This is a birthday card for a friend of mine. It's my first card using masks and distressed inks.
Instructions for front of card:
I took a piece of white cardstock that measures 8.5 inches wide x 7.5 inches tall and folded it in half. I then took a Tim Holtz mask (Giant Flourish) and placed it on top. I then took the Ranger Application Tool and a Distressed Ink Pad “Broken China” and covered the right side of the card and took Distressed Ink Pad “Spiced Marmalade” and covered the left side. I took the mask off then repeated the same technique. I just covered the area lightly with the application tool, same colors. I did this because I didn't like the brightness of the white cardstock that shown through where the mask was placed. I then took some flowers, which were also white, and used the following Distressed ink pads: Faded Jeans, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China, Tea Dye, Peeled Paint. I added some diamond jewels,by the Paper Studio, in the center. To finish the front I added the Happy Birthday.
FOR THE TOP INSIDE OF THE CARD
I cut out, using the cricut, 10, 1 inch squares. I took a couple of flourish clear stamps and inked them with black ink. Stamped them randomly. I then added various distressed inks to them. I used at least 10. After that was done I attached them to a tan cardstock, for matting. I wanted those edges distressed so I used “Vintage Photo” on them.
THE BOTTOM OF THE CARD
I took a blank tag and did a VERY light coat of Distressed inks on the entire tag. I used 3 inks..."Mustard Seed" (yellow), "Fired Brick"(dark red) and "Tattered Rose"(light pink/red).
Then, I took masks by Tim Holtz and laid them down on the tag and took the same inks and went over the tag again. Then I used a thicker coat of the inks so the masks would be visible. I used them in 3 spots. It might be hard to see the one at the top of the tag, it's a small flourish. The other 2 are more easily seen in the middle and bottom of tag. The masks I used were flowers. Since they were flowers I added some little diamond jewels by The Paper Studio on the "pedals".
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009 GMT Views: 233
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