.... Morning! I'm here with my regular weekly post for Seven Hills Crafts. I've been watching Jennifer McGuire's video on her Gel Lift Technique. It was fab and I immediately had a go. My first attempt wasn't great. In fact I completely forgot to blend one of the ink layers all the way down the gel and ended up with a line across the images. I've put the photos at the end of this post. My first card was made using the waste card from cleaning off the brayer.
Stamps: Concord & 9th - Painted Rose; Lawn Fawn - Celebration Scripty Sayings; Hero Arts - Mod Pattern Background
Inks: Gina K - Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Powder Blue, Blue Raspberry; Memento - Summer Skies, Danube Blue; Versafine - Onyx Black
Accessories: White Card; Clear Embossing Powder; Nuvo - Clear Aqua Shimmer Brush
I'm submitting this card to Color Hues - CH#13 where the colours are Yellow and Blue.
I stamped the large rose onto the yellow card, embossed it with clear powder and fussy cut it out. I did the same for the leaves. Next, I took a US A6 card and masked off the edges with ½" tape and stamped the background in soft blue ink. I removed the tape and adhered the complete rose. I finished the front by adding a scripty sentiment in dark blue and lots of shimmer to the rose with a clear aqua shimmer brush. On the inside, I cut a piece of white card slightly smaller than the base. I stamped the rose in pale yellow in the centre and finished by adding a sentiment in blue. I edged the panel with a blue marker and glued it in the card.
I was having such fun with this stamp set that I decide to decorate the envelope too.
This card is for my mother-in-law, and I'm perfectly safe sharing it here, as she doesn't do the Internet!!
My next card uses the soft negative image that I messed up, but I think I saved it okay.
Stamps: Concord & 9th - Painted Rose, Beautiful Words; Hero Arts - Mod Pattern Background
Inks: Gina K - Lemon Drop, Wild Dandelion, Powder Blue, Jelly Bean Green
Dies: MFT - Zig-Zag Stitched Ovals Stax #5
Accessories: White Card; Clear Embossing Powder; Nuvo - Clear Aqua Shimmer Brush; Gel Press
I'm submitting this card to the new Fusion challenge - FUSION#0521 - I've used the sketched and mostly the greens.
I used an fancy-edged oval die to cut out the rose. I positioned the just above the line the made in the image - it worked. I stamped a pale yellow background over the A2 card and added the oval towards the top of the card. I had a strip of the green card left and used that for the sentiment. I stamped the words in green ink and finished the sentiment inside the card. I stamped a pale yellow rose inside too.
Before I go, here are the two pages that I did first trying out Jennifer's technique. I would have been thrilled with them - but that line! So pleased that I was able to save the soft image. Still thinking about what I can do with the bold positive image.
That's it from me today - see you again soon.
