After practicing with the metal tape, Zoo and I were to do a
page in our AAJ2 using this technique. I once again pulled out a variety of
things from my collection and went to town. I wanted to use drywall tape, fun
foam embossed to look like waves on the water, my tree punch and left over twig
punches from Zoo’s punch. These things all reminded me of nature and the great
outdoors so I figured I would do a camping theme. Growing up we did a lot of
camping and fishing in remote areas and to this day, I love exploring in the
woods, hiking, scrambling up and over hills and mountains (I dislike bugs a
little more now though).
I started with the drywall tape diagonal across both pages,
as the walking path. Then I added the road using my 1999 Lyuell Harlow LG611 Stone
Wall brass embossing plate. This I experimented with in my Big Shot. I put the
metal tape on strips of card stock, ran it through the Big Shot, and then
applied it to the page using more metal tape. Being a very thin brass plate it and then layers of tape
on top, it didn’t show a deep embossed effect but doable for this. I thought I
needed a defining line between the path and the road so I used the beaded
string to make the road edges.
Next, I started on the lake. I used the fun foam with waves
embossed in it (purchased at the Dollarama). I cut it to fit up in the corner
and wanted to find something in my stash to act as a rocky shore. I had
purchased, from the fabric store, a set of two 80’s patches with antique brass
half domes sewn on them. They were 99 cents and so I bought one for myself and
one for Zoo. They reminded me of the shoulder patches in the Michael Jackson
era and made my day at the time. Zoo, of course, didn’t have a clue why I had
bought them or what the heck to do with them when she received hers : ) They did work perfect for a rocky
beach, though, so this page was making me smile all the way during the process
so far!
For the grass, I used a million twig punches. Zoo needed a twig punch for some Christmas cards we were working on a year or two ago and I found one at Walmart here and sent it out to her. Before I send it, however, I killed my hands by punching out a million of them for my use. Well, I used up almost my entire stash in this project. The grass is made up of many, many layers of the twig punches glued on and then taped over. I found that my double-ended embossing tool worked the best to bring out the desired texture. I love the grass. I guess I am a little bit of a tactile person and running my hands over the grass and other areas on this page feels cool.
The tree in the upper left corner is made with my Fiskars
tree punch. It was too small so I cut out more of them and trimmed the branches
off and added them to expand the branch system. It turned out cute. The page
needed a little something so I added a van cut out of card stock and taped over.
I attached it using foam dimensionals on the top and glue and the two metal
brads (bought from Dollarama years ago – yes… I love the dollar store!!!).
I painted it with the black paint a couple of times until it had the effect I wanted.
I must say, that I do love this page. I had my book standing up on my table with this page open for weeks. Playing with metal tape is fun
and inexpensive. Zoo and I will have to do more with it in the future.
Enjoy! Red Bear : )
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