Sunday, January 29, 2012

Imagine With All Your Heart

Inspiration

Here's the card I made for a sketch club I belong to - this one went to a friend in Canada.

Imagine

Ingredients

Note: Finished Card Size: 5" x 6 1/4""

Paper

Basic Black (SU!)6 1/4" x 10", score at 5"
Venice designer paper (7 Gypsies)4 3/4" x 6"
Sandy Tan (Core'dinations)4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
Vintage Ivory (Papertrey Ink)3" x 4"

Ink

Basic Black (SU!)

Stamps

Imagine With All (Rubbernecker Stamps)

Accessories

Petite Oval Large Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)
Tim Holtz Embossing Folder Fancy and Floral Frames Set (Sizzix)
Cuttlebug (Provo Craft)
Sanding tool (Ranger)
Ribbon (Michaels)
Peg Bow Maker (Unity Stamps)
ATG
Double-sided tape (PK Glitz)
Zip Dry Glue
Scissors
Scor-Pal
Rotary Trimmer with straight and deckled blades (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

The base card is a piece of black card stock measuring 6 1/4" x 10". Score it 5", and fold.

MAT LAYERS

Cut a piece of designer paper measuring 4 3/4" x 6". Cut a piece of sand card stock measuring 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". Emboss the sand card stock with the embossing folder, then sand the surface of the embossed image. Mount the embossed card stock onto the designer paper. Mount a strip of ribbon along the right edge of the mat layers. Mount the mat onto the front of the card. Tie a bow, and mount at the upper right corner of the card front.

SENTIMENT

Cut/emboss an ivory oval, and stamp the sentiment in black ink onto the oval. Mount the oval onto the center of the embossed image.

Thanks for stopping by!

Blue_Orange

3 comments:

Caroline D. said...

Beautiful card!! Love that technique of sanding the embossing. Great color ribbon with the tans and browns!

Andrea Ewen said...

What a clever and fabulous idea, Lisa! I love the worn look of the impression...such a sweet vintage feel!

hlm said...

Very beautiful card!

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