I had a little fun with black and white today! Have you ever woven paper on a card? I remember teaching my kindergartners to weave placemats for Thanksgiving – oh, so many years ago! This was like that…under, over, under, over…
The paper I used is Beautifully Penned Designer Series Paper, one of the free gift choices in our current Sale-a-bration Brochure. I’m so happy they are offering DSP. You get 12 sheets of 12″x 12″ for free with a $50 purchase from the Annual or Mini Catalog.
The Process
I took each of the four designs and cut strips varying from 1/4″ – 3/4.” Then I flipped half of them over to use the back side, which gave me 8 designs to play with. I honestly didn’t pay attention to the prints (very unlike me!). But I did try to vary the widths as I wove them.
After the weaving was done, I turned the whole thing over, dotted glue all over the back, then pressed my Basic Black card base over the strips. When I turned it over, I realized that the designs were upside down from the way I intended 🙁 but oh well, it still worked!
After it was dry, I took it to my guillotine paper trimmer and chopped off the overhang on all four sides. Now what? Hmmm…
Something See-Through
I didn’t want to cover up all that pretty weaving, so I went for Vellum. It got totally lost over the busyness of the strips, so I created a frame using two dies from Hippo & Friends. Once I glued that over the Vellum, I heat embossed the sentiment from Happiest of Birthdays. Then I adhered the frame with mini Black Dimensionals and added three Matte Black Dots.
Some of you may be thinking it’s just too…black and white. OK, I have an alternate addition for you ~ a little pop of pink!
It does brighten it up a bit! But I’m not gluing it down until I decide who to send it to!
Sale-a-bration
This was fun! Something different. And I like the way it turned out. 🙂 If you would like to obtain a pack of this black, white, and shades of gray Beautifully Penned DSP, just place an order of $50 or more, before taxes and shipping, and you can select it for your free gift. Sale-a-bration continues through the month of September. Items are available until they sell out. Click HERE to shop. Once your shopping cart reaches $50, you will be asked to pick a free item. You can see all of the selections HERE.
Even Better Idea!
Join Stampin’ Up! during Sale-a-bration. You’ll get to choose $125.00 worth of products in your Starter Kit for only $99. Plus it ships FREE (another 10% savings). And as another bonus, you get to choose a free Bundle from 12 select stamp and die bundles. See the back of the Sale-a-bration Brochure for the list of Bundles. If you don’t have a brochure, look up on the side bar of this post (click over from email first) and you will see it listed under Catalogs.
I would love to help you through this process. Let me know that you’re interested, and we can chat. Once you’re a member of my Stamping Habit Team, you’ll be eligible for 20% off on all purchases after your Starter Kit, and all the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! member. It’s a no-risk, money-saving opportunity for you! Contact me today: karenshallam@gmail.com.
Have a good weekend,
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