Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's card, I am trying out a technique using freezer paper as a resist in watercoloring. I am using the Kat Scrappiness Christmas Tree Coverplate die on this card.
I die cut a piece of freezer paper using the coverplate die. My cutting pad is very warped that I have to add a metal shim to my sandwich for a clean cut. I trimmed a watercolor paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I positioned the freezer paper die cut over the watercolor paper with shiny side kissing the watercolor paper. I sandwiched this in a folded typing paper, then fed it to the Minc Laminator machine. I fed it twice just to be make sure that the freezer paper adheres to the watercolor paper.
My colors are inspired by the latest Color Hues Challenge. I painted the tree with blue watercolor and painted the background with cream watercolor. The watercolor I used is Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors. I set the panel aside to dry in between watercoloring. I did not use a heat tool since this can deactivate the stickiness of the freezer paper.
Once I am done coloring, I pointed the heat gun to one of the corners of the freezer paper mask. I carefully lifted this up using a craft knife. I peeled the freezer paper from the watercolor paper until I felt that I cannot peel it off anymore. I reheat the area where the papers are in contact, then repeat the process of peeling the freezer paper until all of the freezer paper is removed.
Depending on how you die cut the freezer paper, your die cut might be the mirror image of the die which is not a problem with the die I used on this card. But if you intend to die cut a sentiment to use as a mask, just be mindful on which side of the freezer paper you are die cutting. Again, the shiny side is the waxed side that will adhere to the paper once fed through a laminator.
I die cut the watercolored panel using a postage stamp die. I added cream gems to the tree. I lightly rubbed the Versamark ink to the postage edges. I poured Ranger Enchanted Gold embossing powder to this then heat set it.
For the background panel, I die cut a shimmery blue cardstock using the Kat Scrappiness Buffalo Plaid Backdrop die. I forgot to use the metal shim so the negative cuts did not fall off. This is actually a happy accident for me. Keeping the negative cuts intact gave an embossed impression to the blue cardstock panel. I adhered this panel to a top folding A2 notecard applying a lot of adhesive to keep the negative cuts from falling off.
I die cut a banner on blue cardstock. I embossed a sentiment to this. I adhered this to the bottom portion of the tree.
I adhered the watercolored panel to the plaid panel with foam adhesive.
My son suggested to have a star added to the scene. I don't have a cream colored star sequin. I could really die cut one but instead, I embossed a sequin star with the Ranger Enchanted Gold embossing powder. I did multiple layers of embossing. I added a Wow! Gold Pearl embossing powder next and a Wow! Ultra High embossing powder as the last finish. Heat the heat gun first before melting the powder to prevent warping the sequin. I adhered the star to the top of the tree and added a sequin to the center.
I added a dot of blue to the centers of the gems using a Copic marker.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. Not to forget, Kat Scrappiness has an ongoing sale on all Christmas products including the dies that I used on this project.
I totally love how this turned out, Maria! Thanks for giving us so much detail on the blog post of how this card came to be. The gold star was the last perfect touch! Thanks for playing along at Color Hues.
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