We returned from our vacation yesterday and the crafty bug hit me hard so I decided to give it a try on another Father's Day card idea. This time, I'm using an old stamp set from the stash which featured the sentiment and those ties. I white heat embossed the ties onto some Strathmore watercolor papers. I then used Distress Inks smooshed onto a craft mat to watercolor the image. A simple black Archival Ink sentiment using the MISTI (so I could get it very dark black) and some coordinating striped paper finished this card. Upon further reflection, I'm not loving the finish - the blue stripe doesn't exactly match the watercoloring and I see that the orange tie bled into the background a bit. Hmmm, I might go back to the drawing board to see if I can make some improvements.
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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Stripes and Father's Day
We returned from our vacation yesterday and the crafty bug hit me hard so I decided to give it a try on another Father's Day card idea. This time, I'm using an old stamp set from the stash which featured the sentiment and those ties. I white heat embossed the ties onto some Strathmore watercolor papers. I then used Distress Inks smooshed onto a craft mat to watercolor the image. A simple black Archival Ink sentiment using the MISTI (so I could get it very dark black) and some coordinating striped paper finished this card. Upon further reflection, I'm not loving the finish - the blue stripe doesn't exactly match the watercoloring and I see that the orange tie bled into the background a bit. Hmmm, I might go back to the drawing board to see if I can make some improvements.
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Perfect masculine card!
ReplyDeleteStraight back at it ! Send me some of that mojo please! TFS
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