Supplies:
Johnson’s Paste Wax
Tsukineko - Ink Crystals – Walnut
Ultra High Gloss Clear Embossing Powder
Johnson’s Paste Wax
Tsukineko - Ink Crystals – Walnut
Ultra High Gloss Clear Embossing Powder
VLVS! Stamps:
Ink/pads:
Ranger
Archival Ink-Black
Tim
Holtz Distress Ink-Vintage Photo
Ancient
Page Re-Inker-Cardinal
Papers:
12x12
sheet Colorbök’s Specialty Pack
8.5 x
11 Paper Accents Heritage-Aged Parchment
Tools:
Scissors
Sponge
daubers
Water
(or Walnut crystals already mixed in water)
Brush
Creating the ‘Cracked Glass’ effect
Stamp the images in
black on the Kromecote paper, leaving ½-1 inch around each so you can tear them
out and still have white surrounding them.
Tear the images
out. You want rough edges.
Brush generous amount of wax over the
entire surface of the Tree Collage Image.
Dip the brush in the
Walnut crystals and brush them in the area surrounding your stamped image. I brushed up around and over the edges of the image
because I didn’t want an evenly ‘square’ look.
It can take a minute for the crystals to liquefy. If they don’t liquefy, then add just
a touch of water.
Drop a single drop of
the Cardinal re-inker towards the bottom of the image and brush into the walnut
stain. A little Cardinal goes a long
way, so be careful.
While the stain is still wet, heap on clear embossing powder to cover the entire waxed piece and
heat ‘til melted.
Cover the entire
piece in wax again, and again coat in embossing powder and heat. Let cool.
Once the piece is
cool, fold it in several places until the wax cracks.
Gently rub the Vintage Photo Distress
ink over the cracked edges to bring them out.
Set this piece aside
and repeat the whole process for the ‘All Hallow’s Eve’ piece.
Putting the card together
Place the Tree
Collage piece you just finished on the 8.5 x 11 Aged Parchment sheet to eyeball
the size. Tear out a piece of the Aged
Parchment so that is it roughly ¼ inch larger than the Tree collage piece. You want rough edges.
Use the Miracle tape
to adhere the tree collage to the Aged Parchment. I tilted my Tree Collage slightly to once
again avoid a straight-edged square look.
Take the 12x12 Colorbök’s
sheet and fold it in half with the white side in, to make it a card.
Place the
Parchment/Tree piece on the lower right of the Colorbök’s to eyeball the
size. Tear off the top off the Colorbök in a rough tombstone-like curve so that there will be about 1 inch around the Parchment/Tree
piece. You want rough edges.
Adhere the
Parchment/Tree piece to the Colorbök with the Miracle tape. Again, I tilted it a bit.
Drop a few crystals
in a small amount of water (or used already mixed Walnut stain) and use a
sponge to daub it on all the rough edges.
When the walnut stain
is dry, tape the All Hallow’s Eve piece to the card.
Add whatever sentiment you wish to the inside of the card.
Add whatever sentiment you wish to the inside of the card.
2 comments:
WOW! what an awesome technique..it turned out beautiful..thanks for sharing the how-to
Great technique... love the stamps.
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