I had actually already made the brick panel on this card for a scrapbook layout. It didn't work out for that, though, so I cut it down to use on a card. To create the pattern, I had used Ranger texture paste over the "Small Brick Wall" stencil. Since the paste was already very much dry when I sat down to make this card, I went ahead & blended Peacock Feathers & Pine Needles Distress inks over the surface. I thought the texture paste would kind of absorb the color, but the ink just pretty much sat on the surface. To seal it, I first tried applying Distress Micro Glaze to the surface. But when I buffed off the excess, I still got quite a bit of color coming off the paste layer. So I finally added a coat of Perfect Paper Adhesive Matte (PPA) liquid glue/sealer over the whole panel, which apparently did the trick of sealing in the color.
I used the "Dreamy Dragonfly" stamp set for the dragonflies & greeting. I stamped them on white cardstock with Fresh Lavender ink. Since there are no coordinating dies, I fussy cut the dragonflies, and cut the greeting into a banner shape. Once the glue layer had dried on the brick panel, I used more PPA to adhere my images & greeting.
To finish the card, I matted a pale grey cardstock panel with teal. I adhered that to a white card base, and then used tacky glue to stick down my focal panel.
Date: Saturday, September 5, 2020 GMT Views: 97
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