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For today's card, I thought I would join in the fun with plastic wrap backgrounds! This technique has been around for quite a while and it's a fun one! Today, I will be using Distress Oxide Inks for my backgrounds. Regular Distress Inks will also work great, but for this technique I like the milky, oxidized look the Oxides give. I will also show you how I inset my die cut greeting for an inset shadow look. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I cut a 4" x 5 1/4" panel out of white cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Taking a piece of plastic wrap, (Cling Wrap, Saran Wrap etc.) I lay it out onto a white piece of paper to make it easier to see the ink. I decide to make a rainbow colored background. I start by pressing Picked Raspberry Oxide Ink onto one end of the plastic wrap. Next, I add Spiced Marmalade Oxide Ink, then Fossilized Amber Oxide Ink, then Twisted Citron Oxide Ink, then Peacock Feathers Oxide Ink, ending with Wilted Violet Oxide Ink. Taking my Distress Sprayer filled with clean water, I spray over all of the inks on the plastic wrap.
I then lay my cardstock panel over the sprayed ink and fold the ends around the panel. I wrap it a bit loose so that I am able to push the ink around and create wrinkles in the plastic wrap.
Next, I flip the panel over while wrapped in plastic and start pushing the ink around with my finger to help it blend and fill in any open white areas. Once my ink is blended to my liking, I push and pull the plastic a little to create wrinkles, this will give a nice affect once the plastic is removed.
I let my panel sit in the plastic for about 20 minutes to let the ink absorb and dry a little. I then release the plastic from the back side and carefully pull up on the panel, releasing it. I use my Craft Heat Tool to dry the panel, flipping it back and forth drying both sides. The panel will become warped from drying it, to flatten it back out I put it in a heavy book and let it sit for a while.
Once my panel is flat again, I take my Sentiment Suite Happy Birthday Dies and using the shadow dies only, I position them onto the panel then hold them down with Purple Tape and run through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.
Next, I take a white card base that I will be mounting my ink panel onto. I use Foam Tape and add to the back side of both pieces of the inked background. I then remove all of the release papers and attach onto the white card base.
I again take my Sentiment Suite Happy Birthday Dies, this time using the word portion of the dies I cut out of Sugar Plum Cardstock two times for each word, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I stack and glue the words together using Liquid Glue then glue them into the shadow cutouts on my card front. *When gluing intricate die cuts, I add the liquid glue to the back of the die cut then lightly press onto a scrap piece of paper. This helps so that extra glue doesn't ooze out creating a sticky mess.
To add a little sparkle and shimmer, I go over the word die cuts with Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss. I add Heart Droplets using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card project. This is a fun technique with so many color options! Each panel comes out different, and you really don't get the final results until the panel is completely dry. Any dye inks would work great with this technique, but my favorite inks to use are Distress Oxide Inks. They give such a soft, almost velvety look. I kept today's card simple so as not to take away from the background. The inset shadow technique that I used for my greeting on this card can be achieved with any die that has a shadow. You could even use a stamp and die combo where you use the die to cut out of the panel showing the stamped image behind it. The possibilities are endless!
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Jeannie
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