(aka faux felt aka faux suede, depending on whose blog or tutorial you see…lol)
What it really looks like to me is cordorouy.
So you might ask…why the patriotic theme now (actually it was one of the three August class projects). Well, here’s the thing. To actually make the faux cordorouy, one must run cardstock through a crimper (or corrugator) tool lots of times, and then peel apart the softened cardstock at one corner. Not all cardstocks will work, so after many tries at the various cardstocks in my stash, I ended up with the TAC scarlet cardstock as pretty much working every time. Hmmm…now what to create with the end result? So that’s how the patriotic theme card came about.
Stamp set: TAC Linear Sentiments
Paper: TAC Scarlet, TAC Navy, TAC Premium Heavyweight White
Inks: Palette L’Amore Red, Palette Starry Night
Accessories: Crimper/Corrugator, Stickles (Crystal) - on the stars
Posted on September 13th, 2009 by kellyrae
Filed under: Card samples, Techniques
Very cute and fun!
I call it faux felt and love it - TAC scarlet CS does great on this technique and love the stars. Patriotic is always appropriate.
Great card! I’m seeing a nice, warm, fuzzy Christmas blanket coming on! Hmmm…