You love creating handmade greeting cards with rubber stamps, ink, and paper. But sometimes, you enjoy the challenge of using a new technique to give your creations a different look.
In today’s post, I show you how to create a cool background with rubbing alcohol and Stampin’ Up!’s Stampin’ Blends. Be sure to watch the video below to see exactly how it’s done.
Create a Fall Card with a Fun Technique
Start with a piece of Stampin’ Up!’s Vellum Card Stock, cut at 5 1/4 x 4 inches
Cut a piece of Adhesive Sheets to 5 1/8″ x 3 7/8″
Adhere the Adhesive Sheet to the back of the Vellum Card Stock
With your choice of Stampin’ Blend (alcohol-based blending markers) colors, scribble or draw on top of the Vellum
Fill a Water Painter with 91 percent rubbing alcohol
Squirt drops of rubbing alcohol on your scribbles, making sure you’ve covered most of the ink
You can let it dry as is or blow on it to move the ink around
Let it dry (it doesn’t take long)
You can then die cut or use any way you wish as a background
For the two cards above, I die cut the Vellum background with a Stitched Rectangle Die and ran it through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine in the Leaf Fall 3D Embossing Folder. I then layered it on a piece of Cherry Cobbler Card Stock also die cut with a Stitched Rectangle. The sentiments come from the Peaceful Moments stamp set found in Stampin’ Up!’s 2022-2023 Annual Catalog.
I love this technique because you get a different result each time. Switch out the colors to change the theme or holiday. Click here to see another example of this technique. (Please note: Some of the products used may be retired, but other stamp sets can be used.)
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Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. I hope you’re inspired to give this technique a try. The possibilities are endless! Enjoy experimenting.
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Welcome to the Maui Achievers November 2020 Blog Hop.
Welcome to our monthly Maui Achievers Blog Hop. We’re a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who have achieved the Stampin’ Up! bonus of the Maui incentive trip. We celebrate this achievement by organizing a monthly hop which helps us continue to inspire you creatively.
You may be starting here or have come from someone else’s blog – either way there’s a list at the end of this post to help you move around all the different blogs and get many amazing ideas. We all have our country listed – so if you’re looking for a demonstrator, these are top demonstrators in their country and would love to help you with your Stampin’ Up! shopping or if you’d like to join our Stampin’ Up! teams. Visit all of the blogs and leave a comment. We love to hear from you.
Triangle Santa Hat Card
Like most card makers and crafters, all the beautiful paper attracts my attention, including Stampin’ Up!’s Red Velvet found on page 63 of Stampin’ Up! August-December Mini Catalog. You get two sheets of 12 x 12 soft flocked card stock for $6. It works well for both punches and dies. I decided to have some fun with it and created a Santa hat! In fact, I couldn’t decide on some of the elements, so I made two.
This first card includes:
Pear Pizzazz card stock base
Heartwarming Hugs Designer Series Paper cut at 5 1/2 inches by 4 1/4 inches
Pear Pizza layer cut at 5 inches by 3 1/2 inches and embossed with Subtle Embossing Folder
Pom pom created with Small Bloom Punch and run through the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder
Hat band created with piece from Rectangle Dies and run through the Tasteful Textile Embossing Folder
Letters die cut with Playful Alphabet Dies and Red Velvet. (I attached Adhesive Sheets to the dies before running them through the Stampin’ Cut & Emboss machine. That makes it easier to apply letters to the card front.)
Red Rhinestone embellishments
Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to visit all of the blog to grab some paper crafting inspiration.
Kim
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