My friends, I made this card yesterday, using Sabrina's Paper Casting Technique, TLC582, and the same bird stamp that is on yesterday's Purple Starling card. I have been hesitant to upload the card as my bathroom tissue is so wrinkled (of course, I wet it!), that I didn't like it. I saw so many beautiful cards made with this technique that were not wrinkled! Quite frankly, I thought this card is not about to be worthy of the challenge.
After some soul-searching, I decided that I would go ahead tonight and post it since I took the time to create it, and let the chips fall where they may!
As the chips are falling, I'll share how I made the card. Using the technique, I wet (or soaked) 6-double panel pieces of tissue. I decided yesterday that I would make both cards with the bird stamp. Thus, into the wet tissue it went to create an impression.
When the tissue dried, I used all of the above listed inks to stamp the image. I first stamped the bird only with turquoise but it didn't show well. Therefore, I kept adding different colors of ink to the bird portion of the stamp and re-stamping it, until I decided, enough is enough. Then I inked the remainder of the stamp to color the floral portion of the image.
Then I thought, this tissue paper will not stick together, so I got out a needle and thread and stitched around the square. That was all for naught as it will still separate. Regardless, I die cut the paper flower and leaves, colored them with Copics, and spritzed them with Glimmer Mist. There was an interesting reaction to the mist and alcohol inks together. It started fizzing! At first I thought I had made some champagne! LOL That's all folks!!
Thanks for viewing and leaving comments!
Bev
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016 GMT Views: 773
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It is great! The process and fussing you went thru with this sounds a lot like what I went thru with my napkin card! LOL. But your card turned out beautiful! I am glad you posted this beauty.
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Wed, Apr 20, 2016 @ 9:51 PM
Well, at the risk of repeating the others, I will just say Yes, it is a beautiful card, with or without wrinkles. (Mine wrinkled too but I was able to tear them off except for one that went all the way across my bird. The stitching around your image may not have solved the layers coming apart but it certainly does add a great design element. And the inking of the stamp to get your colorings turned out just beautifully. I may just have to try this technique one more time to just see how my bird would look with just the ink lines like you did! We have all thought a card was not worth posting, but just remember that we are our own harshest critics, too. So post, always post!
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Fri, Apr 22, 2016 @ 6:43 PM
When I spotted this thumbnail, the bird and flower looked just like something embroidered and still does. What a good job with your technique. It would have been a shame to not upload. Fav'd
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Sat, Apr 23, 2016 @ 4:00 AM
This is great. I like the wrinkles, call me silly, but it gives it a more fabric look, especially with your stitching, well done! Great job on the inking too! We will show the love, you have some faith…lol