Ink it once, spritz twice and create a trio of watercolored backgrounds for greetings from the Garden Party Collection. The Leafy Jumble Stencil is perfect for this process inspired by Jennifer McGuire's great technique.
Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a variation that takes advantage of the great stencils in our collection. We're using Open Studio Watercolor Paper to lift the colors from the open areas of the stencil. The resulting backgrounds have a shadowy, lightly-embossed look.
Spritz the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper with a light mist of water and sponge the paper with Distress Oxides. Colors used here - peeled paint, twisted citron, mowed lawn and cracked pistachio. Heat-set the inks.
Have your embossing mat and plate ready. Start stacking the layers - paper towel, inked Open Studio Watercolor Paper, stencil.
Spritz the smoother side of plain Open Studio Watercolor Paper with a "medium" coat of water (not too light, not too drippy). Place the spritzed side of the watercolor paper over the stencil. Add the embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine. Run it through the machine 2 or 3 times. A leafy layer of ink will be transferred to the uninked watercolor paper.
Spritz another sheet of Open Studio Watercolor Paper and run it through the machine for a second, lighter transfer of ink through the stencil.
Here are the backgrounds we've created. Heat-set the three sheets of watercolor paper. Clean the stencil, then align it over the original inky background and sponge the design with VersaMark. Heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. We'll use the other two backgrounds on another post.
Cut the darker leafy background with the 3-¾" x 5" Rectangle Basics die. Cut the Graceful Rose and Background from yellow cardstock Pressure-emboss the background with the coordinating detailed die. Attach the detailed diecut to the embossed background.
Cut Leafy Frond from green cardstock. Cut white cardstock with the 2" x 3-¼" Rectangle Basics die. Stamp "hello" - from the
Peony Garden Corner Clear Stamps and Dies Set - with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair.
Attach the diecuts to a top-folded 5-½" square white card. (Square cards require extra postage.) Add ¼" punched dots of the green glittered cardstock from the 6x6 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad.
Looking for more Garden Party Collection card ideas? The Garden Party Greetings Cards Kit from Impress Cards and Crafts features three technique-y, layered floral designs for your summer cards. The pieces are precut, instructions and envelopes are included.
Thanks for visiting - see you on Thursday!
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