Debby Hughes’ Creative Uses
Hi readers! Happy Sunday! I think you’ll be surprised at the supplies list for this card. I sure was! Debby Hughes is back with her very fun and popular Creative Uses post! I think you’ll find today’s inspiration to be out of this world!
Read on…. enjoy!
Hello, Debby here with my monthly look at stretching your supplies. I think more than any time of year, getting the most out of your holiday supplies is key. We buy sets for a certain occasion or season and shouldn’t put them away afterwards but look how they can be used all year round.
I took the surf board from the Warm Christmas Wishes die set and turned it in to a rocket. Firstly I gathered all the shapes I needed – the surf board as the main body of the rocket, parts of the Circle Loops dies as rocket wings, Tattered Poppy leaves as flames, a window from the sports balls set and I also used another circle from this set for the Earth. Having cut all the pieces from Neenah Solar White card I then colored them with Copics. I accented the die cuts with Rock Candy Distress Glitter on the Earth and flames and covered the rest of the rocket in Glossy Accents then put them to dry while I worked on the background panel
Taking a piece of Neenah Solar White I blended in Distress Inks (Spun Sugar, Seedless Preserves, Broken China, Stormy Sky & Black Soot) then sprinkled the panel with water and dabbed off with a tissue to remove some of the color. I also splattered the background with a solution of Perfect Pearls. With the galactic sky starting to take shape I turned to a technique I’ve not used for a while but love – swiping embossing paste through the Falling Stars stencil and then, while still wet, sprinkling on silver embossing powder before heat setting. This gives fabulous texture and dimension to the stars :D
To finish off the card I mounted the die cuts on the panel with foam adhesive and in turn the panel on a top folding card base. The sentiment from More Sketchy Banner Greetings is stamped in Lipstick Red, trimmed in to a banner and again foam mounted. The last touch were a few sequins. I always love to add sequins, but they are also great to cover up a mark in glossy accents if you failed to leave it dry long enough and touched your finger to it ;)
I hope you take a look at your autumn and holiday supplies to see uses for them other than those intended :D
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to the amazing Debby for being our guest today!
What a great idea to stretch your stamps.. Thanks for the inspiration and fabulous card with Amazing backgrund!
Fun card. Always great to get ideas outside the box. Hugz
VERY clever card! Always good when you can use supplies for something different.
This is amazing!!! I love how you give so many clever ideas for maximizing our stamps!!! Love this incredible card!
Debby never fails to inspire creativity!!! Fabulous :)
Very clever. We should all find new ways to use stamps/
Super cute card Debby. I love how you can take something unexpected and make it into something new. Thanks for sharing.
Fun card. I’m not so good at thinking outside the box, I need a little nudge.
Fun card–thanks for sharing!
Absolutely brilliant use of the surf board! Stunning background and great texture all around! karenpagedave at yahoo dot com
That is so clever. Thanks for getting me to see my supplies in a whole new way!
Wow, Debby. That’s a beautiful and creative card! Thanks for sharing the ideas.
Super cute!
This card is gorgeous with such a beautiful mix of colors for the background.
Oh wow, what a clever space ship! Stunning BG too :)
You are brilliant, Debby! I would never guess where those bits came from. Love everything about this card. I think I see a comet!
What a great card for a boy. It is so right!
Such a cute card! Hugs, Robin
Super fun card!!, love all the little details!
Adorable…I just love the background you created!
Such a creative idea. A great use of a die for something other than the original purpose. Love these kind of cards. Your idea is great and the design you made is perfectly. TFS
Debby, This rocket is out of this world. I will look at all of my shapes in a different manner before returning them to their package. I have that falling star stencil, I think I will give it a go with the embossing paste. Thanks for sharing your inspiration.
I love knowing how to stretch my supplies…keep these suggestions going!
This is just a fantastic use of stamps/dies to create other things besides what they’re meant for! Thanks for the ideas, I will have to try using the old brain to come up with some of my own!! lol!!
This is one fabulous card, perfect for a boy, I love all the dies, and the background scene is done so beautifully.
So very cleaver! Super fun card….beautifully put together ♥
When it comes to getting the most out of your stamps, Debby is QUEEN!! Love the card. The background is so gorgeous!!
The rocket is so imaginative! Love the background too!
Such a clever use of the dies! I love the result! Thanks for the inspiration!
Amazing job! Great card! Especially loved the background!
So fun. I have trouble seeing beyond the obvious. Will need to try harder.
I don’t think I would have come up with this idea at all. Thanks, Debby, for showing us how to think outside the box. Love this card!
So inventive! Total out-of-the box thinking, and a terrific card!
Thanks for all the great ideas! Such a clever way to use the die.
This is just awesome! Thank you so much for always sharing great tips and inspirations!
Love Debby’s imaginative use of all these elements
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Love your bg, Debby! Great way to stretch your supplies.
I love how Deb used a surf board into a rocket. I also love th background of this card.
LOVE this card.. So creative. ♥♥♥
Debby you always amaze me with your talent. Today is no exception! Way to think out of the box! Thanks so much for the inspiration!!
what a fun, creative rocket card! thanks for the ideas!
Very cool! I would not have thought to stretch those supplies that way! Great Imagination
Great card. I don’t think I could have ever thought to use those supplies in that way.
Debby never ceases to come up with intriguing and awesome ideas.
Beautiful card. I have just started my self. Late bloomer :)
so creative!
Awesome! You are so very clever.
Wonderful creative use of your materials! Great card!
Looks like a card I made recently! Love it!
This is so cute! Need to make something like it since he loves the little Einstein’s!!!