Tuesday, September 4, 2018

All Occasion Cards | Hero Arts MMH May 2018 - Stampin' Up Enjoy Life


Hey There!

I decided to combine a couple of silhouette-themed stamp sets with a soft, graphic background created with Distress Oxide Inks. I first die cut several sizes of a plain circle onto scrap paper and then used the die cuts as a stencil to blend the shapes together randomly on a 4.25 X 5.5” piece of Neenah Solar White card stock. I wanted to keep the shapes a bit more concentrated toward the bottom left corner where I was going to place my silhouette images. I spritzed the inks with shimmer spray to activate and dried certain areas with a paper towel. I cut several small scalloped rectangles from the same card stock and glued them together to create a dimensional frame that had some visible ‘weight’ to it. I used an extra rectangle as a mask (and for stamp placement) and taped it to the background. Using my MISTI, I inked and stamped the grass silhouette to extend just beyond the edge of the rectangle.


I also used the MISTI to stamp the girl on a swing from Hero Art’s MMH May 2018 Kit and the extended arm “Victory” image from Stampin’ Up’s Enjoy Life stamp set. I blended the oxide inks together on a scrap piece of 2 x 4.5’  white card stock and trimmed off a 3/8” piece. I trimmed down the circle background down to 4.5” and adhered it to the front top of an A-2 white card base. I glued the small inked strip right next to it and finished off the bottom with a piece of black card stock. I adhered the scallop rectangle frame to the front with foam tape, giving it even more dimension. The sentiments were stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Lawn Fawn’s white embossing powder. Each sentiment strip was die cut/hand trimmed along the edges and adhered with foam tape. The cards were finished off with a sprinkling of coordinating confetti. 


I was really happy with these finished cards and will be able to switch the images/colors/frame shapes in the future to create entirely new designs! 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Rachelle

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