Hello! Welcome back to my blog! I am so glad to be back as well. I've been sick but I am very thankful that I am slowly recovering. Best of all, I am able to create a card again.
This is my 6th AECP creation. The assignment is on creating a scene. When I think about scene cards, I think more of critters and places. I don't have products with such in my Altenew stash but after watching the class videos, I realized that I don't have to limit myself to critters and places to create a scene card. That I can also use flowers and food to create a scene card.
I am using the Altenew Wild Hibiscus stamp set and the Altenew String Art Rectangles die set for this project. I laid the flowers and the dies that I am planning to use to build my scene on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" scrap piece of cardstock. In this process, I will be able to visualize how my scene looks and also plan the order of stamping my flowers, since one of the flowers will be overlapping another flower. I created a mask for the floral image that will be on the front.
Also, in laying out the stamps and the dies I am also assured that I won't be die cutting into the flower except for the middle flower.
I stamped the flowers on the left and the right on watercolor paper using Versafine Onyx Black ink. I used the second generation ink to stamp the flower on the left on masking paper. I fussy cut this flower right on the stamped line. I heat set the inked images to speed dry it.
I adhered the floral mask on top of the stamped flower making sure I aligned the mask to the flower really well. I stamped the middle flower using the same ink. I dried this using a heat tool.
I colored the images using Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a water brush. I zapped the images with the heat tool in between coloring of the flowers.
I positioned the String Art Rectangles dies next, temporarily securing it with a non-tacky tape to prevent it from shifting when I run this through my die cut machine. I used a T-ruler to make sure the dies are straight and aligned with each other.
I threaded a DMC Variegated embroidery floss through the holes created by the String Art Rectangle dies.
To add some foliage, I die cut a green cardstock using the Altenew Leaf Clusters die set. I did a bit of die cut surgery so the leaves will not cover a large part of the flowers. The green cardstock was too bold in color that I was afraid it was taking the attention away from the flowers. To mute it down, I die cut vellum using the same leaf clusters die. I used the Xyron Sticker maker to apply adhesive to the right side of the leaf clusters. I adhered this to the back of the vellum leaf cluster die cut. I snipped off the excess leaves following the modified green leaf cluster die cut.
I tucked the leaf clusters underneath the embroidery floss. I applied small amounts of liquid glue behind the leaves.
For the sentiment, I prepped the area with an anti-static powder tool. I stamped the sentiment from Altenew Adore You stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I re-stamped this about two more times to get a good impression since I used a textured watercolor paper. I poured clear embossing powder to the sentiment, then heat set it. I stamped a supplemental sentiment on the bottom which is also from the same stamp set.
To center the panel, I trimmed off a 4th of an inch from the top. I trimmed a light gray cardstock into a strip. I adhered the gray cardstock strips to the top and bottom of top folding note card measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I adhered the watercolored panel after, centering it between the cardstock strips. I used liquid glue on the areas where I stitched, and a roller adhesive on the areas without stitching. Since the paper got warped from frequent heat setting, I applied something heavy on top of it while the liquid glue is drying to regain its flat shape.
Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you create your own floral scene using whatever supplies you have. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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These dies only poke the holes to stitch on. It does not die cut the letter itself.
After all the holes of each letter were die cut, I started stitching. Instead of doing a cross stitch, I did a criss-cross pattern from one edge of the letter to the opposite edge. I did this until the whole letter is filled with stitching, covering the holes in the center of the letter.
I used a metallic red floss to do a running stitch on the outline of the letters.
I die cut the words love you on a white parchment paper and a red mirror cardstock. The die is from Trinity Stamps Frame And Fold die set. I adhered the mirror sentiment die cut to the back of the parchment sentiment die cut, slightly off setting it to create a shadow.
From the same die set, I used the stitched hearts die. This die does not cut the heart out. It only creates a stitched heart impression once ran through the die cut machine.
I adhered the love you sentiment next. I trimmed off an eighth of an inch off the sides. I adhered this panel to a white top folding wide slimline note card.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
Hello! This is a belated Happy Birthday card for my sister who celebrated her birthday last Tuesday. I was late in finishing her card. First, I was in a creative slump at the start of this week. Then I had to fulfill some obligations before I get to work on her card again. This actually helped me in breaking out of my creative slump especially after I did some coloring.
Anyway, back to the card, I followed this month's Altenew's Blog Challenge's color scheme. I poked holes on a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" Hero Arts Azalea cardstock using the Altenew String Art Rectangles Die set. I used the largest die to create the hole impressions at the edges of the cardstock panel. I reinforced these holes by sticking a thin needle through it to a foam board.
I positioned the Altenew Happy die at the center of the azalea cardstock panel. I traced its edges lightly with a pencil. I started poking holes using this traced line as a guide using the same thin needle. I made sure that my holes are spaced well and that the corners of the letters have holes on it.
I started stringing the thread, using DMC Floss and DMC Diamant Metallic Thread.
I die cut the Altenew Happy die on gray cardstock. I die cut several of this and adhered it on top of each other for a stacked look. I blended Karin Silver Decobrush Metallic Marker on this.
To complete the sentiment, I stamped the word birthday on gray cardstock using Hero Arts Soft Granite Ink. The stamp is from Altenew Happy Birthday Stamp set. This stamp comes with a shadow which I am also using. I stamped the shadow with Delicata Rose Gold Pigment ink, then stamping it again with a light gray ink to tone down the shimmer. I trimmed this into a strip. I adhered the sentiments to the center of the stringed panel following the outline of created by the stringed art.
I trimmed a sliver off the edges of the azalea cardstock panel. I adhered this panel to a gray 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" cardstock. I adhered this to a top folding A2 sized note card.
I used the Altenew String Art Rectangles Die on a previous post. Do check it out, if you have time.
Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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