TECHNIQUE : EMBELLISHMENTS IN FALSE LEATHER

 The author

Since how long do you scrap?

I discovered digital scrap in August 2006, I immediately did it off and I put aside all my other creative activities ! I practiced for example the 3D, one can see the images which I made on my old www.akahastur.fr.nr site.

I first of all created pages with downloaded kits, then my temperament rather pushing me towards the creation of all the elements, I carried out many kits that I placed free at the disposal of scrapbookers on a blog (currently more available). I regaled myself!

I had really the impression to have found the activity, which combined my taste for data processing, creation, and photographs. But I could not prevent to me from buying a little traditional scrap supplies, while saying to me : it is necessary to test all.

I was cooked, addicted, hung, immediately ! In September 2006 I created my first mini album and since, scrapbooking took such a place in my life that I even have some make my occupation !!!

I created in January of this year my paper mark of scrapbooking, Onirie, and my shop on Internet : www.onirie.com. I am now with my third collection, "Orange the Caribbean", after "White Magie" and "Hummingbird Fairyhood".

I also have with my credit 3 boards of transparent stamps : butterflies and doodlings, a board with pattern for Manga inspiration, and very recently a board with patterns entirely drawn with the hand, "Baroque of love".

I regale myself, I adore the creative process of papers, I adore to receive them printing works, I adore to see the pages that the scrapbookers can make with!

What you prefer to do out of Scrap?

I like over all the traditional pages, format 30 by 30. I find there the place for all that I like: stamping, embellishments, lot of flowers, chipboards… I like to leave an empty space on my page, to match the colors of my embellishments to my papers and my photograph… I like much to ink, to age, use old pages of old books, laces…

I am not too graphic scrap addict, my scrap must be a discharge system with a rather romantic temperament which I do not see in the remainder of my life : I like the small details "cosy", to surround the photographs of my daughter of small flowers, of buttons…

Which are your preferred colors? .

Ouhla! I cannot speak about preferred colors, I like them all. For little that it nicely is laid out and matched ! I would say that for my bottomss of page, I love the tender pinks, the "beiges", gray… Who allow much imagination with the embellishments and the flowers. Currently I am during one blue and beige time, which is found on papers of my collection "Orange the Caribbean". But for my clothing, for example, nothing is worth than the black;)

What brings scrap to you? An intense satisfaction, a discharge system with my stress, pleasure of forgetting me by "patouillant" painting, by sandpapering paper…

And much, much of new friends met on forums Internet, and in the true life! Scrap as opened me a professional way as I am proud to have taken, even if I still continue my first “food” work since the house should well be paid. Scrap filled part of my life which I could not be empty! And that made of so pretty memories for my daughter Jade, who is 3 years and half old! She likes to see herself on my pages, and poses readily for the photographs! She often bates me my place in the scraproom, seizes my scissors and cuts out my paper offcuts by saying proudly that she makes scrapbooking like mom!

 The material and supplies

Hardware requirement:

- 1 piece of false leather (available in the stores of creative leisures), also called "créamousse"

- 1 thermal heat-gun (attention, the use of the hair drier is not recommended : it blows too extremely compared to emboss-gun)

- 1 stamp, with the choice : clear stamp, rubber stamp, it does not matter - optional : ink (versafine, distress, etc) to accentuate the pattern, but one can make very well without, the effect will be different.

 The realization

I will use here a stamp small bird of Brigitte (www.la-compagnie-des-elfes.com).

If you wish ink your pattern, start by depositing ink on your plug.

Then, blow heat air on a face of the piece of false leather.

As soon as the corners start bending, turn over the false leather and heat the second face .

Once all quite hot surface, deposit it quickly and strongly support your stamp above !

After a few seconds you can remove your plug and admire the result :)

You have the choice: to cut out your pattern by leaving a small edge, or to cut out a rectangle to make a larger embellishment of it, as you want.

Have fun and good scrap !!

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