ITEMS USED
Lavinia Stamps Secret Garden and Fairy House
Tornado Stencil by Andy Skinner
White greeting card measuring 15cmx15cm
White card for stamping, not too thick around 160gsm
small amount of black and pink card i.e. scraps
Smallest heart from the Inkydoodles bag of MDF Shapes
Memory Box Ivy Tendrils Die
Small flower punch
Distress Inks in Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Wild Honey, Iced Spruce and Pumice Stone
Versa-mark ink pad
Ranger Seafoam White Embossing Powder
Stampendous Fran-tage Aged Ivory Embossing Powder
Tim Holtz ATC & Corners Bigz Die
Pink and white Bakers Twine
Fresco Chalk Acrylics in Blush
Perfect Pearls Mica Powder in Perfect Pearl
Decoart Metallic Lustre in Black Shimmer
1 Brad
To begin with colour the greeting card with the Distress Inks using 5 of the colours but not the Pumice Stone. I started with putting a base of the Antique Linen down all over and then random patches of colour. The centre and the edges are the parts that will show when the card is complete.
Next stamp the secret garden stamp in versa-mark in the centre if the card and sprinkle with the sea foam white embossing powder. Tap off the excess well and then sprinkle a little of the aged ivory embossing powder around the edges of the stamped image and the edges of the card before heating with the heat gun. I didn't use any ink to adhere the aged ivory powder to the card as there seemed to be sufficient dampness left from the distress inks and I have found in the past when using this EP that as it's a little courser in texture you only need a very little powder to create an effect. Once embossed using a blending tool I rubbed a tiny amount of pumice stone ink over the image to help make it pop.
Now stamp the image onto a piece of scrap paper and roughly cut out. Place this in the centre of the thin white card which has been cut to 13.5cm x 13.5cm and mark where to cut the aperture.
What you cut away does need to be accurate as you then snip the edges of the hole ready to roll back the card. This card was then coloured with the same inks. Spritz the centre edges with a little water and then gently roll the edges of the card enlarging the aperture and refining the shape of the window.
Using the stencil add a few of the curved lines to the card in the matching colour inks. Then ink the curled edges that you have rolled back in victorian velvet.
Using the edge of the fairy house stamp ink up in the versa-mark and randomly stamp the part image around the card. Sprinkle with the sea foam white EP, tap off the excess and then sprinkle the curled edge with the aged ivory. Tap off any surplus powder and then heat emboss. The aged ivory has odd specks of gold in the powder which gives a nice effect.
Tie a length of bakers twine around the aperture with a bow at the top. To secure tuck into the curled card here and there. The very edges of the card were then brushed with the mica powder to give a slight sheen.
Next onto the small heart, this was given 2 coats of the blush acrylic paint and once dry the edges were rubbed with some sandpaper back to the wood.
This was then stamped using versa-mark and the very centre of the secret garden stamp. Sprinkle with the sea foam white powder and emboss.
The 4 corners were then cut from the black card scraps and rubbed with the black shimmer lustre. Once dry they were buffed to a metallic shine. The 2 flowers were punched out from 2 different pieces of pink card scraps and fastened with a brad in the middle. I cut 1 ivy tendril from white card and this was cut into 2.
The aperture card was attached using double side tape, then the 4 corners were stuck in place using glue. The heart was threaded onto the righthand thread of bakers twine and then a knot was tied into the 2 ends. The ivy tendrils were threaded through the loops of the bow and the flower fastened with a blob of Pinflair glue.
This is not a card I would trust in the post as the centre may get crushed in the posties sack. I have to say I'm not a 'pink' girl but I have enjoyed being out of my 'comfort zone' of turquoise, blue, beige and greens!
Thank you as always for stopping by and reading todays entry, I hope there has been something of interest to you. If you have any comments, questions or queries please feel free to leave a message at the bottom of the page and I will answer them as soon as I can.
Well I'm off to do some much needed weeding while the sun is shining, I hope you have a relaxing Sunday and have a good creative week, take care Jane x
PS. There is a Mother's Day Card Draw over on our Fb site, if you fancy entering click on the link
What a lovely creation!!!! Beautiful use of colors and technics!
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Hi Anja, thank you for your kind and encouraging message, it is much appreciated. I hope you will stop by again soon, regards Jane x
ReplyDeleteexceptionally lovely card! so much detail in it - thanks for sharing the technique tips too. Many thanks for joining the Lavinia Stamps challenge and good luck!!! Melissa (DT)
ReplyDeleteso well done and so original! love the distress inks and the idea of the torn paper on the middle is genius! thanks for the tutorial! good luck on the challenge Bibiana (DT)
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, very unusual, thank you for sharing with us at Lavinia Stamps, good luck, Zoe DT xx
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