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Today, I am making yet another card from the August kit from Gina K. Designs! I can't help myself, I am finding so many ideas with these sets. I will be using the Lovely Lotus stamp set, using a color scheme that could also work for a masculine card. If you're anything like me finding new ideas for masculine cards is always welcome! All of the stamps, ink and cardstock are from Gina K. 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 3 3/4" x 5" panel out of Kraft Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then take the panel and crumple it up into a small ball. I carefully open the panel back up and crumple it up again. I repeat this process a few times until I'm satisfied with the look.
I flatten my panel out and place it into my MISTI Stamp Positioner. I will be stamping my panel with the Elegant Script Background Stamp. Because I want somewhat of a softer stamped image, I use my Blender Brush to apply Edible Eggplant Ink to the background stamp instead of using the ink pad to ink the stamp. I then stamp my panel.
I now tear off the right side of my panel leaving a rough edge, then use my Blender Brush to lightly blend Edible Eggplant ink around the edges. To further distress this piece, I take my fingernail and scrape it across the edges, roughing them up a bit more.
I take the biggest die from the Master Layouts 1 Die Set and cut out of Edible Eggplant Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. Using Terrific Tape, I adhere my torn panel onto this panel.
For my sentiment, I cut a 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" strip out of Vellum using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer and place it into my MISTI. I prep it using my Anti Static Powder Bag then stamp a sentiment from the Lovely Lotus Stamp Set using Versamark Ink. I add Detail Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. I place the sentiment strip over the lower front of my panel and bend the edges around the back, adhering the ends with Adhesive Dot Runner.
Placing a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Kraft Cardstock into my Scor Buddy, I score at 5 1/2" creating a top folding card base. I add Foam Tape to the back of the panel making sure to add it over the ends of the vellum and adhere onto my card base.
Next, I blend White Pigment Ink onto a piece of Edible Eggplant Cardstock, fading out a bit. I then blend Edible Eggplant ink around the white ink, blending back into it to create a soft highlight. I then use my Craft Tool to dry the ink.
Placing the panel into my MISTI, I prep it with my Anti Static Powder Bag. I now take an image from the Lovely Lotus Stamp Set and position it over the highlighted area and stamp it using Versamark Ink. I add Detail Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. *Because I will be embossing this image again with the detail, I heat the powder in very short bursts of heat, meaning I hold the heat to the image just until the powder starts to melt then pull the heat away. I repeat this process until the entire image is embossed.
I again prep the panel with my Anti Static Powder Bag then line up the detail stamp from the Lovely Lotus Stamp Set. I stamp using Versamark Ink, add Detail Gold Embossing Powder and heat set with my Heat Tool. *I again melt the powder in short bursts of heat, heating just long enough to melt the powder. I do this process so the previous embossed areas do not get over embossed.
Taking the coordinating die from the Lovely Lotus Die Set, I line it up over my image and hold into place using Purple Tape. I then run them through my Big Shot to cut out the image. Next, I add Foam Tape to the back of my image and mount it just above my sentiment, off centering a little. I use my Jewel Picker to add some Water Droplets with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card. I love the rich, elegant look the gold embossing gives against the eggplant cardstock. This card would also look great using a navy cardstock and silver embossing. This stamp set is so versatile and by using the right colors, it could easily be used to create masculine cards as well.
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Happy Stamping and God bless!!
Jeannie
Thank you Cindy!!
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