Hello There,
Today’s tutorial is inspired by an beautiful painting by Michael Timmons titled Floral Cochineal. What first drew me to his painting was the colors and then the layers of flourishes he used. It inspired me so very much that I instantly wanted to sit down and see if I could create something very similar using my Stampin’ Up! products. So here it is. What do you think?
I titled this piece Emboss, Emboss Inspired Mountain because there is a lot of embossing in this project. Did you know you can emboss over embossing. That’s right and the second embossing ends up behind the first. It’s a fun technique. One thing to know before you start a scene like this is to start with your forground and work towards your background. Check out the complete tutorial below.
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Now on with today’s tutorial. . . . . . .
Project Supplies:
Stamps: Stampin’ Up! Flowering Flourishes (item number 126367) and Tiny Tags
Card Stock: Stampin’ Up! Whisper White, Old Olive, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Stampin’ Up! More Mustard, Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Old Olive
Accessories: Stampin’ Up! sponges, Versamark Pad, Piercing Tools, Exacto knife, glass mat, Framelits – Labels Collection, Big Shot Machine, Clear embossing powder and a heat gun
Started by die cutting a Whisper White piece using the second to the largest Framelit from the Labels Collection. Also cut the Largest one out of Old Olive card stock.
Stamped the flourish from the Flowering Flourishes set by loading my stamp with Versamark and then Cajun Craze ink before stamping it.
Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Stamp the stamp from the Tiny Tags set by loading with Versamark and then Old Olive ink before stamping it each time down the right side of the card stock.
Heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Cut mountain mask out of a scrap piece of card stock using a class mat and an Exacto Knife.
Used the bottom part of the mask on the bottom of the card stock and then stamped another flourish from the Flowering Flourishes set by loading the stamp with Versamark and More Mustard ink before stamping it. I only wanted this image to be in the sky.
Heat embossed the image using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Sponged More Mustard ink in the sky.
Sponged Pumpkin Pike ink in the sky.
Sponged Cajun Craze ink in the sky.
Sponged Cherry Cobbler ink in the sky.
Removed the mask and gently wiped the ink off of the embossed images.
Masked the top of the card stock and stamped the stamp from the Tiny Tags set all over the large hill by loading my stamp with Versamark and Old Olive ink before stamping it each time.
Embossed the images using clear embossing powder and a heat gun.
Sponged Cherry Cobbler ink over the bottom of the card stock.
Sponged Early Espresso ink at the top of the hill and then sponged Basic Black ink along the masked edge to darken the outline.
Removed the mask and gently wiped the ink from the embossed images using a paper towel.
Added a Modern Label Punched from Early Espresso ink. Cut this punch in half.
Also added a 6.5″ x 10″ Whisper White card stock base folded in half, 5″ x 6.5″ Old Olive panel, 4.75″ x 6.25″ Cherry Cobbler Panel, 4.25″ x 5″ Early Espresso panel, and the Old Olive die cut.
Pierced seven holes at the top and bottom of each side of the Cherry Cobbler panel using piercing tools.
Here is the finished card measuring 5″ x 6.5″.
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Photo of the day. . . . .Basil Spouts
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Have a super weekend!
Until my next post. . . . . .
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