Song Bird Melody Cards

Hiya Arty friends, today I've created 3 gorgeous cards using the A4 Cut Apart Sheet 'Song Bird Melody' as my inspiration so let's check them out!

 To start the cards off, I used the Tree Stump A6 stencil on top of  3 panels of 350gsm white cardstock to create my backgrounds. For the flower card I just painted Walnut Artist Ink mixed with Tan Shimmer Dust through the stencil in a couple of spots and for the other two cards I painted the whole stencil front, misted with water and then place down on top of the paper and let it sit for a minute before removing to give me a inky background base to work on, before adding a glitter paste through the stencil on one, and glitter paste mixed with Tan Shimmer powder on the other and set all three panels to the side to allow them to dry fully. 

I cut out the three tags I wanted to use, distressed the edges with scissors and then dipped them into the Walnut ink. To assemble; I found some Jute ribbon in my stash, along with some coloured cotton threads and tucked them under each of the tags, then glued and foam mounted the elements. 

 We always love to see what you make, please tag us on socials or post in our dedicated Facebook group which you can find here.

Have a fabulous week friends!

Kelly.  

Giving your Background Dies their Main Character Moment on cards

Hiya Arty friends! Today I'm sharing 3 gorgeous cards with you that I've created using the Honeycomb Grunge background die so let's get into it!

 

 

 For card one I took a piece of 350gsm cardstock that measured slightly bigger than the Honeycomb Grunge die and swiped 3 of my favourite Distress Oxides ( Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers) across it ans set aside to dry. in the meantime, I stamped my sentiment from the All Occasions Clear Stamp Set onto a hexie from the Hex Stack die set and splattered it with a bit of each of my ink colours for a bit of extra colour. Once my inked panel was dry I cut the Honeycomb Grunge die from it, trimmed the edges slightly and foam mounted it to a piece of black cardstock and added it to my A6 card base.

 For card two, I've die cut the Honeycomb Grunge Die from the 350gsm white cardstock and then coated it in Versamark Embossing ink heavily before adding a gorgeous green glittery embossing powder and heat setting it. I then repeated the process again to give the embossing a thicker coverage, then set aside to cool fully. I stamped the sentiment from the All Occasions stamp set onto a spare piece of cardstock and then glued down the Honeycomb die cut and the sentiment and set it under a heavy book for a couple of minutes to ensure the glue stuck down!

 

Lucky last, card three has been created in reverse to the other two.... and this is my favourite way to use cover dies as the main event. I took a piece of 350gsm and ink smooshed it with the gorgeous Spice Colour Artist Dye Ink, dried it, smooshed it again, dried it, then added a layer of smooshed Sunflower Shimmer Dust (that I sprayed with water to make it a watercolour style paint), dried it, smooshed again and then set it aside to fully dry. In the meantime I stamped my sentiment from the Butterfly Wishes stamp set in a coordinating ink I found in my collection, which I also used to create a small border piece for behind the sentiment. Once my inked panel was dry I cut it down to fit the front of my card base, glued it down, then added my Honeycomb die cut and then my sentiment. 

We'd love to see how you use your background dies as the main character, make sure you share it to our Facebook group which you can find here. 

Have a fab week friends, see you again soon.

Kelly.