More uses for Aluminum Tape

Ok, Ok, I know you're probably sick of seeing projects with Aluminum tape,

But I'm not the only one!  The Great and Mighty Tim Holtz's 12 Tags of 2012 September Tag

Is using this fab product.....  Well not this exact fab product, but the Ranger equivelent

So for me, I used some of his techniques on these pretty cards I made for a swap

The challenge over at Dilly Beans Challenge is to use black and white + 1

As I had to make multiple cards, I decided to make the same card in different colors.

The image is Wired Robot Framed and can be found here

How about some close ups??

Blue

Yellow

Green

Pink

I added the googlie eyes and a little glitter around the Hello but otherwise I kept it pretty

simple.  If you wanna know how to do the technique on the aluminum tape (sorry the pics don't do it justice)

Head on over to http://timholtz.com and he'll walk you through it!

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

And please please please remember to come back tomorrow and check out the launch of

Anything But a Card Challenge site!

Entering this into:

Dilly beans: black and white + 1

A Blog named Hero: Use any form of embossing

Shopping our Stash: 66: use your favorite thing (which is currently aluminum tape)

Spark your Creativity: Anything Goes (this is a new challenge blog by the way!!)

My first ATC

This morning I woke much earlier than I should have (7:31) 

Puttzed around for a while, and then hit the studio 

I like to work in there while The Price is Right is on!

By the way it's Plinko Week!  Every day they are having Plinko!

I digress!  Ok, so I have wanted to try an ATC for a while

What is an ATC you may ask??  It's an Artist Trading Card: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches

It's the size of a baseball card! 

I got my sketch from Angie Delarie's Friday Sketch and inspiration from
Wicked Wednesday ATC "blues" challenge

 

I also wanted to use metal for the challenge over at All Sorts Challenge "heavy metal"

It's kind of hard to see, but the shiny stuff behind batty is actually aluminum tape that I used my

alcohol inks on, and the button is made of metal as well... Plus of course the brad in the middle of the

flower is metal too! WOW, lots of "heavy metal" going on here!

Ok, so batty can be found in Angie Delarie's shop! She was colored with my copics, with a little 

glitter accent for the bow!

The flower was made using Kraft Glassine, alcohol inks, and my 

tattered flowers die cut (the smallest flower!) with some perfect pearls on the edges of the flower!

I just LOVE instagram!

Ok, ok, and here is batty's close up

Hope you're having a crafty Monday! 

Also entering this little beaut into Card Makin Mama's Try something new challenge! 

Please check out all these wonderful challenge blogs! 

And remember I'll be posting to a BRAND SPANKIN new challenge blog starting September 2nd!!!

Anything But a Card will be a fun challenge blog where you can show off

all your creations (as long as they aren't cards!) 

So get your supplies ready, we'll be doing some super fun things over there!

An altered tin can

I've been trying some different type of materials lately,

This last week it's been Aluminum tape..

Pick it up at your local hardware store for about $4 for 10 ft.

I was a litle leery, but figured I could splurge on this just to see...

Today Hubby came in the craft room and said "whatcha makin"

I replied.. "I'm just playing around"

I think getting a feel for things is important, and so I

threw some alcohol ink on the tape, and ran it through an embossing

folder.  Then added a little bit of black gesso.  I then promptly stuck it on

a tin can that used to house some black olives (I made some pasta salad today.)

**And had every intention of writing a post about that.... but Hubby got a hold of it before

I could shoot any pics!**

Ok, so here's the tape project!

I'm pretty positive that this isn't some new project that's never been done before,

but I think it makes my paintbrush container awfully pretty!

I will definitely be buying the bigger roll of tape next time for a few bones more!

Have any of you ever played with this fun product before??