We used glossy card stock, stamped with a waterproof ink (I used Archival black) and then heat set the ink. Oops! I didn't get the name of the bird stamp that I used! Next step was to create a resist against the egg dye by coloring areas with a wax crayon. I chose to wax up (color) the background so that the bird would be the part colored by the dye.
Then we dipped our little glossy card stock squares in egg dye. About 8 tablets were used for each color, mixed with water but no vinegar (the vinegar creates a resist preventing the paper from absorbing the color). This was a technique brought to the meeting by one of the members.
I brought my little square home and created this card with it Tuesday. I used Hedi Grace Taking Flight products (card stock, foil sticker, rub-on alphas) given to me by dd1 who decided she didn't really want to make cards. I've actually inherited from both dds a bunch of scrapbooking stuff. I told dd1 I'd make her some cards with the product she gave me. So here's card #1.
I'm entering this card in these challenges:
Crafty Bloggers Network Challenge #18 Happy Bird Day
The Craft Room: Bling, Glitter and Sparkle (please note the shiny silver trim on the word tag as well as the shiny silver dots on the curtains!)
Cute Card Thursday challenge # 209 Anything Goes (this is a new challenge site for me this week!)
I also want to share this incredibly artistic dessert brought by another member to club Monday night. She poked a hole in the egg shell, blew out the raw egg, washed the inside of the shell with salt water, filled it to just the right level with cake dough, baked it, then colored the egg shell with food coloring. (I'm sure there's a recipe out there in cyberspace on how to do this correctly--this is just my interpretation of what I heard at the dessert table.) And let's not overlook the fancy presentation.
19 comments:
Lovely card, the technique looks very interesting! Than ks for playing along at *The cheerful stamp pad!* Valerie
PS Your eggy surprise looks fantastic, too!
'Tweet' card! lol~ Could not 'resist'...hahah! Sorry for the puns, Helene. You know I love resists and have been using crayons for awhile. Fun egg cake, too~
Lovely card xx
This is gorgeous and I love the the colour combination.
Hugs
Linda xxx
Love your card Helene!! And what a clever idea to bake a cake in the egg shell - what a clever lady!!
Pretty card Helene, love the technique you used too! I don't know about peeling an egg to eat cake. I looks fabulous but I really hate peeling eggs, lol.
Great you were able to use your club piece in your card. I love it when I can use something right away. That cake is too clever!
The background on your card is so pretty as is the little birdie.
Wishes
Lynne
Really beautiful and originel creation, love the bird in the window!
Thank you for sharing this with us at Craft-Room Challenge, good luck;-))m
Wonderful technique, very interesting will have to write it down and try it! Thank you for sharing your very pretty clever card with us at Craft-Room Challenge good luck XOXO Zoe
Such a lovely card. And your egg looks fab :)
Great and clever technique! The card is fantastic and that egg is adorable! Have a lovely day!
Terrific card and loving that egg, x
This is fabulous! It's a technique I've not seen before, but I love the result you've achieved (and the egg!). Thanks for joining in with us at the Craft-Room Challenge, and good luck.
Maria x
Your card is great- sounds like a fun technique- love the bird image! That is quite a cool egg with cake cooked in it- cute centerpiece!
Such a pretty card, and what a great technique. Thanks for joining us at Craft Room Challenge, and good luck. Julia xxx
love this card, great technique x
Fabulous creation! Thanks for joining us at The Cheerful Stamp Pad! :)
An awesome card Love the technique; I will have to try it.
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