I had such fun looking thru all the pictures on the Inspiration site, but THIS is the one I chose. I love the colors & I knew I had a wonderful little mailbox image.
To make my card, I used a background I made quite a while ago. ItÂ’s a technique I learned around 1999 (yikes!). Easy & fun to do. I looked for a tutorial here on SCS, but couldn't find one. Anyway, all you need is white glossy or semi-glossy card stock (it needs to have a coated surface) & art tissue that bleeds when wet. Not all tissue paper will do this, so check what you have first. I have some Spectra Art tissue & I know it bleeds so thatÂ’s what I used. Pick some colors, tear some pieces & place them on your card stock then mist it w/ water. Wait a minute or two then remove the tissue & let it dry. You want to leave the tissue on long enough to bleed the color onto the c/s but not long enough to dry there, or it will stick.
After it dried, I placed it into my Misti & stamped the mailbox image on top. I wanted it a bit darker so I coated it w/ black embossing powder & heated. I used a white Posca paint pen to add the white dots to the flowers & border around it.
Thanks so much for looking. Closeups & the inside are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, May 4, 2018 GMT Views: 818
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75063
Fri, May 04, 2018 @ 7:02 PM
Ooh, gorgeous, Julie. I love those colors in the background and glad you told us about your technique....will have to try.
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Fri, May 04, 2018 @ 8:22 PM
Ooh, what a beautiful card, Julie! I love the results you achieved using the art tissue technique (haven't heard of this one). Thanks for sharing this technique. I love your inspiration piece and you did a wonderful job representing the mailbox!
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Fri, May 04, 2018 @ 8:52 PM
Julie, that sounds like a fun technique! Thanks for the instructions!
It made a great background for your mail boxes! Like the way you added the white dots around the border! Beautiful card!
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Sat, May 05, 2018 @ 4:52 AM
What a great sketch, images, and technique here, Julie. Love the colors too. Fab card and fab site. I have to go to work but I am going to get home early and try to play too. Hugz
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