This is my card for Tom, who has spent several weeks in the hospital and still has a long road to complete recovery. We were asked to bring animals to the party - EPEC for a peaceful scene.
I sponged the background layer with various Distress inks, but got a bit heavy handed. My favorite rescue tool - gesso - was mixed with a bit of water and applied with a clean, damp ink blending tool in a circular motion. This really softened up the background and gave it the look of soft clouds.
After the background dried, I attached the die cut with a ballpoint glue pen. The piece was trimmed and adhered to the card base with Simply Defined tape from Scrapbooking Made Simple. If you're a fan of Sookwang (Be Creative) tape, you might want to give this a try. It's less expensive and I find it to be of equal quality.
As always, thanks for looking!
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Sat, Nov 14, 2015 @ 6:41 AM
Isn't gesso great! What a very stylish and elegant card, Jody. It's a great guy card for sure, though any would be happy to receive this. It would make a good Christmas design, too!
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563