I was just going to run downstairs and make a quick wedding shower card that I need for a shower tomorrow. Instead, I saw the already prepared sentiment piece and decided it would look great with today's mixability challenge technique. An hour later, my "quick card" is done and I still don't have a shower card yet! I do like the look of this though and I have another piece waiting to use on another card.
Marilyn's technique is to cut open a plastic bag and put ink or paint onto one side of the opened bag. I used the Distress inks. Then you spritz liberally and close the bag and smash the inks together a bit. Open the bag, pop in your cardstock (I used two pieces to get more bang for my buck) then close the bag and press the ink onto your cs. (Pictures on my blog.) Once I had this piece I backed it with a piece of the In Color Mossy Meadow which I love! I took a strip of turquoise and embossed it with the border ef. I ran my silver pad directly over the raised areas and along the edges of this piece. I had the anchor already diecut-added the hole at the top and tied on the twine. I then dipped it into my silver pad and sprinkled with a mix of eps that I use for an old metal look. My sentiment piece was sponged in the die and is popped over my Moss circle with the anchor popped also and the whole piece popped over the embossed strip.
Date: Friday, May 1, 2015 GMT Views: 2605
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Sun, May 03, 2015 @ 1:28 PM
Gail, you got fantastic results with MariLynn's technique, and it resulted in a super guy card! Wonderful colors, and the anchor embelli is terrific!
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Fri, May 08, 2015 @ 2:09 AM
This is a sweet card! Beautiful color scheme and that background came out gorgeous. I was expecting a more involved technique description for how you achieved the rusted iron look for the anchor, but it seems pretty simple. I will have to try it on a project.
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