September CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop - Dimensional Elements

Welcome to the CTMH Spotlight Blog Hop for the month of September.  If you got here from Haley's blog you are on the right track, or if you are starting here I hope you can "hop" along with us.  It is easy to do - just follow the link at the end of this post to the next participant.

This month the featured product is Dimensional Elements.  I love CTMH's Dimensional Elements (DEs), & use them for a lot of projects - cards, scrapbook pages, altered art.  I made some simple cards this month to showcase a variety of ways to embellish your DEs.  I used the "Sunrise" pattern from the Wishes Card Confidence Program book.  I chose the Hooligans paper packet & Dimensional Elements Stars.

For the first card, I used my favorite method to color DEs - ink & a sponge dauber.  Very fast, very easy, & very effective!  I like to ink the edges of the DE using a coordinating marker - the marker really allows you to get in to those hard to reach places.  Sunset ink was used here.  Once your image is inked, you could also stamp directly onto the DE to create a pattern or some words.

For this next card, I covered the star with B&T paper (background & textured or patterned paper).  I traced the star onto the opposite side of the B&T, cut it out, covered with Bonding Memories glue & adhered to the star.  I used the finishing files to smooth out the edges for a very nice finished look & then used a marker to ink the edges.

I used the opposite sides of the "fingerprint" B&T for the next two cards, just to change it up a bit.  For this card, I used the emboss resist technique to create a pattern on the star.  I stamped a background stamp from Spot On Backgrounds with versamark & then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  The entire piece was then inked with sunset ink using a sponge dauber.  The embossed pattern resists the ink, resulting in a white polka dot pattern.  This is where the fact that CTMH's chipboard is white really helps :)

For this last card, I covered the star with Bonding Memories glue & sprinkled Prisma glitter over it.  Just shake off the excess glitter & you have an amazingly sparkly embellishment.  It is a bit difficult to get a good picture of the sparkle, but I hope you get the idea.

Well, I hope you enjoyed seeing these simple ways to color & cover your Dimensional Elements; and I hope you are inspired to use up some of your chipboard stash!  To see some of my previous posts using Dimensional Elements click here.

Now, hop on over to Karen's blog for some more inspiration. 

CTMH products used:  Hooligans Level 2 paper packet, Exclusive Inks stamp pads (Sunset, Black), Good Work My Acrylix stamp set, Dimensional Elements Stars, White Daisy 3/8" grosgrain ribbon, Versamark stamp pad, Clear embossing powder, Prisma glitter, Bonding Memories Glue

  

In case you get lost along the way, here is the list of participants for this blog hop.

Wendy K.

Jenifer B

Traci Law
Jenna Chere
Chris Hill
Jill Lucas
Tracey Jean
Haley
Debbie (You are here)
Karen
Toni Hinchcliffe
Melinda Everitt
Vicki Wizniuk  
Kristie