Thankful - Natural Silhouettes

 

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Today I will be creating a card using inks, cardstock and products from Gina K. Designs. I will be using the Natural Silhouettes Stamp Set which is now back in stock! This is a beautiful silhouette stamp set filled with trees, flowers, birds and three greetings. This is a versatile stamp set that can be used to create cards for all occasions. I chose to use a word die for my greeting and coordinated it with the colors of my card to create a monochromatic look. Let's get started!!

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

To begin, I cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of White Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then take my Blender Brushes and blend Plum Punch Ink around the center of my panel fading out at the very center. I also fade out around the outer edges a bit. Next, I blend Edible Eggplant Ink around the previous color, blending back into it a bit. I then blend Black Onyx Ink around the sides and corners. With the remaining ink on the brush, I lightly blend Plum Punch Ink over the very center, keeping it light. *I could have skipped the black ink blend as my die didn't reach out that far. 

Next, I stamp an image from the Natural Silhouettes Stamp Set with Amalgam Obsidian Ink using my MISTI Stamp Positioner. I end up stamping the image twice to get a dark, crisp image.

Taking the biggest die from the Double Stitched Ovals Die Set, I adhere it over my stamped image using Purple Tape then run through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine.

To add some depth, I use my Blender Brush to lightly blend Black Onyx Ink around the very edges of my oval die cut. Because I am going with a monochromatic look, the black ink helps to frame the image and allows it to show up better over the finished background. 

I now take a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel of Plum Punch Cardstock and adhere it to my Ornamental Fans Stencil using Purple Tape. I then run them through my Big Shot normally as I would if I were using a die. *Doing this step defines the images, popping them up just a bit. It isn't necessary but I like the look it gives. Using my Blender Brush I very lightly blend Edible Eggplant Ink over the entire panel. I then blend Black Onyx Ink to the base of each fan on the stencil.  **When dry embossing a stencil, use a very low take tape as the embossing machine will press the tape into the cardstock a bit. Do NOT use pixie spray to adhere your stencil when dry embossing as the front of your cardstock will tear or leave adhesive behind when removing the stencil. 

Here is a close up of the dry embossed look after removing the stencil.

After my stenciling is complete, I take the biggest stitched die from the Master Layouts 2 Die Set and adhere over my panel using Purple Tape. I also take the layering die from the Master Layouts 2 Die Set and cut out of Black Onyx Cardstock, running them both through my Big Shot. Using Terrific Tape, I adhere the two panels together.

Placing a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Edible Eggplant Cardstock into my Scor Buddy, I score at 4 1/4" creating a side folding card base. I then use Terrific Tape and adhere my panels onto the card base.

To add a little dimension to my card, I add Foam Tape to the back of my image then mount it onto my card front.

Next, I take the Thankful Die and cut out of Plum Punch Cardstock and Edible Eggplant Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot. Using Liquid Glue I adhere the two die cuts together, offsetting them to create a shadow effect. To give my die cuts stability and dimension I end up cutting three additional die cuts then stack and glue them to the back of my greeting.

I add Liquid Glue to the back of the "thank" part of the die cut then cut a couple of sliver pieces of Foam Tape and add to the back of the "ful" part of the die cut that will be hanging off of the oval. I use my Jewel Picker to add some Water Droplets with Liquid Glue and this completes my card.

I really like the look of the plum and eggplant colors together and with fall here, I am drawn more to the deeper colors. Instead of starting with a white panel for the image, you could also use the plum cardstock and blend just the eggplant ink and fade out towards the center to get a similar look. I used white cardstock as I wanted a more dramatic highlighted center. I think this card would also look great in teal colors!

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Happy Stamping and God bless!!

Jeannie