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Today, I have a fun card for you where I use a background die to create a stencil! I will be ink blending using regular Distress Inks and adding some heat embossing. I will be using the Ornate Floral die from Pinkfresh Studio. This die is perfect for today's technique as it has lots of open areas for me to do my ink blending and covers the entire front of an A2 card. I will be using all of the pieces from this background die, the frame for my ink blending and all of the pieces to use for masking off areas of each step. I have a few other cards using different techniques with this die in previous posts. If you'd like to check them out just type "Ornate Floral" into the search bar located at the top of my blog. Let's get started!!
I will be doing all of my work today on my Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat.
To start, I take the Ornate Floral Die and cut out of White Cardstock, running them through my Big Shot Die Cut Machine. **When using intricate dies I place a Metal Adaptor Plate under the bottom cutting plate of my die cutting machine. Next, I remove all of the petals and leaves with my Craft Pick, leaving all of the background pieces intact. I then cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel out of White Cardstock using my Tim Holtz Guillotine Paper Trimmer. I then take the die cut frame and place it over the cardstock panel and tape all four sides together using Purple Tape. **Should any of the background pieces fall out of the frame, you can place them back into their places after taping the frame to the panel. ***I keep all of the petal and leaf pieces from the die cut as I will be using these for masking in the next steps.
Making sure all of the background pieces are intact, I take my Blender Brushes and begin ink blending the flowers. I blend Tattered Rose Distress Ink over each petal opening. After all of the petals are blended, I create a little shading and blend Abandoned Coral Distress Ink over just the centers of each flower and fade out a bit. **I was careful not to blend any of the ink onto the leaves, to make it easier all of the leaf pieces could have been put back into their openings to protect those areas while blending the flowers.
After the flowers are finished, I take all of the petal pieces from the die cut and place them back into place so that all of the flowers are covered. Using my Blender Brush I now take Shabby Shutters Distress Ink and blend over all of the leaves. For some shading I blend Bundled Sage Distress Ink towards the base of each leaf and fade out a bit.
Because my finished card will be one layer I wanted to add a little dimension by doing some heat embossing over my flowers and petals. To do this, I remove all of the die cut pieces from the flowers and leaves while keeping all of the "background" pieces intact. Taking my Versamark Ink Refill, I squirt a small amount onto my Glass Mat then pick up with a small Sponge Dauber.
Using the dauber, I dab the ink onto all of the petals and leaves, adding more ink to the dauber as needed. After I am sure all of the flowers and leaves are covered in embossing ink, I carefully remove the die cut/stencil and discard it. Next I add Clear Embossing Powder and use a small paintbrush to remove any stray powder. I then heat set with my Heat Tool.
Using my Guillotine Paper Trimmer I cut off all four edges of my panel, right up to the design which is about 1/8". It now looks like the images are flowing off of the panel. Next, I place a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Kraft Cardstock into my Scor Buddy scoring it at 5 1/2" creating a top folding card base.
I want my panel to be offset to the right on the card base. To ensure an even alignment I place my card base upside down (folded edge on the bottom) into the Scor Buddy making sure it is snug to the left corner. I then add Double Sided Tape to the back of my panel and place it into the corner of the Scor Buddy and press down onto the card base. **This can also be done using a MISTI if you don't have a score board.
At this point I decide there is too much white space in the background so I cut a new "stencil" using the Ornate Floral Die. I line up the die cut over the blended areas of my card and hold together using Purple Tape. This time I place all of the die cut pieces back into their spaces covering up all of the ink blended areas. I now have only the background areas showing. To prevent any of the pieces from popping out while I blend, I add some tape over areas that seemed loose. Using my Blender Brush I blend Weathered Wood Distress Ink onto all of the open spaces of the background. I then blend Stormy Sky Distress Ink to the areas where the images meet for some shadows and remove the die cut. I feel that blending the background gives a much more complete look and also brings back that nice outline to all of the flowers and leaves.
Next, I place a piece of Kraft Cardstock into my MISTI Stamp Positioner and choose a sentiment from the Million Thanks Stamp Set. Using Versafine Clair Nocturn Ink I stamp the sentiment onto the cardstock. I then use my Guillotine Paper Trimmer to cut it down to a thin strip and trim down the ends. I add Double Sided Tape to the back and adhere it onto my card front.
For a greeting, I take a piece of white cardstock and blend Tattered Rose Distress Ink onto it with my Blender Brush. I then blend Abandoned Coral Distress Ink to the lower half creating a gradual blend. Choosing a die from the Chunky Script Die Set I cut out of this blended piece, running them through my Big Shot.
Using the same die I cut out of white cardstock three times, running them through my Big Shot. Using Liquid Glue I stack and glue the white die cuts together then glue the blended die cut on top.
I add small drops of Liquid Glue to the back of my stacked greeting and mount it just above the sentiment and this completes my card.
I hope you enjoyed today's card and learned how easy it is to turn this die cut into a stencil! I know today's blog was a bit lengthy as there was a lot to explain. However, I encourage you to give it a try as it was really quite easy!
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Jeannie
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