I can’t believe it is the end of September already! For myself this means fast forward to get ready for Christmas! I just put in my close to my heart order for my paper crafts and I am so excited for it to arrive! I will definitely take a picture of the goodies and share it with you.
This card was awesome to make and I think it turned out wonderful. A few techniques I used are:
1) Textured white paper and my cricut machine to make the snowflake. I added a bit of sponged outdoor denim ink to the snowflake to match the cardstock and add a bit of color to the snowflake.
2)For the silver smaller snowflakes I embossed the stamped image. Embossing is a neat technique that requires a sticky, glue-like ink pad (Versamark Ink Pad is the one I use and it is available through close to my heart’s online store) and Silver Embossing powder (also available from close to my heart, in many different colors). It is an easy technique, simply stamp a stamp of your choice in the Versamark Ink Pad and onto the paper of your choice (I used a piece of cardstock for this image above). Next sprinkle the embossing powder onto the sticky stamp image and add heat. The easiest way to add heat to the image is to hold a craft heater (it is like a hair dryer but hotter) a few inches under the stamped image. Warning – the craft heater can get very hot, so do not hold it too close to your paper – trust me, it will leave a brown burn mark.
3) I stamped the white card background to add a little decoration to it. You don’t always have to buy printed paper, you can easily make your own tasteful printed paper by choosing a stamp and making a background out of it.
4) White pigment ink on dark paper. The colored inks I usually use are Water – based Dye Inks, but for this technique the rich white pigment ink looks much better on the dark blue color. Essentially the main difference you notice between the two inks when you use them in your crafts is that the pigment based ink is thicker and can take longer to dry than the water-based ink. Both inks produce a great colored image that is crisp and clear.
Thanks for reading, I hope you enjoyed the tips and that you will get to use them on your crafts soon!
Kristine
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