Hello! Welcome back to my blog. We have a new challenge at Incy Wincy Designs. The challenge theme for this month is Valentine +/or In The Garden. I hope you join us in this challenge.
The image I am using is from Jan's Digi Stamps which is linked below, in case you are interested on it.
I re-sized the image smaller to create a background of candy hearts. I duplicated the image to print multiple hearts on a single sheet of light weight white cardstock. I printed these hearts using a toner printer which will work with foiling. I added foiling to these hearts using pink and silver foils that is compatible with a laminator. I am using a Minc Machine and the Minc foils for this. I colored the hearts following a rainbow pattern using Copic markers. I fussy cut the images leaving a white border around it. I set this aside while I work on the front card panel.
Using the same colors of markers that I used for the hearts, I created stripes of colors using the chisel tip of the marker. Where two colors meet, I used one of the markers to blend the inks. I repeated this until the whole panel is covered with stripes of colors. I flicked some Copic colorless blender to this striped panel to add some splatters.
I struggled with adding a foiled sentiment to my card design. I am using the Spellbinders Glimmer Machine for this step. On my first try, the foil moved so not all of the sentiment was foiled. Second attempt, I over-foiled the panel. I tried removing the foil off the over-foiled areas with a sand eraser but it left a stain. If this was a small portion only, it would have been forgivable but there were a lot of stained areas too hard to hide. I think what might have caused my over-foiling is when I added another shim of thin cardboard to the foiling sandwich. The third try was a charm. It is still not perfect with some over-foiled areas. It was not a lot and it got rubbed off easily with the sand eraser. The sentiment I used is from Birch Press Design Hugs Sugar Script Hot Foil Plate & Die set. Foiling can be stressful at first but I think with constant use, I will learn its tricks. After all, the foiling result is always amazing.
Because of the above boo-boos, my plan of a one layer card had to be revised. I created another striped colored panel. Using the coordinating shadow die of the sentiment, I die cut a window on this striped card panel. I adhered an acetate on the back of the window. I trimmed the panel with the foiled panel to a size large enough to cover the window with the foiled sentiment showing through. I added double stacked thin strips of adhesive foam around the window on the back side to form a well. I powdered the insides of the well. This prevents the shaker elements from sticking to the foam adhesive. I poured Pretty Pink Posh 4mm Metallic Rose Gold sequins over the foiled sentiment. I adhered the window panel to the sentiment panel making sure the window is aligned with the sentiment.
I heat embossed a sub-sentiment to the left-over striped panel. I used a dark gray dye ink for stamping and clear embossing powder. I die cut this into a strip using an Avery Elle Sentiment Strips die.
I added more double stacked adhesive foam to the rest of the card panel's back. I adhered this panel to a top folding note card.
Maria Giselle B.
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