I made this card for this week's color challenge. Pam is our hostess this week and she chose Crushed Curry, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler, and dessert is gratitude. I had to substitute Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge ink for the Cajun Craze Ink. I have not inked up this Kitchen Sink 3-step tree stamp in awhile so I thought today was the day. I was really thrilled with how well this tree turned out using all of today's color challenge colors of ink. I live in the woods in MN where we have a lot of deer so I had to include a couple of deer on this card to represent my state. The card base is a piece of rust-colored cs from the Recollections Spice Market card stock pack. To create the background on the card base, score the front of the card base at every half inch across the front. Then I took my rusty hinge ink pad and ran it down the front of the card base several times to get the color saturation I wanted. The one leaf is die cut from gold mirror card stock and the other is a fun one to make. Stamp the leaf stamp onto acetate using Stazon ink. Take 1-2 drops of your re-inkers (Rusty Hinge and Crushed Curry) and mix each color with a drop or two of glossy accents. You need enough glossy accents to cover whatever stamped image you need for your project. Mix the reinker in with the glossy accents, then paint this mixture onto the back of the stamped image on the acetate. Once this is painted in, then add dazzling diamonds glitter on top and set aside to dry. Once this is dry, then fussy cut out. Thanks for looking today! ~Karen
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 GMT Views: 1487
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Stamps: Kitchen Sink Stamps Multi-Step Trees and Multi-Step Tree Friends; StampinUp Fantastic Foliage and With Gratitude
Paper: Recollections Spice Market; Paper Studio Gold Mirror CS and StampinUp Very Vanilla
Paper Size: A7 Card Base
Ink: Stazon Black; Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge; StampinUp Crushed Curry, Cherry Cobbler, Creamy Caramel, Close To Cocoa and Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Cheery Lynn Large Leaves #2, Acetate, Glossy Accents, SU Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Re-Inkers in Tim Holtz Rusty Hinge & SU Crushed Curry, Paint Brush, Celebrate It Burlap Ribbon, SU Linen Thread, Scissors
Techniques: Multi-Step Stamping; Stamping; Die Cutting, Fussy Cutting, Painting with Reinkers and Glossy Accents
Registered: October 11, 2006 Location: WI Posts: 902
Wed, Nov 08, 2017 @ 11:11 AM
Nice work on that tree! It looks lovely! I have to add that last night on the way home from work, my son almost ran into 3 deer on his street in Sussex, WI. He lives "in town" but in a wooded and open land area where the deer are seen. Your card reminded me of that (he was on the phone with me (safely, by the way) when he stopped talking for a long while as he watched them cross the road--finally he told me why and what.
I totally agree with Ms Linda aka bubbles. This looks more like a photo on a wall or a plaque then a card. You are so talented and creator of gorgeousness sis!! High to the ho. I love this tree almost as much as the tree you gave me for my birthday!! You have absolutely awesome taste!! If I havnt mahaloed you already . Much aloha always sis!!