I really struggled coming up with a card to make for this lesson, for some reason. I guess I did not want to do the usual ink blending card and I had a difficult time coming up with something I wanted to do. I decided I wanted to play the Floating Feather 3D embossing folder as you can see from my pictures Peacock Feathers became the theme for me this week. I used different types of products to “blend” with because what I was trying to achieve was just not happening for me, I kept trying different techniques and mediums. At the end, they all represented blending so I am showing them all here.
The first card to show you is the Hello Card. Pictured above. I used the Dreamy Feathers Die Set to create my focal feather. I used the Watercolor Stripes Die to do my blending on, the die was used to cut ProArt 140 lb watercolor paper. I had not ink blended on watercolor paper before so I thought I would see how it went. I used Just Green, Azurite, Ultra Violet, and Teal Cave Crisp Die Inks. Then I decided it looked a little bland just to adhere this to the black card front, famous last words right? So I made a shaker background for the card front, I used leftover packaging and blue 4mm sequins I had in my stash, Cobalt from Pretty Pink Posh. These are still available I will link them below. I cut the feather out with Emerald Green Glitter paper from Altenew, and then I used a teal, blue and light green foil paper I had in my stash. The very center of my feather was a lavender foil cardstock from Tim Holtz. I put some round clear jewels around the feather and adhered it to my card front.
The card, by the way was made from paper called Plike. It is “plastic like” that is where Plike comes from. I love the texture of this paper. It feels like almost velvet. I think it may be similar to the Matte Black Alcohol Ink Cardstock from Ranger. I love the weight and the matte color, especially for black.
I embossed Hello from Seasonal Blooms Craft your Life Project Kit from Altenew in black on a piece of heavy weight velum and cut it into a banner.
The Next Card Also ended up being a hello card. I was trying to get a bright shimmery look on a black piece of cardstock and I was running into difficulty getting anything I was using to show up. I sprayed some shimmer spritz in a sort of silver color on a piece of black watercolor paper from Stonehenge. I also used some gold rubbing compound I had in my stash. They are little pots of color that you put on your finger and then rub it out against the texture on the paper. I had this from many years ago. I mixed some water in it and painted it randomly on my paper. I embossed the peacock feather from the Floating Feather 3D embossing folder. Next I lightly used that rubbing compound where the feather was embossed on the paper to make it stand out from the rest of the color in the background. I used a green and a turquoise along with a gold in the center. I cut this down to 3.75×5.5 to give an edge on either side of the panel. I mounted this onto a peice of Gold Matte cardstock. I stamped scripty Hello also from Seasonal Blooms with embossing ink and poured gold embossing powder on it and melted it with my heat tool. The left over strip of paper I mounted on the inside of my card. I used Brutus Monroe Not Your Mamma’s Cardstock in 140 lb for my card base this time.
The 3rd card was much simpler. I used some more of that rubbing compound from the previous card. I put it on a blending sponge and sort of painted it in a diagonal I used a green, blue and gold, the gold stands out the most. I cut the panel down just to 4×5.5 just so it would have just a peek on either side. I used the same Plike cardstock for this panel and the card base. I mounted the panel to the card front using foam mounting tape. I added some tiny trim called peel offs I had in my stash in gold. They came from Love from Lizi, she has a whole range of colors and types of these peel offs. I put it down both sides of the front panel. All of the sentiments I could find were taking up too much space on the front of the card so I just heat embossed Thanks from the Seasonal Blooms on a piece of velum in black and put that on the inside of the card.
The last card I used a piece of the ProArt 140 lb watercolor paper and embossed the feather. I smooshed the Teal Cave, Ultra Violet, Azurite, and Just Green onto my glass work surface. I added all purpose ink in Frost White from Tsukineko to give it that shimmer I was after. I also used the Gold color alone in the center of the feather. I used a sponge blender to put the ink on my panel, trying to be very light handed. I used the Ultra Violet at the top of the feather, the teal cave in the middle area (except the very center was gold), I used the Azurite at the next area under the eye of the feather and the Just Green at the bottom of the feather. I also cut this panel down to have a boarder on both sides of the panel. I used Brutus Monroe Not Your Mamma’s 140 lb cardstock for the card base cut it to 4.25×11 and scored it at 5.5 for an A2 sized card. I used some more of those peel offs in a matte gold to create a design on the front of the card, I lined it up with both edges of the panel and then I cross hatched with 2 smaller pieces across the bottom. I Stamped Hello from the Seasonal Blooms in the corner of this cross hatch. I mimicked the cross hatch design on the inside of the card to make it match.
Here is a link to the products I used for these projects.
Your cards are super artsy and gorgeous! Love them. Thank you so much for sharing your unique work with us and submitting it to the AECP assignment gallery.