Farmer's Birthday

Inspiration

Note: This wasn't supposed to post until Thursday 3/29... Blogger messed me up! Hope you enjoy an early post!

Here's my second card for Heartfelt Creations this week - another masculine greeting made with the My Guy Collection. On this card I used the "Alcohol Agates" technique from Tim Holtz in the Creative Chemistry 101 class.

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Ingredients

Note: Finished card size: 5" x 7"

Heartfelt Creations Products

HCPC 3460: Morning on the Farm PreCUt Set

HCPC 3456: Western Bronco PreCut Set

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Paper

Daffodil Yellow (SU!)	7" x 10", score at 5", and 3" x 4"
Glossy card stock	5" x 7"
Wild Wasabi (SU!)	4" x 5"
Watercolor Paper (Canson)	4" x 5"

Ink

Alcohol Inks (Ranger): Lettuce, Terra Cotta, Stream, Sunshine Yellow, Copper Mixative, Alcohol Blending Solution

Distress Inks (Ranger): Barn Door, Chipped Sapphire, Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo

Black pigment ink (ColorBox)

Accessories

Labels 11 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Grand Labels 11 Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Grand Calibur (Spellbinders)

Blender Tool (Ranger)

Alcohol Blender Felt (Ranger)

Watercolor brush

Clear embossing powder (Stampendous)

heat tool

3-D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)

Scissors

ATG (3M)

Scor-Pal

Rotary Trimmer with straight and deckled blades (Fiskars)

Instructions

BASE CARD

Cut a piece of yellow card stock measuring 7" x 10", score at 5", and fold.

BACKGROUND LAYER

Cut a piece of glossy card stock measuring 5" x 7". I made this tag using the "Alcohol Agates" technique from Tim Holtz. Put a piece of felt on the blending tool, and add drops of the alcohol inks (colors listed above). Tap the colors onto the glossy card stock until it is mostly covered. Now add some blending solution to the felt, and more color if you want to, and cover the card again. You can do this over and over until you get the look you want. Stamp the small horse image using black pigment ink randomly across the background panel. Dry with the heat tool. Trim the panel with a deckled blade to measure 4 7/8" x 6 7/8".

IMAGE

Stamp the image on watercolor paper using black pigment ink, and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Color the image using a watercolor brush and distress inks (colors are listed above). Cut/emboss green card stock using the smallest Grand Label 11 die. Cut/emboss the image using the largest Label 11 die. Mount the image on the green label, and add the mounted image to the front of the card using foam squares.

SENTIMENT

Stamp the sentiment on yellow card stock using black pigment ink, and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. Mount on the upper left corner, tilting it slightly, with foam squares.

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