stamped the little squirrel and fussy cut him to perch on top. The stem of the mushroom is ink blended, and so is the mushroom cap, and I used a paint pen for the dots. The squirrels are OLO marker, enhanced with colored pencils. 

I ink blended the card base after cutting these little clouds out of masking paper. Then I took pieces of green cardstock and I used these grass dies to cut them in half - then I used BOTH halves (my fave trick with border dies) to layer them up for texture on the bottom.

So all in all a super simple card, but lots of texture and color. 

But most importantly - a squirrel. My great great grandsquirrel Tailette has babies. She stopped by, starving today, and her face and paws were all black - I don't know why my squirrels do this - but they go get the GREEN pecans that are not ripe out of our tree  - they have a sticky green, bitter hull, and the pecans inside are inedible, and they peel this away - get the sticky stuff all over them - bite into the unripe pecans and then discard them. Not sure why they don't learn - but anyway it turns their faces and paws black.

I can't make my squirrels smarter! I've tried.

Anyway - I have  a crazy week this week. I will probably be quiet, but I have a fun video coming Thursday.

Loveyameanitbye.

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Hassle Free Masking & A Squirrel

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I had a power outage yesterday and way too much excitement as about ten Austin Energy showed up for whatever the huge problem turned out to be. 

First, my neighbor, who is deaf, ran the crew out of his yard, because the guy wasn't in uniform and there was no one there to explain via sign language or a phone, which is what we usually do - type things on our phones to talk to them. It was after five, so the lineman had just come from home in street clothes. 

When he came back, our entire street was filled with vehicles. I have video and pictures on FB if you are over there. They finally figured it out after about 6 hours and a lot of lost edits on my photos.

So what I'm super excited about today I had to completely re-edit and didn't have time to edit the video - so that's coming. 

But this is so freaking genius. This adorable little squirrel set HAS PRE-CUT MASKS! NO FUSSY CUTTING THE IMAGES TO MASK THEM. Yes, I'm yelling. Every image, including the small ones has these perfectly cut masks that sit inside the line a bit so there's no halo.

Freaking brilliant. 

So I stamped this little guy, popped a mask on him - and look how intricate it is - with his little topknot and the fronds of his scarf - and ink blended around him before coloring. So EASY. I just love her for thinking of this!

The rest of this set is freaking adorable too. I'll try to show it on my live today, so be there for that - on my YouTube channel. There are several sets with these genius masks including a really cute Christmas one, so have a look around! But you know I had to have the squirrel.

I'm off to have alllllllllll the coffee in the world - I am worn out by this week. Loveyameanitbye.

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