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Scrapbooking Top 50 Australia :: Previous CC Chs :: October 2009 - "Let's Go Retro!" :: Party to the Max!
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Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by vickstar Wed Oct 07, 2009 4:10 pm
As you all probably know, we normally start the party, with the bigger of the two mystery challenges, however tonight we are starting with the mini challenge, and within the hour, you will find out why!! J
Now, for this challenge, you all need to run off real quick, put the kettle on and make yourselves a cuppa!! J For this challenge we are going to be ‘ageing’ stuff from our stashes using tea/coffee/brown ink!! The stuff that you ‘age’ will be needed for the next challenge!! J
Here are some tips from Kathie for ageing stuff.
-Paper can be inked with pale brown ink and left blotchy-best paper colours to do this with are pale greens, beige, light browns or creams.
-another method is to have some cold tea (very strong) or coffee and lightly with a cotton ball moistened just sort of brush it over your page in several different directions.
-lace and ribbon can be aged with inks or tea/coffee. They need to be cotton or have a high cotton content as nylon or polyester won't take the tea or coffee. But nylon and polyester can be aged with inks!! To use the tea/coffee method for dying ribbons, just add ribbons to a cup of very strong coffee or tea and leave for a minimum of 1 hour. Then take out of the cup and hang to dry.......do not rinse or squeeze excess moisture out of item.
-Flowers can be aged with tea or coffee or inks too. It’s a little different though, as you just brush the liquid sparing onto the flowers and only the papers ones are successful. All flowers can be inked to give an aged look though.
-To speed up drying if I a hurry, you can iron your items between some tea towels, however I found they didn’t take excessive time to dry!! J
So… your challenge is to find some stuff in your stash to age!! J Once you have aged your items, take a pic and upload to the opening night mystery challenge folder before 8am Saturday (time extended for drying time) morning!! J
Here are some I prepared earlier!! All these items began life very white (but I forgot to take a before pic):
Now, for this challenge, you all need to run off real quick, put the kettle on and make yourselves a cuppa!! J For this challenge we are going to be ‘ageing’ stuff from our stashes using tea/coffee/brown ink!! The stuff that you ‘age’ will be needed for the next challenge!! J
Here are some tips from Kathie for ageing stuff.
-Paper can be inked with pale brown ink and left blotchy-best paper colours to do this with are pale greens, beige, light browns or creams.
-another method is to have some cold tea (very strong) or coffee and lightly with a cotton ball moistened just sort of brush it over your page in several different directions.
-lace and ribbon can be aged with inks or tea/coffee. They need to be cotton or have a high cotton content as nylon or polyester won't take the tea or coffee. But nylon and polyester can be aged with inks!! To use the tea/coffee method for dying ribbons, just add ribbons to a cup of very strong coffee or tea and leave for a minimum of 1 hour. Then take out of the cup and hang to dry.......do not rinse or squeeze excess moisture out of item.
-Flowers can be aged with tea or coffee or inks too. It’s a little different though, as you just brush the liquid sparing onto the flowers and only the papers ones are successful. All flowers can be inked to give an aged look though.
-To speed up drying if I a hurry, you can iron your items between some tea towels, however I found they didn’t take excessive time to dry!! J
So… your challenge is to find some stuff in your stash to age!! J Once you have aged your items, take a pic and upload to the opening night mystery challenge folder before 8am Saturday (time extended for drying time) morning!! J
Here are some I prepared earlier!! All these items began life very white (but I forgot to take a before pic):
Last edited by vickstar on Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:11 pm; edited 1 time in total
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Kathie Wed Oct 07, 2009 6:30 pm
Yeah we just teasing you girls a little, of course that is not like us at all!!! 
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Vicki Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:23 am
lol and you girls say i'm badddd!!! 
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Charmane Thu Oct 08, 2009 6:26 am
can't wait to see what it is
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by kylie01 Thu Oct 08, 2009 12:20 pm
I can't wait either, it should be good.
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Kathie Thu Oct 08, 2009 1:55 pm
Of course it will be good better still it will be great!!!!! HEHEHEHE you are going to love it heaps!!!! 
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Kathie Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:14 pm
Have fun girls will answer questions if you have any in the chat room
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Julie M Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:19 pm
hummmmmm... what to do????? 
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Soupie Thu Oct 08, 2009 8:37 pm
I love to get my hands dirty! 
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by redant Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:48 am
Hmmm - didnt read this very well last night and I am sitting here thinking my polyester ribbon isn't dying - and my flowers- well I just dunked them right on in.....haha - they are very wet now....!
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by Kathie Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:16 am
Oh Anthea that is so funny!! They will dry eventually......Ink works well on the polyester ribbon me thinks
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Re: Vic and Kat's mini mystery challenge
by redant Fri Oct 09, 2009 5:38 pm
My before and after photo is here: https://scrapbookingtop50.forumotion.net/gallery/LETS-GO-RETRO-CROP/Opening-Night-Challenges/before-and-after-pic_638.htm
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