Monday, March 31, 2008

wild for wausau

i got a couple of boxes of cardstock from wausau paper in the mail the other day, and worked on a few projects for them this past weekend. the boxes of cardstock had been sitting in my scraproom for about a week while i was waiting for mr. mojo to show his shining face. i needed some mostly cardstock ideas. there was all of this really cool metallic/pearlecent type cardstock, but in pretty bright colors... then it dawned on me... why not try running that baby through the printer. (i wasn't really sure if it would dry well, but it dried instantly!) it gave the coolest effect. all of the printing looked metallic, too! it is the coolest look! i wish it showed up better in these pictures! i used several of the glitz digital overlays and simply changed the color to give it a tone on tone effect. you can stamp on it for a really cool effect, too. (i used stampin up classic ink.) you can even print photos on the metallic white. i am seriously in love with this cardstock now! wausau will be launching a new website this spring, so i'll link to that when i hear it's up and running.


the idea for this card came from a card by alexis hardey over in the label tulip gallery.


this is a version of a card i made a couple of weeks ago, only with the metallic silver cardstock. almost everything is cooler when it's shiny! :D

16 comments:

Sarah E. said...

These are so beautiful!

joscelyne cutchens said...

very pretty! I just got done printing on some stampin' up! shimmery paper... to make a card. it's on my blog. I can't wait to see that stuff! I'll go wild for wassau! tell them to send me some! I'll use the heck out of it! ;)

Scrappy Girl said...

I really enjoy the items you share. I love shiney and sparkley stuff too. I just blame my "inner 13 year old."

THE FAMILY OF OAK said...

I love that cardstock, that last card is my fav. SO cute. Thanks for sharing all of your fun projects, you sure do inspire others.

angie worthington said...

great layouts & cards!!!..that is some awesome paper!!!
;) angie (craftyscrapr)

Unknown said...

Looks like Mr. Mojo showed up! These look great, Noell! What a great idea to print on the cardstock!

Elizabeth said...

wow.. i think mr mojo found you!! All those projects are fabulous, I have to check out that paper. :)

Stan said...

So your in love with the card stock. Man I leave for deployment and look what happens. Hey, the top of my head is getting pretty shiny, does that make me cool? :-). Pretty cool looking stuff baby, as always.

Christina Carnoy said...

wowza! love your projects!!!

elizabeth kartchner said...

Love those projects and I love that metallic cardstock too. Collin on the other hand isn't a big fan of the boxes of them:)!

Cute stuff!

anna said...

you have really inspired me! do you mind if i borrow your 'mr. mojo'? thanks for sharing your work! may i ask what kind of printer?

noel joy said...

anna.
lol. i'll send mr mojo your way next... can i keep him for just one more day??? i need to get a couple of things done today!

the printer i have is just an hp all in one printer/scanner... it's a c6180. it's not a wide format... just an all around printer. it does a nice job though, i've been happy with it! :) hth!

noel

Kari said...

Busy, busy!! Glad to make my way back to drool over your goodies!

Stephanie said...

The LO's look wonderful, and I really want to see this c/s! I could use some c/s diversity:)

anna said...

thanks noel; i'm dreaming of purchasing a new printer; so i'm keeping my eyes peeled. :)
i know your a digi girl; so i gotta ask... what are your favorite websites for downloading digi goodies?
thanks for your time. :) Keep those great layouts coming!

noel joy said...

hi anna,

some of my favorite digi sites are...

www.designerdigitals.com
www.scrapgirls.com
www.pclayers.com
www.scrapartist.com

there are a bunch of others i check out, but those are my top ones. :D

i also like the digi cd's put out by glitz designs and tinkering ink.

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