Today over at the a2z Scrapbooking Blog, I have a project for Valentine's Day posted. I made a set of cork coasters with a fun stamp and embossing. I made a matching card too and I think it'd make a fab masculine gift.
Hope you'll pop over and take a look! If you're interested in getting some of these (or other crafty) goodies, you can use the code CHARK15 to get 15% off your order of $25 or more. Oh, and enter the February contest if you want to try for the $25 gift card. The theme is embossing and Hero Arts.
Check out the sale items too. This Bubble Talk Stamp from my coasters is just $6 for a full card-size cling stamp!
Here's a sneak peek of the project.
And, if you're looking for more chances to win stuff, Paper Smooches is having an anniversary, so hop over here and enter! See my last post for my latest PS project—couldn't love their stamps more! Happy Anniversary, Paper Smooches and Kim!
Happy Monday!
Chark
If you've ever read horror comics, you know the title of this post happens a lot in the pages...a lot. My older sister, Julie, used to read those comics and then pass them along to me. I loved reading them, although I'm much more of a scaredy-cat than she is and I think she might've warped my young mind. However, it didn't stop me from picking up House of Mystery, Tales from the Crypt, Believe It or Not and The Witching Hour.
So for her birthday, I made copies of a b&w comic I found at a book sale and turned them into coasters.
I had some cork coasters from the craft store and I used them to trace around some classic pages. Y'know with screams and sounds and horrified looks. Then I colored them with Tombow markers.
(Now, if you're bright, and you know that Tombow markers can be used as watercolors, then you're probably asking why I used them. I dunno, except I like how bright they are.) Turns out that Mod Podge will make the Tombow markers bleed a little when you seal them. But just the red ones. Weird and unhelpful, but that's my experience.
Luckily, my sister will forgive me for this...I hope. First I applied the Mod Podge carefully to the back of the circle and adhered them to the cork circles. You have to cover the entire back of the paper or it will buckle as it dries. I put a book on top of them to make sure they didn't get wrinkles as they dried.
Then I applied a top coat (you should probably do this fast and lightly so the marker bleeds less). After that initial coat dries, apply another coat and let dry. Then one more and apply it to the edges too.
If you see Julie, don't tell her what I made (I'm sending them out today)!
Happy Wednesday,
Chark
