Wheresoever you go

Hello!  Hope your Monday is of to a good start.  The days are going by so fast - summer will soon be here.  And graduations!  I thought this stamp would be great for any guy graduating this year.  Though the die is very detailed, I think the blues and browns make a great masculine card.

I used Sue Wilson's Spanish-Collection Seville die to frame this quote.  I used kraft cardstock behind the white layer and added a wide ribbon to my blue and brown matting.  

The quote was stamped with Memento Luxe Nautical blue pigment ink and then clear embossed.

Wheresoever you go

Wheresoever you go...

Happy Tuesday to all of you and hope that you had a wonderful weekend

and maybe had the chance to get something crafty done too.  Today i am

sharing a gate card that i did with a new die from Spellbinders and one

of my favorite stamps called Wheresoever you go.

This card was a little trickier to do because i had to make sure that

all of it lined up in the front and the inside sat just perfectly too. The 3 pieces

in the die set (S6-016 Heirloom Rectangle) made it easy to cut and overlap them to create this window in the card and to stamp and emboss the image for the inside of it.

I folded the card and then laid the die on the 2 fronts and cut out

the center piece.  Then i used that same piece with the outside edge

and cut the rose paper to create a layer underneath the lacy border.

And then i cut it in half and adhered it to the card with 3D foam dots.

The sentiment i stamped on the inside piece with Tsukineko versafine ink 

in vintage sepia and added just a touch of ink around the edges with chalk ink.

The papers are from Pion from Sweden and i adore the soft pastels and pretty prints

they have and it goes perfect with all my Quietfire stamps.  I hope you like it and

be sure and leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Have a wonderful day....Teresa

CAUGHT IN CRYSTAL TECHNIQUE

Hi Everyone! This is Holly bringing you another 'oldie but goodie' technique, hopefully inspiring you to give it a try.

 

 

I chose Where So Ever You Go , Butterflies / Dragonflies , and Flourishes 1 to creat the design elements on the transparency. I stamped them with Stazon Jet Black and was careful not to let the stamp slip while stamping on the transparency. You can see in the photo where I drew out and 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" rectangle on white paper to serve as a stamping guide. Once the ink dried, I flipped the stamped transparency over and put a piece of tape on either side to keep it in position.

 

 

Then I got the remaining supplies together- Diamond Glaze , Re-inkers , white tissue- slightly larger than the design area, glitter, and a craft stick for mixing.

I poured several puddles of Diamond Glaze onto the transparency, then put a drop of re-inker in each puddle. I mixed with the craft stick, then spread it out to the drawn lines that show through.

 

 



I sprinkled glitter here and there, then crumpled the tissue paper, slightly smoothed it out and laid it straight down onto the wet Diamond Glaze.

 

I pressed down the tissue until the entire surface was covered, making sure to keep some wrinkles in the tissue for texture. Then, I left it to dry for a couple hours.

*NOTE* It's important to prevent any Diamond Glaze from seeping under to the front side of the transparency. By keeping the working piece of transparency much larger than the design area, and keeping the Diamond Glaze in the design area, no Diamond Glaze gets under it.

 

 

You can see how much darker the project looks once it is dry. I removed the tape and trimmed the piece to fit my card front.

Texture detail created by the crumpled tissue paper.

 

Glitter detail.

 

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and try this technique. It's a lot of fun!

 

Thanks for looking!