Note to reader --- since this is a paid class, I'm not going to do a step-by-step of how I did these cards. If you are curious, sign up for the class at Online Card Classes. Very good value for money, IMO!
The third class was a lesson from Yana Smakula in cutting colored cardstock to make multiple backgrounds. Yana was correct in that this was a time-consuming project so I thought "I'd simplify it by using only the Altenew Gradient Card Stock sets, which are roughly half the width of an A2 card. Was I ever wrong! That, and my choice of stamp really made the piecing of these backgrounds tedious! I and ended up compromising by using my backgrounds as stripes on my card instead of full panels...
I used the Simon Says Stamp background stamp "Road & Round" and Stampers Anonymous "Tiny Text" on my cards.
The first card I made I used the darker shades of the papers and I showed the backside of them (oops, an ink smudge!) after pasting them together:
The third class was a lesson from Yana Smakula in cutting colored cardstock to make multiple backgrounds. Yana was correct in that this was a time-consuming project so I thought "I'd simplify it by using only the Altenew Gradient Card Stock sets, which are roughly half the width of an A2 card. Was I ever wrong! That, and my choice of stamp really made the piecing of these backgrounds tedious! I and ended up compromising by using my backgrounds as stripes on my card instead of full panels...
I used the Simon Says Stamp background stamp "Road & Round" and Stampers Anonymous "Tiny Text" on my cards.
The first card I made I used the darker shades of the papers and I showed the backside of them (oops, an ink smudge!) after pasting them together:
The second card, using the lighter shades, shows the stamped lines of the background stamp... I didn't even attempt to cut out all the pieces but stuck to the larger circles, leaving the overlaped stamped lines visible:
Unless I find a background stamp more suitable for this technique, it will be, as the above card implies, strictly a limited edition of two!
The two, side-by-side:
The two, side-by-side:
Products used in the making of these cards were:
- Stamps: Simon Says Stamp “Round & Round Background” (sss101985); Stampers Anonymous “Tis Text” (CMS395)
- Inks: GInaK Amalgam “Jet Black”
- Papers: Altenew Gradient Card Stock Sets “Shades of Purple” (ALT3239), “Sea Shore” (ALT3235) and “Green Meadows” (ALT3238)
- Embellishments: Rainbow Tape “black”
- Adhesives: GinaK “Connect” glue; ScorTape 1/8”
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