Jacob’s Ladder

The June 5th Caardvarks challenge is to make a *new* 3-dimensional project … it could be an interactive card, an altered project, or a gift bag.  

The 'Vaarks Crew were lucky to get to work with 3-D projects from the Challenge Sponsor, Club Scrap.  The fabulous prize for the winner of the 3-D challenge is a huge assortment of Club Scrap product ~ a sheet of unmounted rubber stamps, Club Scrap exclusive projects, a POP (pound of paper), plus a whole lot more!

My project for the challenge was the Club Scrap 3/4" Jacob's Ladder.  I made a vintage stamped Mother's Day gift for my awesome mother-in-law.  Everyone had fun playing with it all day long.  

I started by spraying all of the Chipboard pieces with Bronze Glimmer Mist.  Of all of the colors I have bought so far, I think this one is my favorite.  I love the all-over sparkle.

 

I attached all of the chipboard and ribbon together to create the interactive design, and then decorated the squares.  One of the keys to designing the project that the images on each side need to face opposite directions (up on one side, down on the other), so when you walk them down the ribbon, they will end up right-side-up on the other side.  Here are the project instructions to give you a better idea how the project is assembled.  (They also have a great video tutorial.)

I also sprayed the box with glimmer mist and decorated the outside.  I stamped all of the squares with Maroon ColorBox Chalk ink, which really helped tie the design together.  The first square on my Jacob's Ladder is Way We See by Paper Bag Studios.  The cover of the box is Be Happy by Hampton Art.  I added a little sponging to the box lid and to the little girl's cheeks.

 

I combined stamps of some of my mother-in-law's favorite things which include Artistic Outpost Happiness, Inkadinkado Creative Words, K&Company Amy Butler Lotus Floral Stamps, Cornish Heritage Farms Rummage Bin Time to Stamp, Anna Griffin Flora Collection, Repeat Impressions Happiness, and Hero Arts Find Joy to create the rest of the panels in the design.

 

Here are some close-ups of the individual panels

 

I stamped directly on the designer paper that was included with the kit.

 

The sentiment stamp included one butterfly … so I added a few more friends.

 

I also added some images from vintage books because my mother-in-law loves old books.  The flower was painted with several colors of Shimmerz Glitter paint.

 

Another vintage book page (sponged with a bit of Maroon ink) & another panel stamped and covered with more Shimmerz Glitter Paint.

 

One of her favorite panels was the one about Family.  I love how using the papers that were included with the project and the same color ink on each panel really tied it all together.