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Today's card project, I'm calling it a masculine Valentine. I think this would be great to give to the man in your life for Valentine's Day. With the gold, black and silver colors, I think it gives off a nice masculine look. This card is made with a die inlay technique using alcohol ink on black alcohol cardstock.
Let's get started!!
To start, I use black alcohol cardstock and lay down 91% isopropyl alcohol, then add drops of gold and silver metallic alcohol ink mixative. I then use my marker airbrush tool to move the ink around. Once I am satisfied with the look of my panel, I set it aside to completely dry for about an hour.
Next, I take my Floral Heart die and tape it down over my inked background. I then run it through my Big Shot die cut machine. I carefully pick up the die, keeping the pieces intact. Using my Tim Holtz Craft Pick and keeping the die close to my surface, I poke out each piece keeping them in the same order as they were in the die. This makes it much easier to inlay back into my panel. Any pieces that fall out, I place back into the design after removing all pieces.
Using the same die, I decide where I want my image to be on my card and tape it down onto a 4" x 5 1/4" Gina K. Designs Stormy Sky cardstock panel. I again run it through my Big Shot. I poke out all of the pieces and adhere my panel onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Gian K. Designs Black Onyx card base.
Using Gina K. Designs Connect liquid glue and my Jewel Picker, I start inlaying all of the pieces from my inked panel back into the negative areas on my card. I make sure to place each piece according to the design.
Now it's time to create a greeting for my card. Using my MISTI stamp positioner, I choose a greeting from Gina K. Designs Scripty Love stamp set and stamp with Versafine ink. Next, I heat emboss using Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder and heat set with my Wagner heat tool. Using Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label dies, I use my Big Shot and cut out my sentiment. I then trim the strip to be 4" long then adhere below my die cut image and this completes my card.
Die cut inlay is a great way to add interest to your card. You can you use a background you create, different colors of cardstock, patterned papers and it's also a great way to use up leftover scraps from your projects. Masculine cards are not always easy for me, but with golds, silvers, blacks and grays I think it gives a masculine look. Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you visit again soon!
Today's card project, I'm calling it a masculine Valentine. I think this would be great to give to the man in your life for Valentine's Day. With the gold, black and silver colors, I think it gives off a nice masculine look. This card is made with a die inlay technique using alcohol ink on black alcohol cardstock.
Let's get started!!
To start, I use black alcohol cardstock and lay down 91% isopropyl alcohol, then add drops of gold and silver metallic alcohol ink mixative. I then use my marker airbrush tool to move the ink around. Once I am satisfied with the look of my panel, I set it aside to completely dry for about an hour.
Next, I take my Floral Heart die and tape it down over my inked background. I then run it through my Big Shot die cut machine. I carefully pick up the die, keeping the pieces intact. Using my Tim Holtz Craft Pick and keeping the die close to my surface, I poke out each piece keeping them in the same order as they were in the die. This makes it much easier to inlay back into my panel. Any pieces that fall out, I place back into the design after removing all pieces.
Using the same die, I decide where I want my image to be on my card and tape it down onto a 4" x 5 1/4" Gina K. Designs Stormy Sky cardstock panel. I again run it through my Big Shot. I poke out all of the pieces and adhere my panel onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" Gian K. Designs Black Onyx card base.
Using Gina K. Designs Connect liquid glue and my Jewel Picker, I start inlaying all of the pieces from my inked panel back into the negative areas on my card. I make sure to place each piece according to the design.
Now it's time to create a greeting for my card. Using my MISTI stamp positioner, I choose a greeting from Gina K. Designs Scripty Love stamp set and stamp with Versafine ink. Next, I heat emboss using Brutus Monroe Gilded embossing powder and heat set with my Wagner heat tool. Using Simon Says Stamp Sentiment Label dies, I use my Big Shot and cut out my sentiment. I then trim the strip to be 4" long then adhere below my die cut image and this completes my card.
Die cut inlay is a great way to add interest to your card. You can you use a background you create, different colors of cardstock, patterned papers and it's also a great way to use up leftover scraps from your projects. Masculine cards are not always easy for me, but with golds, silvers, blacks and grays I think it gives a masculine look. Thank you for stopping by my blog and I hope you visit again soon!
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Jeannie
Gorgeous card! I am definitely going to CAS this one!
ReplyDeleteThank you Crystal! Have fun with the technique!!
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