Welcome to the #227 {Seaside Adventures } Challenge at The Card Concept!
Our inspiration photo
has so many wonderful nautical themed items plus look at all the texture! I was inspired by the compasses, the textures
as well as the theme for my Mixed Media card.
We hope you will take
a moment to stop by our challenge blog and check out how the rest of our wonderful
Design
Team were inspired!
Our challenge runs
for the entire month and the deadline to create a card to join us in our
gallery is Monday, June 8th at noon EDT.
For the past few
years, I have been trying to use stamps and supplies that I have in my stash (I
have enough to last several lifetimes, lol!), so I decided to pull out one of my
Gelli background prints (that I had created years ago) and used that panel for
this quick card.
I enjoy participating in other online card challenges and am linking this card to the Cardz4Guyz #386 Squash It! Use An Embossing Folder Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #752-#753 Anything Goes Challenge. I hope you have a chance to visit the above challenge sites and check out the gorgeous inspiration from all!
To create this card:
Using a brayer with
various acrylic/metallic paints, apply the paint to the gel plate, press a
piece of watercolor paper into the paint (along with various items to press
into the background to create your panels (here is a link to Gelli Arts YouTube channel -so many fun ways to use a gel pate).
Once you are satisfied with the background and
the ink is dry, ink the En Francais background stamp with Versafine Onyx Black
ink and stamp over the background.
Emboss the panel using
the Sizzix Texture Fades Compass 2 Embossing Folder and rub a gold metallic pad
over the raised areas of the embossing.
Trim the panel, mount
onto a piece of white cardstock, then mount onto a piece of black cardstock.
Add a strip of ¼”
black grosgrain ribbon over the panel, wrapping the ends behind the panel.
Mount the entire card
front onto a white card base.
Destatic a piece of
white cardstock with an embossing powder tool, ink the sentiment from the
retired Strong Anchor stamp set with Versafine Black Onyx ink, stamp onto the
prepated cardstock, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.
Trim the panel and
mount onto a piece of black cardstock.
Add to the card front
with dimensional foam to finish off the card.
Stamp Sets: Strong
Anchor (retired Verve Stamps)
Inks/Mediums: Versafine Black Onyx, Various Acrylic
Paints- purple, reds, blues, metallic gold, silver
Cardstock/Paper: White, Black
Accessories/Tools: Gemini. Jr., Sizzix Texture
Fades Compass 2 Embossing Folder, Brayer, Gelli Arts Gel Plate, ¼” Black
Grosgrain Ribbon, Embossing Powder Tool, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool
We hope you are
inspired to create a card and join us for our #227
Seaside Adventures Challenge. The deadline to join us is Monday,
June 8th at noon EDT.
