Grateful – Tutorial #450

Hey There,

I hope you had the best Labor Day weekend ever.  I took some time off to go fishing and time just to relax and recharge.    Now I have my battery all reved up again and I’m ready to create.     So today I picked one of the brand new Stampin’ Up! sets out of the New Holiday Mini Catalog  “Always Thankful”.  Beautiful, beautiful images in this new set.    

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I pulled out a technique I haven’t used in a very long time, I used a credit card and a reinker to smear on the wood looking background.  Hang out a moment and check it out.

Let’s get started. . . .  .

Supplies:

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Cut a 3.5″ x 5″ piece of Whisper White card stock and masked the bottom of the card stock with a post it note (masked the ground area).

Put some River Rock re-inker on a non-stick sheet and dipped the edge of a credit card and swiped the edge of the credit card down the card stock, starting at the top.  Did this lightly in order to leave some white card stock showing through.

Using a ruler and a River Rock marker, made lines for the boards.

Removed the ground mask and sponged Old Olive ink in the ground area.

Stamped the Always Thankful image using Basic Black ink.

Colored the wheat More Mustard marker the jug Pumpkin Pie marker.

Colored the shadow side of the jug (right side) using a Cajun Craze marker.

Colored the grasses around the base of the jug using an Old Olive marker.

Lightly sponged a bit of Basic Black ink at the bottom of the card stock.

Sponged Basic Black ink around the edges of the card stock.

Added a shadow under the stamp image using a River Rock marker.

Stamped the Always Thankful sentiment “Grateful” 3 times using Basic Black ink.

Used a Big Shot Texture plate “Harlequin” on a 4.75″ x 6.25″ piece of Cajun Craze card stock.

Punched two Word Window Punches from Early Espresso card stock and then held them together and cut the end off of the punches.

Assembled the card adding 2 Early Espresso panels and 1 River Rock panel.  Also added two Antique brads.

Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.

May you have a day filled with things you are grateful for.

Until my next post. . . .  . .

Hugs,

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