Hello! Tami here with a birthday card that features several different Clearsnap products and a couple of handy techniques...
The stamp set, Wish Big from Hero Arts, caught my attention as I love stamping on book paper, and these stamps have that element already incorporated in the design!
I wanted the card to be colorful, but fit the vintage-style of the stamps. So I decided to use several bright shades of Smooch Spritz on a kraft paper background - that way the card would have some color, but not be rainbow bright. Using the same supplies and techniques on white cardstock would totally change the look of this card...
The balloons needed to be cut out so that they could be adhered to the background, but what to do about the thin strings? The easy answer is to stamp your design twice - once on your "fashion" paper and once on your background. Then cut out the design from the "fashion" paper - minus any skinny elements and glue it in place over the stamped image on the background. You'll be able to line up the cut out portions exactly and this technique adds some dimension too...
Another technique to try, when you want your background to have some "texture", but not be too bold, is to use Watermark Ink. The great zig zag pattern background was stamped using Watermark Ink...
The stamp set, Wish Big from Hero Arts, caught my attention as I love stamping on book paper, and these stamps have that element already incorporated in the design!
I wanted the card to be colorful, but fit the vintage-style of the stamps. So I decided to use several bright shades of Smooch Spritz on a kraft paper background - that way the card would have some color, but not be rainbow bright. Using the same supplies and techniques on white cardstock would totally change the look of this card...
The balloons needed to be cut out so that they could be adhered to the background, but what to do about the thin strings? The easy answer is to stamp your design twice - once on your "fashion" paper and once on your background. Then cut out the design from the "fashion" paper - minus any skinny elements and glue it in place over the stamped image on the background. You'll be able to line up the cut out portions exactly and this technique adds some dimension too...
Another technique to try, when you want your background to have some "texture", but not be too bold, is to use Watermark Ink. The great zig zag pattern background was stamped using Watermark Ink...
SUPPLIES:
Clearsnap Products:
- Watermark Ink
- ColorBox Pigment Ink: Black
- ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink: Blackbird
- Smooch Spritz: Splash, Gingersnap, Sea Kiss, Cherry Ice, Sun Kissed, Citrus Tickle and Vanilla Shimmer
- Top Boss Embossing Powder: Clear
- Color Catcher
Other Products:
- Hero Arts: Wish Big and Zig Zag
- Bazzill: Prismatics: Black and Kraft Cardstocks
- Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry
- 3D Foam Squares
- Black Fine Tip Pen
- Trimmer, Scissors and Heat Gun
DIRECTIONS:
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- Cut a 4 X 12 piece of black cardstock and fold in half to make card.
- Cut 2 - 4 X 6 piece of kraft cardstock. Place one at a time in Color Catcher and spritz using all colors - spraying one all over, and about 1" around all edges of the other piece, which will be used as a mat; let dry.
- Trim "smooched" mat piece to 3 3/4 X 5 3/4 and adhere to card front.
- Cut a 3 1/4 X 4 3/4 piece of kraft cardstock and stamp with zig zag background inked with Watermark Ink. Let dry, or speed up dry time with heat gun.
- Stamp balloons toward left side of kraft background piece using Blackbird Chalk Ink.
- Adhere background to a 3 1/2 X 5 piece of black cardstock and adhere to card front, centering it on all sides.
- Ink balloon stamp with Black Pigment Ink and stamp and emboss, using Clear Embossing Powder, on "smooched" kraft cardstock piece.
- Stamp and emboss sentiment on "smooched" kraft cardstock piece using Black Ink and Clear Embossing Powder.
- Cut out balloons - minus the strings and the sentiment.
- Adhere the balloons over the stamped balloons on the background.
- Outline the edges of the sentiment using black pen, then adhere at lower right side, using 3D dots.
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