Gina K showed this cool Distressed Linen technique on Stamp TV where you basically are doing an emboss resist on designer paper and using distress inks to color it, so I wanted to try that on my card today. I started with a piece of Basic Grey's Nook and Pantry; I have a small piece of it laying at the base of my card so you can see how my background paper started out. I clear embossed this shasta flower onto the designer paper, let it cool, then I sponged my distress inks (tattered rose and weathered wood) over that. I really like the effect of how you can still see the original designer paper pattern after you've embossed and sponged it with ink.
This is also for Roxie's sketch challenge today. I stamped an extra shasta flower onto bordering blue, cut it out, rubbed wax paper over it to give it a little shimmer, sponged the outer edges with the weathered wood distress ink, bent back the edges of the flower with my bone folder, added hematite glitter to the center, and popped up on a dimensional.
I black embossed my sentiment on vellum and adhered that to the back of my die cut oval panel.
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2010 GMT Views: 579
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Mon, Jul 12, 2010 @ 3:20 AM
You are so good at trying new stuff......and the result is beautiful. Love the look of this card...and the little flower in the corner looks so dimensional! Awesome, Charlene!