I started by cutting a square of Watercolor paper slightly bigger than the square die found in the Tropical Thinlits Dies. I chose to work with Watercolor paper instead of Whisper White because I find it more forgiving when sponging.
Granny Apple Green was sponged over the whole piece and then I sponged wide edges with Garden Green, followed by some Crumb Cake.
The watercolor paper was die cut using the square die with the palm leaves. It should be noted that this die does not cut the square edge around the piece itself; this was die cut using the #9 square from the Layering Squares Framelits. (See my Numbered Die Sets.) Due to the sponging of the piece prior to die cutting, the resulting leaves had a very dimensional look, possessing both shadows and highlights and gradations of color.
A 4.75 x 6" Crumb Cake card front was cut and I used sponges with both Crumb Cake and Soft Suede to ink it after carefully masking off the back of the card base using Post It Notes.
Granny Apple Green was selected for the matte and was embossed using the Layered Leaves Embossing Folder. (This embossing folder makes a great tie in with the Tropical Chic Bundle!) The edges of the matte were sponged with both Granny Apple Green and Garden Green. It was adhered to the card front using a piece of fun foam to provide even dimension across the card.
Next, I cut a Crumb Cake matte to go behind the green die cut. The the die cut was glued on top using liquid adhesive. The completed matte was adhered to the card front using Dimensionals.
I used sponges to color two more pieces of Watercolor paper and then on one, stamped the sentiment using Versamark. This was heat embossed using Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder and then die cut using the outline die for the palm branch. The other piece was used to die cut a palm branch and large palm leaf. All die cuts were sponged with Garden Green and a touch of Soft Suede inks.
The sentiment and two other die cuts were adhered to the card front using Dimensionals. For a little added interest, some of the now retired Glitter & Clear Epoxy Shapes were adhered.
For inside the card, I used another piece of Watercolor paper and stamped it repeatedly with the palm branch stamp using Garden Green. I then added a few stamps of the same branch using Granny Apple Green. The edges were sponged with both Granny Apple Green and Garden Green before adhering the matte using liquid adhesive.
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| This shows the result of the sponging on the Watercolor paper. (This the only photo of my process I remembered to snap!) |
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2 comments:
Wow! What a great way of highlighting the "interior" of your amazing "jungle" Linda. I'm always enamored by your use of brilliant colors, and these textures make it even more gorgeous! Beautifully done, my sweet Canadian friend! xx
Thank you so much Donna!
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