June's theme for the SCS Christmas card challenge is trees. And today's Ways to Use It challenge is "Make It Masculine" - I've already posted my Father's Day card so thought I'd do a masculine Christmas card and trees are always a good masculine theme.
When I was at Loll Thompson's house recently, she generously shared her wonderful copper technique and supplies with us. One of the pieces I made was the heated copper tree that I've used on this card.
The copper was die cut with a Sissix die (the heavier duty dies are best with the copper) and then it was heated to get the colour variation you see. I die cut two more trees out of scrap cs and glued the three together to raise it off the background a bit more.
The background is a piece of mixed media cs sprayed with various blue and green spray. When dry, I used a star stencil and gold embossing paste on the blue part. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and added the tree. The whole panel is popped up off the card base with a piece of fun foam.
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016 GMT Views: 1984
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Registered: December 14, 2007 Location: Vancouver canada Posts: 8914
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 @ 8:43 AM
I love that background, I bet it really sparkles with the Lindy's stamp gang spray and the gold EP. The tree looks awesome with all the different copper colours.
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Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37151
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 @ 9:36 AM
Years ago I learned how to do this heated copper technique and purchased a roll of copper; sadly, I never got around to getting the little torch to use with it! Thanks for a reminder - I still have the copper, maybe I will add that torch to my wish list. Your card looks fantastic with that copper tree, and very masculine!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132012
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 @ 11:35 AM
Wow, Susan - that tree is amazing. Even as a thumb it really stood out in the gallery, and seeing it up close it is even more wonderful.
I think we do have a gallery for Loll's technique - if we do, I'll pop your card into it to inspire more people!
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, Jun 16, 2016 @ 1:04 PM
You achieved such a beautiful gradient in your background. Your burnt copper is just gorgeous! After a disastrous craft day and seeing this, it's time to use copper again! Gorgeous card, Susan!