NBUS Challenge 10 - Bubble Wrap

Welcome! I think I've managed to not miss the deadline for Darnell's 10th NBUS Challenge! And the optional theme, aside from using NBUS (which means Never Before Used Schtuff - in case you are one of the few bloggers who doesn't know what NBUS means!) Additionally, if acronyms are used in my post that are unfamiliar to you, be sure to check the tab Blog-a-nitions at the top of this blog. I try to put in definitions coined by some of the clever cardmakers - if I didn't know it, guessed other folks might not either!

Challenge 10 optional choice was to use Bubble Wrap as a part of the card design, with alcohol inks, reinkers, whatever ink would work on Bubble Wrap. Now, I had played some months ago with yupo paper & copic various ink (which is alcohol base).  Blotted the wet yupo with some bubble wrap. Took a while to dry, and then I didn't know what the heck to do with it - & other things got in the way. THEN: the night prior to learning about this challenge, tried one of the old C/B folders -the  green kind if you remember - which would cut out a portion of the embossing.

OK, still got that piece bubble wrap, so got busy with some alcohol inks, just selecting random colors. Had cut a few pieces of 144# Yupo Paper**. Dropped the inks in sort of a circle pattern onto the bubble wrap, and plopped the Yupo over it. First was very wet; still had ink on the bubble wrap, so plopped on the 2nd Yupo. STILL had some ink, so here comes the 3rd piece, still getting faint inking designs. I think I finally got all the ink pretty much off the bubble wrap. Took overnight for the 1st piece to dry. Since I need to get crackin' on Valentine cards, that's what my efforts became.

Covered a top fold white card base with another piece of white c/s which had been embossed rather than cut. (Jennifer McGuire has some good youtube videos showing the sandwich for doing this technique).

Fishtail banner was cut from the 3rd inking, very faint, but thought it would make a nice look behind the Valentine - which was cut from the 1st, more intense piece.  Ranger & Pinata alcohol inks were used in colors of silver, red, blue, green and yellow.

-  **YUPO Paper Weight: A good friend had shared that she's had trouble cutting 144# weight. I didn't even know that Yupo came in various weights! Checked what mine was, but I'm happy to say with 2 fwd & backward passes - just to be sure it cut well - this die cut 144#  Yupo nicely. And it's a very thin weight die too, not thick like some of the MFT ones. (Yupo is a specialty paper that looks like glossy card stock, but has different properties. Think it has a lot of plastic in the makeup - so best not to use a heat gun to dry...at least not close to the Yupo).

- Black faux suede paper was backed with Stickit to cut the sentiment. Came out of the die very smoothly. However, removal of the backing paper didn't go nearly as easily as it does in the videos. Was good to not have to bother with tiny dots of glue however.

- red snippet to cut the tiny hearts. This paper is a shiny silk like paper, has slubs in the paper that looks like raw silk fabric.

NBUS Supplies: Elizabeth Craft Heart Background die 1261;Hero Arts Infinity Hearts; Hero Arts Valentine Words; black faux suede paper which has been around for a while, as has the Stickit and it's first time used. Normally I reach for Sookwang, which is a thicker double sided tape.

Thanks for joining me, and if you think you'd like to play with Bubble Wrap, Darnell's Challenge 10 is open until Feb 5. Be sure to check the rules. The bubble wrap is optional, so you can pull some of your old, never used stash, and join in the fun right here:

Edit: Whoo Hoo! The Snippets Playground Week 265 & 266 is still open! I've been MIA for so long Parsnip might not even recognize me, but this card has got SNIPPETS! So I'm going OVER!

 

PS: many of you have commented on the pretty jeweled cardinal that I've had on some recent posts. It was a lovely pin sent to me by my sweet Brenda.  Since I rarely dress up where a pin is appropriate, I thought it would look pretty decorating my card photos. And, I can always pin it on, if I _should_ dress up! She is such a sweetie.