Blended Ornate Floral

 

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Today, I am using the Ornate Frame Die from Pinkfresh Studio that I will do the inlay technique with. I had every intention of making this into a shaker card but after inlaying all of my pieces I really liked the look and didn't want to add any shaker elements to it. I did however, keep the stacked layers to give the card lots of dimension. I thought the deep inset pieces looked really nice. I will be using Distress Oxide Inks to do my ink blending. Let's get started!

I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat. 

To start, I cut a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" panel out of Neenah White Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. Next, I take the Ornate Floral Die and cut out the panel, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. I use my Craft Pick to poke out all of the pieces, keep them in order and set them aside.

I now use the die to cut out of a piece of copy paper for a template. I want to create a rough, splotchy blend for my background making sure the areas that will show through the die are colored. I add a small amount of Dot Adhesive Runner to the back of the template to hold it in place then position it over a white card base. Next, I lightly blend over the open areas (that are not flowers or leaves) with Weathered Wood Distress Oxide Ink using my Blender Brush. I do this so that I know where I need to blend the ink, I don't want to waste ink blending on areas that will be inlaid. I remove the template and discard.

I now take my Blender Brush and blend Weathered Wood Distress Oxide Ink heavier in the areas that will become my background once all of my pieces are inlaid. I make sure my blend is splotchy and uneven to give it more of a distressed look. I then take the white cardstock frame and adhere it over my card base using Liquid Glue, pressing down to make sure all of the frame is adhered.

I go through my pieces that I poked out of the frame and keep only the petals and leaves that I want to inlay. I arrange them in the order they will go into the frame as it makes it easier to find the correct pieces.

I take one of the petals and use my Blender Brush to blend Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink onto it. I start heavier at the base and edge then fade out. I go through and blend two of the flowers with this color.

For the other two flowers I blend Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Ink using the same process.

For each of the leaf pieces, I blend using Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink.

Now it's time for the fun, relaxing part... inlaying!! Using Liquid Glue, I add one petal at a time. I work one flower at a time then move onto the leaves. For the tiny pieces I use my Jewel picker to pick them up and place them.

Taking the same Ornate Floral Die, I cut out of Neenah White Cardstock four more times, running them through my Big Shot. I then stack and glue the frames together using Liquid Glue. Next, I adhere the stacked frames onto my card front using Liquid Glue, making sure everything is lined up. I hold down the frames for a few seconds until the glue sets. *You could add any amount of frames you'd like, but because I already had the four frames cut out I decided to use them all and really loved the results!

I now place a piece of white cardstock into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and choose a sentiment from the Thanks A Million Stamp Set and stamp it using Versafine Clair Ink. I then choose one of the greetings from the same set and stamp it just above the sentiment.

Taking a die from the Stitched Circles Die Set I cut out my greeting, running them through my Big Shot. I then cut a slightly smaller circle out of Double Sided Adhesive Foam and adhere it to the back of my greeting then onto my card front leaving it hang off the edge a bit. 

Using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer I cut off the overhang. I use my Jewel Picker to add some pearls from my stash with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and learned a new way to use a frame background die. This die would also look great over a simple ink blended background, alcohol inked background or even patterned paper! Today's card could easily have been turned into a shaker card by simply adding a piece of acetate under the top frame, add sequins or beads then glue the top frame down trapping the bits inside. For finer dies like this one, I love to stack multiple dies to create a shaker card rather than use foam, it makes it so much easier! I will not be making a card tomorrow, but will be back on Monday. Hope you come back for another fun card project, have a wonderful weekend!!

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Jeannie