Hello! This card was made for today's Ways to Use it Challenge: Faux tile and today's Stampin' B's Challenge: Scoring.
Now, I've been on a quest to finish as many Christmas cards as possible in as little time as possible. One of my assistants is on vacation for a week, so I have a bit more room to move around my studio, so I'm trying to finish 4 of these this morning. Can you imagine? Stamping while at work! Who knew??? (I guess it works if you work at a stamping company! LOL)
Easy background, done with a technique: Distressed Scoring. I made a video of how I did it.
The Faux Tile is easy to do. I cut out 1/2" squares and taped them, with room for the Grout Lines, on a scrap piece of paper. Next, I stamped and off stamped the images. Then, I used my Copic Airbrush to color in the images. (You could use a sponge and ink for that part.)
Then, I carefully took off the squares and placed them on a sheet of Snow Storm Smooth and cut around them for the focal panel. (It's MUCH easier to do than explain!)
The charm started out brass colored. I pressed it into VersaMark and then Silver embossing powder. I used the heat tool to melt. Now it's silver!
Finished card size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Total time to complete: 42 minutes
Stamps: Mark's Finest Papers: Tree from A Walk in the Woods; sentiment from Ginger Cookies
Paper: Mark's Finest Papers: 140lb Premium White, Snow Storm Smooth Heavy 100lb, Speedy the Cat Black Linen, Mottled Berry, and dp from a Premium Paper Craft Pack
Registered: June 6, 2008 Location: Manitoba Posts: 3557
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 @ 12:48 PM
Forty-two minutes to complete! And you were at work! Are you the boss? You always make such fabulous cards and make everything sound so easy! Love your pine trees! TFS
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 @ 2:16 PM
Way to go Faith, not one faux tile technique but three different ones! ALL so very pretty! This scene is fabulous. I love your card! TFS :0)P.S. Thanks for the video too!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131548
Thu, Oct 20, 2011 @ 2:19 PM
Hey, Faith, it's great to see you in the gallery. I know you're busy - which is great!, but I miss seeing more of your work. I recognise the scored background from your blog post this morning ;-), but the trees look great in this tile format.