Infinite Blooms and Dazzling Dots
The Creative Crafters - Inspirational Post
Good day, fellow crafters. Today I am excited to present to you my April 2024 contribution post as a newly joined part of The Creative Crafters Design Team. I'm super excited to be working alongside these talented crafters to bring you some fun challenges and creative prompts that will spark your imagination. I hope you enjoy my submission
To create the background for this card I began with my focal image. For this project I am using the Pink Fresh Studio Infinite Bloom stencil set, white cardstock, and Crisp Inks from Altenew in the colors called Moss, Olive, Caramel Toffee, Maple Yellow and Vanilla Cream. This is a layered set and is numbered to make it easy. I used my ink blending brushes to get the hues I wanted for each layer before moving through the entire set. Once that was complete I used the coordinating die to cut out the image with my Gemini die cutting machine. I next edged the image with a brown Copic marker that coordinated with my background panel choice and set it aside.
For the next step, I chose brown cardstock, which I trimmed to fit the Spellbinders Dazzling Dots embossing folder, featured left. I then took the focal image and used Bearly Arts liquid glue to adhere it in place. After allowing it to dry, I next misted the back of the cardstock with water to soften the paper fibers. This helps to prevent tear-out, especially if your craft room environment is very dry. I then ran the embossing folder through my Gemini die cutting machine a couple of times to ensure a good crisp image transfer. I then set the paper aside to dry while I cut and folded a white A2 card base.
The next stage was trim the background panel down to its final dimensions and then use more liquid glue to adhere it to the card base. I added my clear blocks for some weight and allowed time for all the glue to dry.
The last stage was to create the sentiment and label. I chose a stitched label die that looked a lot like a pot from my collection and a sentiment that I really liked. Using some white cardstock and VersaMark watermark ink, I stamped the sentiment onto the cardstock and then used WoW! embossing powder in Chocolate Caramel Pearl which I heat set. I next used the die to cut out the label and then adhered it to the card with pop dots. With that, I called the card complete.
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