I made this thank you card for my dear friend Donna. I first heat embossed the image using white embossing powder. Then I used 3 colors of purple distress inks and sponged them on starting with the lightest color and going to the darkest color. I left the bottom the very lightest because I thought I was going to stamp a sentiment here, but in the end, I die cut one instead. When you are done with the sponging, take a paintbrush and plain water and paint the water all over your image. Then place a paper towel over the image you just painted with water to lift the color up. You may have to do this 2 or 3 times to get the desired bleaching you want. Now take a dark blue spectrum noir or copic maker and outline the flower image to make it pop off the page more; be very careful to not color on the white embossing because it will change the color of the embossing to blue. If this happens, use a QTip and some isopropyl alcohol to gently lift the color away from the embossing. Also, take a light gray spectrum noir marker and add lines into the flowers for some depth; again, avoiding the white embossing. Take a paint brush and get it really wet with water, and splatter it on your background to create a mottled look. I separated the thank you die so it would fit on the image panel better. The image panel is layered onto cardstock that I stamped multiple times with the same stamp. There are also delicate white words stamped in a few places. The image panel and homemade DSP are all adhered to the card base. I am not positive, but I believe this is a technique I saw by WPlus9 somewhere on YouTube. I really enjoyed watching this card come together with this fun technique.
Date: Thursday, August 4, 2016 GMT Views: 564
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Stamps: StampinUp Botanicals and I Like You (Hostess); Misc. Vintage Stamp is Dollar Bin From Michael's Craft Store
Paper: Stampinup Whisper White; Recollections Blue from Paperpack; and Homemade DSP
Paper Size: 5 x 7" card base
Ink: Versamark Ink; Stampinup White Pigment Ink; Distress Inks
Accessories: Spellbinders 5x7 matting basics A and B dies; PaperTreyInk Thank You Die; Sponges; #2 and #4 paint brush; Spectrum Noir Markers; Hero Arts White Embossing Powder; Stamp-a-ma-jig; Misc. Sequins from Michael's Craft Store
Techniques: Bleaching Distress Inks With Water; Heat Embossing; Sponging; Die Cutting; Stamping