Hello , it"s Elena here today and I've a got a couple of cards I made using the stamps and craft dies and a bit of fussy cutting. Together in the same project, the "negative" and the "positive" pieces work so well together. This technique adds a truly dimensional effect seeing the finished project.
It was fun to create them. When I started, I thought I would create only a couple of cards really. I started to fussy cut the paper sheet from the Down by the Sea collection, I though it would be great to create a floral card from the nautical theme papers.
Then I stamped the florals using the stamp and the archival inks, as I knew I would add the water while coloring them. So check if your ink is water-soluble so it can be manipulated once the stamp has been placed.
After that I decided to die cut the frames, and realized that I need to try more than 1 color.
It was difficult to choose from so I decided to create 4 cards and to mix the frames and the inner paper part for them.
I prepared my background, created floral clusters and the time for coloring has come. Well, watercolors and the markers are the first thing that comes into my mind when talking about coloring the stamps, however I decided how the Glimmer Spray and Acrylic paints work for that purpose.
I wouldn't say you need any special coloring skills, but actually try to think slightly different, and don't color the leaves green , for instance. and be ready that the spray, even if you use it with a brush as the watercolors and and acrylic pant work differently. Don't apply to mych and damp the image with the water first.
It was a fun and relaxing process, the only thing that I did - I traced some of the flowers with my thin nib marker - this kind of doodling feeling makes the cards to have a completed look, since for one of my stamped images I used the pale pink ink, and the image was not seen enough clearly.
I also added some pearls and crystals , these are great accents.
The cards look almost the same but coloring the flowers in different way makes an alternative.
However the fussy cutting is an intricate detail, and it's quite easy to make your own embellishments for the cards.
For my last card I die cut - Happily Ever After sentiment - from the same die set as the frame.
Hope you will try my tips while creating your cards with the stamps and fussy cutting.
BoBunny Supplies:
12" Down By the Sea , Coral, Sea Ripples, Seahorse, Wonder.
Pocket Full of Posies Stamp
Ever After Card Dies
Frost Glimmer Spray
Blue Hues, Citrus and Think Pink Jewels
Pentart Supplies:
Acrylic Paint Semi-Gloss - Blue, Rose, Brown.
Glamour Acrylic Metallic Paint - Rich Gold.
