MIX336 = Stars and Stripes - make a mixed media card that has some stripes or paper strips on it, and at least one star.
Dini said it didn't have to be a patriotic card so, since I'm Canadian and am behind on my monthly Christmas card quota, I went with a Christmas card.
I played around with making a gold encrusted jewel star for my focal point. I really enjoy this technique. I die cut the star from thin chipboard, then placed it on a warm grill on top of a layer of non-stick craft mat then parchment paper. I sprinkled it with gold embossing powders. Once they had melted, I added multi-coloured chunky glitter pieces on top. The melted embossing powders holds the glitter in place. To finish it off, I melted UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) on top. I then die cut the star from fun foam and attached it immediately to the encrusted jewel star to give it a bit more body so that it wouldn't bend and crack.
The background was done with Distress inks and the smooshing technique, with water droplets flicked over it. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold, and, to get matching gold strips for the top and bottom, I inked up some scrap cs and then heat embossed it with the same gold embossing powder as I used on the sentiment.
The sentiment is actually longer - the rest of it is on the inside and it says "... and that star will warm you all Christmas long."
Date: Friday, July 5, 2019 GMT Views: 742
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Sat, Jul 06, 2019 @ 6:25 PM
What a fab technique, Susan. I really, really like how this came out! Wonderful and stunning. Hugz
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