Well well well!! Look whos finally finished University for yet another Semester....though just have Exams left to do - YAY!! I sent off a Special Email request to Aunty Merlene on Fiskateers for an ATC Swap to get me going again...she granted my wish...I tell you she is like a Fairy God Mother at times!! With a tap of her magic wand there was a ATC Swap up on the boards just for me....I had little time to get it done in and finished to get to the USA on time....!!
This was rather fun...to get me back into the flow again....and I did my first lot of HEAT EMBOSSING on them!! I brought an unmounted rubber stamp off Trade Me from Not Just Stamping - a cute little Penguin one...and I also brought a clear ink pad...while I waited for this auctions to arrive, I got my backgrounds done up ready and all that was left to put my penguin onto them.....
One my goodies aririved - I travelled to the North Shore to NZ Scrapbooking to get me some EZ Mount so I could mount my Stamp onto (it was the recommended product from whom I brought it the unmounted rubber stamp from) then I went to Mt Wellington to Scrapbook Studio to get me some Black Embossing Powder....the lady there was very helpful in explaining to me the different types of Embossing Powders and what effect each gave...i knew I want black but there was more than one tpe of black...!
Then it was time to experiment...I dont have a heat gun so I went the traditional way that many start out with using the toaster lol...I was rather excited and happy with the turn out of these little guys....though my ATCs are no where near as awesome as some of the works of art I get from some people in these swaps!! And I have my selected favourites from the Fiskateers whos ATCs I always love...!
*** Update - 13th Nov 2009 - I have since brought a heat gun and anti static pad on Trade Me...and will be picking them up soon... :p ***
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