TLC675 = Acetate Inking - use Karen Dunbrook's technique of smooshing by applying the ink with a scrap of acetate
I used quite a small piece of acetate as I wanted to limit where my ink went. I lightly penciled lines on my mixed media cs to indicate where I wanted the ink to go.
I started with the lightest blue, patted it on my craft mat, misted it, picked some up on the acetate, and pounced it between my lines. Then dried with my heat tool and repeated with the medium blue and darker blue.
The hearts are left from the die cut on this card. They are made out of white shimmer cs. I popped them up on foam tape.
I added a sentiment (on a lttle punched label as my attempt to stamp straight onto the card ended up crooked so restamped and punched it out.
The panel is trimmed with a stitched rectangle and taped onto a blue shimmer card base.
In case you're wondering "why a blue Valentine card?", a friend of mine ordered five Valentine cards from me and wanted one to be blue instead of red or pink.
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 GMT Views: 1568
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Splitcoast Dirty Dozen Creative Crew SU Design Team Alumni
Registered: May 18, 2004 Location: Southwest Michigan Posts: 37078
Tue, Jan 30, 2018 @ 6:25 PM
I absolutely love the look of this, Susan! The blue and white are such a refreshing change from pink or red, IMO! I love the way you did your acetate inking technique, keeping the ink to a prescribed area on your card. Straight into my faves : )
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Tue, Jan 30, 2018 @ 8:35 PM
And why not Blue? Love can come in any color, but especially nice if the receiver loves blue:-) TFS your beautiful acetate inked curved background and your description of your technique, Susan. Hugs..