Oh Christmas Tree

 

Hello and Welcome

Time is just going by so fast.  

With sweater weather arriving so quickly here where I live, it reminds me that I need to get going on making some more holiday cards.  

So into my stash I went and this is what I came up with.

Here's what I did to create my card.

• As I went through my stash of inky backgrounds, I found all the practice sheets that I had done on my Gel Plate with acrylic paint while taking a class from Vicki Boutin.  They certainly weren't my favourite so I decided to change that.  I found this one that had blue and green paint on it.  Kind of streaky and not great.  I scratched my head and wondered what to do.  I just picked up a new embossing folder by Spellbinders called Forevergreen and thought I would give it a try.  
• I placed the painted piece inside the Embossing folder and ran it through my machine a few times to get a good impression.  TIP: Lightly spray your paper with water before embossing to get a better impression.
• Next, using a small sanding block, I gently rubbed over the raised area to remove some of the blue and green paint. Now to figure out how I would make the details more noticable.
• I squeezed out a small amount of white acrylic paint onto my non-stick craft mat and using my brayer, I rolled some white paint gently over the top of the sanded areas.  I loved the results.
• I splattered with more of the white paint that was left on my mat and set aside to dry.
• I die cut the sentiment from Simon Says from some white cardstock twice and glued them together for stability.
• When the panel was dry, I glued it onto a piece of green cardstock, then onto a white card base.
• I glued the sentiment onto the panel, then added some green gems.

I was happy with the results of my card using the embossing folder and this otherwise 'throw away' piece of painted cardstock.

I hope this inspires you to look through your stash and use an otherwise rejected piece.

To see some of my other cards using this technique, go HERE and HERE.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- none

Inks- none, Basics Acrylic paint

Paper- white cardstock (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Forevergreen EB folder (Spellbinders); Speedball Brayer; 

Merry Christmas die (SSS); Spellbinder Platinum die cutting machine; green gems; sanding block