I began by trimming Distress Watercolor card with my Tim Holtz Deckle Edge Trimmer to measure 3.1/2" x 5.1/4" which would leave a 1/4" edge border when fixed to the kraft card blanks. I added strips of Tim Holtz Rose Design Tape. I stamped one of the images from Tim Holtz/Stampers Leaf Prints, inked with Aged Mahogany Distress Oxide ink randomly on each panel. In my usual, making it up as I go along, style, at this stage I thought the background was too white, so I added some ink blending using Antique Linen Distress Oxide ink and added more interest to the background by stamping images from Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Field Notes, inked with Peeled Paint and Vintage Photo Distress Archival inks.
Then it was time to concentrate on the focal point of the cards, the gorgeous Tim Holtz/Sizzix Leaf Fragments Thinlits. I spritzed Peeled Paint, Frayed Burlap, Rusty Hinge, Crackling Campfire and Fossilized Amber Distress Spray Stains on to the craft mat on my Glass Media Mat and spritzed with water. I laid a panel of Distress White HeavyStock on to the inks, dried and then tapped back in to pick up the remaining droplets. I repeated tapping back into the inks until I was happy with the colours, always drying between layers. I die-cut the whole panel using the Leaf Fragments Thinlits and stored the extras in the back of the die storage envelope to use on another project.
I spritzed Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide Spray on to my craft mat, spritzed with water and added splatters to the backgrounds. I inked around the edges of the panels using Ground Espresso Distress ink and a mini round blending tool. I fixed the leaves in place with foam adhesive, added Eclectic Elements thread bows and matted the panels on to the kraft card blanks
I stamped the Hi Friend sentiment from Simon Says So Talkative stamp set on the front of the cards, inked with Ground Espresso Distress Archival. I created inserts for the cards on Distress Watercolor card to match the front panels and stamped different sentiments from So Talkative on the inside.
Date: Monday, October 11, 2021 GMT Views: 394
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