I tried something new with this card and I'm very pleased with the end result. I mixed water coloring and heat embossing with a silhouette image.
I started with watercolor paper, painting it with purple to make the ombre background.sky. After letting that dry and ironing it flat (because it had curled from the water), I printed the Silhouette Scene image (Digi Set 493b) from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I drew around the image with a Versa-Mark pen and heat embossed it with matte, smoke gray EP. After it was set, I drew around that with the Versa-Mark pen again and used white EP to make another border. I cut the image by hand just outside the white, embossed border.
The sentiment (part of that same set) is printed and cut with an Unbranded die. I mounted both of those pieces onto black CS, then added the three tiny gems in the diagonal corners. I wanted to pop out the lavender sky so I chose a purple card base and added a scrap of dp across the top. Once I adhered the black CS piece with the image, it really pulled the lavender and purple to the fore.
Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Get Creative
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Polkadoodles
Sparkle n Sprinkle
Words to Craft By
That's it for today and maybe for a few more days before I can manage to post again. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
I started with watercolor paper, painting it with purple to make the ombre background.sky. After letting that dry and ironing it flat (because it had curled from the water), I printed the Silhouette Scene image (Digi Set 493b) from Sparkle N Sprinkle. I drew around the image with a Versa-Mark pen and heat embossed it with matte, smoke gray EP. After it was set, I drew around that with the Versa-Mark pen again and used white EP to make another border. I cut the image by hand just outside the white, embossed border.
The sentiment (part of that same set) is printed and cut with an Unbranded die. I mounted both of those pieces onto black CS, then added the three tiny gems in the diagonal corners. I wanted to pop out the lavender sky so I chose a purple card base and added a scrap of dp across the top. Once I adhered the black CS piece with the image, it really pulled the lavender and purple to the fore.
Challenges:
A Gem of a Challenge
Crafting with Friends
Crafty Sentiments Designs
Get Creative
Outlawz Twisted Thurs.
Polkadoodles
Sparkle n Sprinkle
Words to Craft By
That's it for today and maybe for a few more days before I can manage to post again. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
