Nuts and Bolts

I almost missed this set in the mini catalogue, if I hadn't seen a cute card by another demonstrator, I probably would have missed this set altogether.

I have really enjoyed playing with  this set. I got a bit carried away stamping and colouring these little guys and have a little pile of them waiting to be turned into cards.

For the card below I decided to experiment with some die cut gears in silver foil as a background.  I used saddle brown Stazon ink to give the impression of rust.  I think this one would make a good Thank you card,

I embossed a piece of silver foiled card for the background of the next card. I wanted a more industrial feel to it.

I have say the colours are a bit washed out in this photo, in reality they are much stronger.

If you take a closer look at the card below, you may notice I have put one of his arms in a different position.  I have also added a banner, borrowed  from the woodland wonder set.  

I used two of the robots to make this anniversary card.

Here's a 5 x 5 card,  using up some waste materials.

For the card below I stamped the gears using a stamp from the Sense of Time set, then blended ink over the stamping. The greeting is from otterly awesome stamp set.

Here's how I changed the position of his arm.

You'll need a stamp positioning tool for this technique.

The Tool is in two parts and consists of a  clear plastic sheet and a black T shaped tool.

 Cover the arm with the sticky part of a Post it note ( you could also use Sellotape.) then ink up the stamp.

 Remove the post it, and stamp the image.

 Now mask off the body with a post it note.

Ink up the arm  and remove the post it note.

 Using  the Stamp a Majig   (stamp positioning tool )  Place the  plastic sheet into the corner of the T tool, then stamp the arm onto the clear plastic sheet,

 

 Position the plastic sheet over the body of your stamped image and line up the end of the arm with the outline of the body. When you have the arm positioned  where you want it, hold the plastic sheet firmly in place and bring back the T tool and place it back on the corner of the sheet.

 

Ink up the arm of the stamp again, using a post it to mask off the body. Just as you did to stamp the arm on the plastic sheet.

Go back to the positioning tool.....Check your arm is still aligned with the body and that your plastic sheet and T tool  haven't moved.

Hold the  T tool firmly and remove the plastic sheet. 

Check you stamp is the right way round and stamp the arm in it's new position.

This might seem like an awful lot of trouble to go to to move an arm half an inch, But I really wanted him to be waving that flag above his head.

In the photo below  you will see I have given him a flag to wave,   it's from the Woodland Wonder set. Yay! all that remains to be done is the colouring and to turn him into a card of some sort.