- a little of this, a little of that, but mostly stamping and Copics

I like to double up on my creative efforts (okay, I admit IT, I am lazy…or could it be pressed for time?) so I took my sassy stampers third March class card to create a swap card for my upline upline upline’s big Serendipity magalogue swap (big because we had 37 participants…WOW). I know the swap cards were mailed last week and participants have started receiving them, so now I can post the cards.

Here’s the CLASS card, outside and inside. The focal piece used a new-to-me technique called dry embossed vellum (click here for a photo tutorial, or continue reading this post for a verbal tutorial).

During my March classes, as I demoed the technique, I had a strip of vellum with the birds traced once, the birds traced twice, and then the birds stamped in Noir and “filled in” with the stylus (it shows the different looks a stamp and vellum can have). In class we used the back side of thick rubber mousepads to be able to see the versamark on the vellum for tracing, but the burgundy Darice thick foam pad would work just as easily. To see the differences between dry embossed vellum techniques, check out this photo.

To recreate my card’s focal point, stamp an image in versamark onto vellum paper (not vellum cardstock), and trace the stamped outline with a fine-tip stylus (and yes, the tracing is done on the WET versamark ink, don’t wait for it to dry). It’s best to trace lightly two or three times, rather than tracing once heavily and risk poking through the delicate vellum. In class we colored the birds using blender pens and markers. In the card above, notice the grass “grounding” the birds. We used the stylus to draw our own grass blades and then used the blender pen and marker, and then marker alone to color the grass. Let the coloring dry, flip over the vellum piece and adhere to white cardstock cut the same size. I used the Mega Scalloped Square Punch (pink) and the Giga Scalloped Square Punch (purple) to create the frame on top of the vellum piece.

I slightly changed the design on my SWAP card. (Click the photo to see the full card.)

On this card, I colored the birds using prismacolor pencils (no OMS or blender pen, just straight coloring and shading with pencils) and I did not use a punched frame on top of the vellum. To create the dual-colored saying, I first colored “heart” with the Cerulean Blue marker from the Impress Brights marker set, then colored the rest of the saying with the Aquamarine marker.

Stamps: TAC Beautiful Day; Colorants: Palette Jardin Moss, Tsukineko Versamark, Tsukineko Impress Markers (Brights), Prismacolor Pencils; Paper: DCWV Blue #1, Apple Green #2, Robin’s Egg #2; TAC Premium Heavyweight White; Vellum; Accessories: Giga Scalloped Square Punch, Mega Scalloped Square Punch, Stylus, Kokuyo Adhesive, foam tape

Posted on April 11th, 2009 by kellyrae
Filed under: Card samples, Tutorials