This is for WT190, use some form of cracking on your card. This was NOT easy for me. Normally if I crack UTEE accidentally, I will melt it and add another layer. But short of making a mirror with a crack in it, which would have required a lot more thought, this was the easier option today. And even though I thought cracking would be good with snowmen, I took a break from Christmas cards and used this Flourishes set.
I stamped the vine with Marvy markers and added the birds with Brilliance black. Then I used a fine brush and water and drew the colour out of the stamped lines. I sponged blue around the edges, mostly at the top. Then I used Versamark and UTEE and built up 3 layers. I cracked it. Yikes - my whole card cracked at the top, I'm sure that wasn't meant to happen. So I quickly stuck it onto yet another layer of white card. I attached it to some Provocraft paper with brads.
Now, I hadn't realised the vine image was so big - uncropped it's bigger than my biggest acrylic block, and too big for an A2 card. But the Provocraft paper is narrower than my large square cards, so I had to come up with a filler for the right-hand side. I cut two strips of Bazzill in the colours I'd used for the vine, scalloped them and sponged the edges in black. I punched little holes in the green one, but they didn't really show so I dabbed them all with black Stickles. I like the stitching I've been seeing, and since I had some hemp just the right colour I added some over-sewing down the right edge. And a black bow round the spine of the card. Not sure about it, and I know DH won't like it, but once I'd put it on it looked better on than off so I've left it.
TFL
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008 GMT Views: 976
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Thu, Oct 30, 2008 @ 10:00 AM
Sabrina, what a beautiful card. I love the stitching. The flowers with the silhouettes of the birds was what caught my eye first. Great job cracking your UTEE. It looks great!