Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hello Coffee Lovers and Happy Valentine’s Day!!

It’s time for a new Brew & Craft Your Stash!! Challenge #15 in the 75 Creative Card Challenges Magazine by Paper Crafts 2013!! Grab your drink of choice and get ready for some great crafty ideas!!!

Challenge #15 – Use Crepe Paper. Two cards use crepe paper to create some ruffles, one at the end of the tag and the other layers 3 different colored ruffles. Another card adheres strips of crepe paper to cover the card base and the last card creates pleats with the crepe paper.

I don’t have any crepe paper and I didn’t want to go buy a roll just to use it once. So instead I made my own faux crepe paper! I love how it turned out, too!! I started with….. white tissue paper!!!

To make my faux crepe paper I cut my 3 ply white tissue paper into three strips. Then I used Altenew inks to color them. I just added the ink directly from the ink pad to the paper and smearing it down the strip. I had three groups of strips, each with 3 strips. The ink is dye ink so it dries fast, I’m sure you could use just about any kind of ink, too!

Next, I crumbled up each group, then carefully flattening them out again. To adhere each group of three, I added a small line of  liquid adhesive to the top of a strip and added the second strip. Repeat for the 3rd strip. I have a 12 x 2 clear block that I laid on top to hold the 3 layers together while the glue was drying. I did this for each of my groups.

Then I just used scissors to make the fringe and my faux crepe paper was ready to use!! I decided to use them to dress up some basic heart dies. I cut two from watercolor card stock, since the card stock is thicker and hold up the fringe better. I added the fringe in layers on the watercolor card stock, then used the dies to cut the hearts.

I pulled out Hero Arts Food Puns and stamped the latte, doughnut and waffle. Then I used my Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers to color the images, then fussy cut them out.

I stamped the I love You a Latte on a strip of card stock and then notched the ends. Next, I added the hearts to a white card base and then the images and sentiment. Last I rounded the corners.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope this inspires you to either use your crepe paper in a new way or to make your own!!

Dana

Supplies

Stamps: Hero Arts – Food Puns

Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend Markers: Tan Blend – TN1, Gold Brown Blend – GB1,GB3,GB5. Ice Grey Blend – IG2, IG4. Earth Brown Blend – EB1. Light Yellow Blend – LY1, LY2, LY3. Pale Pink Blend – PP1, PP2, PP3. Dark Red Blend – DR1, DR3, DR4

Dies: Little B’s Heart Dies

Ink: Altenew – Ruby Red, Frosty Pink, Coral Berry