When I decided to purchase the Stitched Seasons Bundle, I knew that I would create a card using
Jennifer McGuire's Stacked Die Cutting Technique. The three stitched dies lend themselves perfectly toward this technique!
I also wanted to revisit the Stamping With Water Technique that I used in my
Timeless Textures Thank You post and thought that the Tropical Chic set would be perfect for this.
After visiting my
Color Schemes Pinterest Board I chose the following for my tropical color scheme:
I decided to use a 4.75 x 6" card size to accommodate the largest stitched die so I began by cutting a Shaded Spruce card base and then three 4.75 x 6" mattes–Watercolor paper, Bermuda Bay, and Pacific Point.
Before I could die cut the mattes, I had to do the Stamping With Water Technique on the Watercolor paper. I grabbed a sponge and my Granny Apple Green stamp pad and went to town applying color to the matte. I gave it two coats so there was a good deep color. Next, I covered the whole thing with Shaded Spruce, again using lots of ink.
After giving it a few minutes to completely dry I chose the large leaf from the Tropical Chic stamp set and after mounting it on a block, I spritzed the stamp with water being sure it was covered with a fine mist but not too much water to destroy the detail in the stamp.
I placed the stamp on the inked matte and held it in place firmly for about 15-20 seconds. I found that the new ink formulation seems to require a longer time to remove the top layer of ink with the water-spritzed stamp. I repeated the process several more times, focussing on the edges of the matte. I switched out to the palm leaf and continued until I was happy with the result.
While waiting for the matte to dry, I laid out my three stitched dies on a clear plate on top of the Magnetic Platform. After positioning them, I used
Purple Tape to hold the dies in position and then removed them from the plate.
I used my heat tool to finish drying the inked matte and then laid all three of the dies over the matte on the Magnetic Platform and ran it through the Big Shot. Because I was cutting with all three dies at the same time, I ended up with a large opening in my matte and two stitched frames as well as a small stitched shape!
After carefully removing the largest stitched die from the taped together dies, I next die cut the Bermuda Bay matte. To be sure I die cut in the proper place, I placed the inked die cut matte over top and placed my dies in the opening. I then carefully removed the inked matte before running the Bermuda Bay matte through the Big Shot.
Lastly, I used the one remaining die to die cut the Pacific Point matte, using the Bermuda Bay matte as a guide to line up the position of the die. I set aside the extra frames and shapes, that resulted, for use in future projects.
For the sentiment, I cut a 3.5 x 4" piece of Thick Whisper White and stamped the sentiment from the Cake Soiree Stamp Set using Shaded Spruce and then adhered it behind the Pacific Point matte using Foam Adhesive Strips and also adhered it to the card front. I then used Dimensionals to attach both the Bermuda Bay and the inked matte to the card front. So much dimension!
I stamped flowers in Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point and the large leaf was stamped with Pacific Point on Bermuda Bay. These stamped images were all die cut; as well, two palm leaves were die cut from Granny Apple Green. Crystal Effects and Dimensionals were used to adhere the die cuts in a cluster on the card front. As I was sending the card in a large, padded envelope, I did not worry that the palm leaves extended past the card front a little bit.
Rhinestones were added to the flower centres and a few of the clear circles from the now retired Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes were scattered around to resemble water droplets on the leaves.
The largest stitched die was used to die cut a piece of Thick Whisper White. Flowers were stamped as well as the sentiment from the Blended Seasons stamp set and then the shape was adhered inside to complete the card.
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| This shot shows the dimension achieved with the layers in this card. |
This card was such a joy to make for my sister-in-law, especially as I got to use the new Blended Seasons Bundle only available August 1-31! Be sure to
order yours now! Don't forget to order the NEW
Watercolor Pencils! They are only available during August 1-31 and are not in the new Holiday Catalog.
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