Thinking of you today.. Church in silhouette on hand coloured background A6/A2 card

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Thinking of you today.. Church in silhouette on hand coloured background A6/A2 card

 Hi Craft addicts!

 Well today's card is one I have made using a Die for the main focal point on a background I created myself using Distress Oxides.


How I made this card:-
  • The base card is an A6 (A2 in the US) which can be got from all sorts of companies such as Hunkydory, Paper Boutique etc....
  • I used a pre cut A6 panel from Rare Earth and first of all used some Green Gossip inks coloured the hill at the bottom of the cardstock and left it to dry.
  • Whilst that was happening, I cut out the Church silhouette (Serenity die set from Tattered Lace) in black card (Lynda Chapman's World of Paper) - I used both the main oval and the inside die together on a magnetic sheet so they didn't move...
  • Once that was done, I stuck some yellow/gold card behind the windows to make it look as if there were lights on - I used a PVA glue as it grabs better than a wet one. I also used a Black alcohol marker to hide any of the yellow card that might have been showing.
  • Once the hill was dry, I then took some Salty Ocean, Black Soot and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide re-inkers and put some of the ink into a palette and created the sky blending the blue colours first and then adding the Black Soot to darken it a bit... I also added a touch of purple to give it a bit of life.
  • I then left it to dry overnight and once it was, I took some Brilliance Moonlight Ink which is an Archival Pigment ink and dabbed some of it on to a craft mat and added some water to it and mixed it to create a sort of paste - I then used a paintbrush to splash some on to the background to  make it look like stars and again left it to dry.
  • I used some PVA glue to attach the Church topper on to the background and trimmed it on all sides so that it left a bit of white showing when I stuck it to the front of the A6/A2 card.
  • Finally, I stamped the Thinking of You sentiment on to some white card (it is from Pretty Quick's Sentiments, Quotes and Verses set) using Gina K Black Amalgam ink, cut around it and then attached it to the bottom of the card using some foam tape.
  • Products used in this project
  • A6/A2 top fold card from Paper Boutique
  • Serenity (Church) die set from Tattered Lace
  • Sentiments, Quotes and Verses stamp set from Pretty Quick
  • Black cardstock - Lynda Chapman's World of Paper 
  • Yellow cardstock - from the Core Collection from Create & Craft
  • White stamping card - Rare Earth
  • Greens and Blues Gossip Inks from Stamps by Me
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks - Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, Black Soot and a purple one)
  • Brilliance Moonlight White Archival Pigment ink pad
  • Gina K Black Amalgam ink pad
  • Black alcohol marker
  • PVA glue such as Cosmic Shimmer or Glue it from Pinflair
  • Foam pads or tape
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