Well, Hello There Homemade Designer Paper!

Morning, it's Tuesday and that's pretty noteworthy.  I hope you had fun yesterday fooling and being fooled!

After making my own designer paper here  with a potato, I was ready to move on to the next video from the Online Card Classes "Pattern Play."  As it happens, the guest designer was one of my card heroines, Laura Bassen of Doublestick Heaven.  If you don't have her in your subscriptions, you are missing out on a lot of bruises from falling out of your chair when you open her post emails.

 

It was Laura's technique from the class video that I used as my inspiration.  Here is her card:

 

 

I'll wait a minute while you get back up into your chair.  U'kay?  Oh, good.  Have a sip.  I know you are excited, but I'd love it if you could finish up here before you go visit her.  Ask me how I know you'll be over there for a very la-ong and wonderful visit!

 

Here is my CASE:

 

 

This is not my first take.  I tried to use as many stamps and colors as Laura did, but it was just a hot mess.  So I brought the bar back down to a more realistic and manageable level for my skill set and I'm happy with this one. 

 

I started with a subtle polka dot pattern paper and I masked a square area by using a post-it note.  My list of inks and stamps is at the end of this post.

 

Nostalgia

 

Making my own designer paper ala Laura Fadora reminded me that I still refer to a magazine article I saved, written by Debra Emmrich, and first published almost a DECADE (gasp!) ago in "Scrap and Stamp Arts."  At that time, the technique was called "Double-time Magic."  With card artists like Laura, there are now modern online (and prolly YouTube) videos about this type of technique.  I believe there are new names, like Masterboarding. 

Anywilly, I thought you might get a kick out of seeing the original old-fashioned magazine format!  Even today, with a little modern updating, the prince apple is still a good one.  You can, for instance, mask off areas (I think you might need to do some math, sorry) before you stamp your paper.

 

 

Some things are truly tried and true.  I'm not sure how difficult this will be to read or print, so if you would like me to send you a color copy of the article, either by email or snail mail, let me know.  My email address is clickable from my profile page.

 

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I am bubbling over with delightment to introduce you to four new friends who have come to the Playhouse to join in the fun!

 

Nessa from The Crafty Laydee

 

Susie from Planet Susie

 

Renee from It's a Patchwork Life

 

Annette from My Clever Creations

Okay, off you go to be inspired by this incredible windfall of creativity, but, please, take your time!  There is so much pretty inspiration for everyone!  I know we live in an insane time where you feel as though you are only allowed a half second per screen shot, but whoa, Nelly, not true here!  Leave your hurry on the doorstep!  Besides, I don't want your clicking arm to fall off.  It will, you know.

 

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy!  LITS*!  

I am working for the next week doing a vacation fill-in, so I will miss tomorrow's WOYWW hop.  I still hope to continue in the evening catching up on my class and my homework, which I will share when I can.

Thank you so much for stopping by the Playhouse. Special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment or join as a follower.

*Life Is Too Short!

Paper:  PTI white; unknown polka dot from stash
Stamps:  PTI "Rosie Posie";  SU! "Mixed Bunch" and
  "Reason to Smile"; Paper Smooches, "Vogue Abode"; 
  Verve "Great Friend"; Hero Arts "Heydey Sentiments"
Inks:  Versafine onyx black; SU! old olive, gumball
  green, melon mambo, and Bermuda bay
Bling:  SU! Basic Pearls