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Today's project is another 5 x 5 square card, but could easily be made into a regular A2 size by using a rectangle die. I will be doing a light ink blending along with tone on tone stenciling. I love doing tone on tone when I am looking to add a little interest to a background without it being too bold. I will also be doing a little die cut inlay using the same ink as my background, just using a lighter touch. For all of my ink blending, I will be using Distress Oxide Inks and my blender brushes. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I cut out a square using the biggest die from my Stitched Square Die Set and cut out of Neenah White Cardstock. I also take a circle die from my Infinity Circle Die Set positioning the circle die towards the bottom right corner and tape down using Purple Tape, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.
Next, I take an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of white cardstock and trim it down to be 5" x 10", I then score it at 5". This creates my 5x5 card base. Using my Blender Brush, I blend Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink lightly around the edges and corners of my card base fading out towards the center.
I now center my square window panel of the top of my card base to see where the window lines up. I then blend Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink lightly over that area, fading out and leaving a light area in the center. Next, I cut a bigger circle than my window out of copy paper and temporarily adhere onto my card base. I do this to keep the stenciled ink out of this area that I will be doing in my next step.
I now take my Flourish Layering Stencil and place over the left side of my card base. Using my Blender Brush that I used for my card base earlier, I use the ink that is still on my brush and blend over the stencil. I remove the stencil and repeat for the right side. I then remove the copy paper circle.
Next, I place my card base into my MISTI Stamp Positioner. To make sure my sentiment will line up through the window, I place the square window panel over the card base and position my stamp. Once centered where I want it, I pick it up with the door of my MISTI, remove the square panel and stamp my sentiment from the Heartfelt Stamp Set using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink.
I now cut a 3 3/4" x 3 3/4" square out of Double Sided Adhesive Foam using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Taking the same circle die as I used for my stitched square panel, I eyeball the placement in the lower right corner, tape the die down and run through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. *You could also lay the stitched square panel over the foam square and trace with a pencil to line up the placement. I remove the release paper and adhere to the back of my stitched panel then center and adhere onto the card front.
I next take my Botanical Rectangle Die and cut out of white cardstock two times running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I then cut off the corner end of the two dies so turning them into a corner die.
Using Liquid Glue, I adhere one of the dies to the top left corner of the stitched square on my card front. Next, I take a couple of pieces of scrap white cardstock and lightly blend Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Ink using my Blender Brush on one piece, and blend Iced Spruce Distress Oxide Ink on the other piece. I then use the same Botanical Rectangle Die to cut out my blended pieces. *There must have been a lighting issue with the die cut leaf pieces, they look very pale in the picture below, but show the true color in the inlay picture.
Using Liquid Glue, I now inlay my blended pieces into the frame die cut. I add a few Water Droplets using Liquid Glue and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card and the different size. Using different shapes together on a card creates a nice balance. Even though there are a lot of square elements to today's card, I feel that the circle window really attracts the eye to the sentiment.
Here's a good laugh for the day... When I am working on a card front that is already attached to the card base as in today's card, I like to add a little temporary adhesive to the inside so it keeps the card closed as I am working on it. Not until I got to the step of adhering the stitched panel to the card base, after all of the ink blending and stamping the sentiment did I realize that my card base was not only sideways (I was planning on a top folding card), it opens on the left side!!! I had put too much work into the card to start over, I just laughed it off and continued on! I'm sure every card maker has done this once or twice... I will just send this one to a crafty friend and they will get a laugh out of it like I did!! Ha!
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Jeannie
Great tutorial. I so appreciate a photo (NOT VIDEO) process. You describe things well.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, I'm happy you enjoy the blog!!
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