Happy Saturday stampers! Autumn with you today to share a Saturday Step by Step post. I've created this rustic, fall card to coordinate with our current challenge, A Little Rusty. While this project took a couple of detours, the process was quite rewarding and filled with discovers which I hope you will enjoy reading about.
Originally I planned to do a square card with the image stamped directly on my main panel. I dipped my panel into watered Scattered Straw, then Dried Marigold, then Vintage Photo Distress Inks to create a subtle tint. I used a Mixed Media thinlet die to cut a portion of my panel, then stamped the open space with the Garden Fresh stamp by Wendy Vecchi.
Next, I gently painted my floral image with water and lifted the water with a dry cloth. This was such a pretty effect! I can envision stamping this image repeatedly and lifting the color for a beautiful background panel.
I went back over the outer areas with watery Vintage Photo to make even more contrast.
As much as I liked how this looked, I was afraid that painting the image would loose the contrast I had created, so I ended up fussy cutting the painted image. Next I coated it with Distress Crazing Collage Medium.
I used border dies from the Stitched Ovals and Stitched Rectangles sets. I first cut the scallops with a half inch allowance, then lined up the stitched row die and ran it back through to get a finished edge on both sides. I dipped this piece in watery Vintage Photo.
Next I stained some seam binding.
I wanted to make my own "designer paper" layer for the background. I dipped in the same inks from light to dark, then sponged the edges a bit with Vintage Photo. I stamped the swirl from the Flourishing Art stamp set by Wendy Vecchi repeatedly in Antique Linen.
I fussy cut the Mixed Media Thinlet panel from the first step and adhered onto my stamped background with the scalloped border. I die cut the largest oval from the Stitched Oval set.
I used this to create a die cut inlay. I added foam to the outer areas of the panel, then adhered to a base. I then taped the center back in place, nice and flat. This created a great frame and lots of dimension for my card.
I dipped another panel into my inks, even lighter this time. I cut the next size smaller oval then adhered it to two ovals of the same size cut from children's fun foam. This saves on all the foam tape and makes a nice sturdy base with little weight. Using two layers raised it a bit more than the outer panel. I mounted the flower, my bow and a small talk sentiment, then layered for a small green border. Here's a glimpse of all that dimension. I hope you will experiment with inlaid die cuts and watercolor lifting with your Distress Inks. Why not create a project for our current challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift card to the Funkie Junkie Boutique? Thanks for your visit today! Happy stamping!
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