Friday, August 1, 2008

Dollar Find Friday (Chipboard Element)

Today's tutorial is a Freebie find! I know you guys all have chipboard of some kind laying around (like food boxes for example). Here are a couple of ideas on how to use them for our cards.


Supplies:
Die cuts of your choice
Fine glitter (I got mine at JoAnn's)
Glue pad
Chipboard
Embossing powder (I made custom powder using UTEE and Perfect pearls)
Heat gun
Versa Mark









Step 1-1: Cut chipboard using die cut

















Step 1-3: Cover shape using glue pad.


















Step 1-3: Cover with fine glitter.

















Finished chipboard accent


















Step 2-1: Cut out chipboard (I used Nestibilities for this one)











Step 2-2: Cover piece in VesaMark















Step 2-3: Cover with embossing powder
















Step 2-4: Heat with heat gun















Step 2-5: If you desire, you can repeat the last step for more coverage












And here is how I used my chipbard on a card. Enjoy and have fun!




11 comments:

Holly Young said...

cute card! Love the sentiment.

Anonymous said...

Thanks Jessica!!! I just got the Glue and Stick pad and haven't tried to use it yet.And I never thunk...heehee...like my word?......to use boxes to cut out designs.You made me do alot of thinking about how much i toss out and could be using.I have soooooooo much to learn.
Thanks!
Marie H

Cris A said...

Great tutorial! I never would have thought to use my cereal boxes for anything!

Carmen said...

TFS!! I never think to do any of this with my cb. How cool is that?

Daniela Dobson said...

This is awesome!!! I just got the glue pad at a stamp show couple of weeks ago and I have not tried to cover chipboard, yet, I will have to play with glitter.
Visiting from Splitcoast blog comment thread...I have a little extra time tonight to play.

Cassie_lu said...

a great tutorial. it reminds me of metal. I will have to try it soon.

Anonymous said...

Very cute! I love what you do on Dollar Find Friday! Thanks for the deets on doing it.

Sammi said...

Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing!!

I LOVE the card!

Doris said...

Darn! I just threw out a nice clean cereal box, not realizing what a resource it could have been. Thanks for the ideas--that's the last box that goes!

kat said...

Now I MUST remember to get out my glitter more often, especially with the holidays right around the corner. Thanks for the inspiration!

Anonymous said...

What a great tutorial!! :) TFS!! Love your idea of home-made UTEE!! Gotta try this out!