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May 28, 2019 By admin

An Elegant Birthday

Hello and Welcome!

I hope you are all well today and enjoyed the Memorial Day Holiday Weekend…

I’m back today to share an elegant birthday card that I created using the new 3D Elegant Texture Fade. This is the second card that I’ve shared recently featuring this wonderful pattern. (You can check the other card out HERE) I absolutely LOVE it! It amazes me how simply adding a textured background to a card can easily dress things up…this card also features the new Trinket Frames Bigz Die, and Wildflower Stems 1…so let’s begin!

I started out by stamping the Ledger Script Background Stamp (CMS241) with Black Soot Distress Ink directly onto the flat part of the 3D Elegant Texture Fade. I lightly sprayed a piece of Distress Watercolor paper and inserted it into the folder then ran it through my Vegabond three times, in order to get a good impression. I removed it and dried it with my heat tool.

I blended the background with a Walnut Stain and Pumice Stone Distress Inks, then  blended some areas with Ground Espresso and Tarnished Brass Distress Crayon using a damp finger, until I had the background just right.

I stitched around the outside of the background with my sewing machine and cream thread, then began working on the embellishments for the front of the card.

I cut a stem from the Wildflower Stems 1 die set and colored it with a variety of distress markers (Seedless Preserves, Crushed Olive, Fossilized Amber, Forest Moss, Iced Spruce and Shabby Shutters) and a Detail Water Brush. I cut a green from the Garden Greens Die Set out of scrap paper that had been blended with a variety of green distress inks.

I cut out a background from the Trinket Frames Bigz Die, the part that I used is the center that is leftover after you cut one of the frames, it make a perfect label or background! I blended it with Pumice Stone Distress Ink, spritzed it with water, dabbed the drips with a towel and dried it with my heat tool. Then I blended the edge with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

I stamped a border from the Ornate Trimmings Stamp Set (CMS326) with Hickory Smoke Archival Ink, then typed out the phrase “Happy Birthday” onto a scrap of paper and trimmed it down to place on the front.

I tied the wildflower and green together with a small piece of cotton thread, then adhered it to the trinket background.

I adhered the trinket background onto the card front with pop dots, and then on to a card base.

With that, my card was complete!

Thanks so much for stopping by…have a GREAT day!

Creatively yours,

Stacy


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Gather Your Supplies-

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous-  Ledger Script (CMS241), Ornate Trimmings (CMS326)

Tim Holtz/Sizzix-  Elegant 3D Texture Fade, Wildflower Stems 1, Garden Greens

Tim Holtz/Tonic- Tonic Guillotine Paper Trimmer, Tonic Shears, Hickory Smoke Archival Ink-Distress Archival Ink Pad Kit 3

Tim Holtz/Ranger- Distress Watercolor Paper, Detail Water Brush

Distress Ink- Black Soot, Pumice Stone, Walnut Stain

Distress Markers- Seedless Preserves, Crushed Olive, Fossilized Amber, Forest Moss, Iced Spruce and Shabby Shutters

Distress Crayons- Ground Espresso, Tarnished Brass

Distress Tools/Mediums- Distress Sprayer, Media Mat, Heat it Heat Tool, Blending Tools, Distress Collage Matte Medium

Other-  Sewing Machine, Cream Thread, Typewriter, Cotton Thread

 

 

 

Filed Under: 2019 Sizzix, Blog, cards, Creativation 2019, Ranger, Sizzix, Sizzix Chapter 1, Sizzix Chapter 2, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz Tagged With: 3D Texture Fade, Blog, Cards, Distress Crayons, Distress Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz

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Comments

  1. Kelley says

    May 28, 2019 at 12:25 PM

    So very Beautiful!!

  2. Clareene says

    May 28, 2019 at 12:35 PM

    Love, love, love this. I went back and saw previous card. Wonderful too…

  3. Freddie Sleijpen says

    May 28, 2019 at 12:53 PM

    Your creations are like no other. Another gorgeous make my friend 😍😍

  4. Barbara says

    May 28, 2019 at 1:35 PM

    Beautiful! You truly create magical projects! I am working through the creative chemistry classes from Tim Holtz, hoping to learn the secrets…

  5. Sherry T. says

    May 28, 2019 at 1:45 PM

    Agree, another gorgeous make…love that 3-D Texture Fade…It’s just so elegant…LOL…thanks Stacy

  6. patricia fitzgerald says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:05 PM

    so elegant and creative! You are quite talented!!

  7. Sibylle says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:25 PM

    Your card is gorgeous. I tried your technique of adding distress ink and spray to the 3 D folder and it worked! I love your blog and always look forward to what you share. Thank you for being so generous with your tutorials.

  8. Nancy says

    May 28, 2019 at 2:35 PM

    You’re right, very elegant! Love the muted colors for the card…and better yet, I have all the ingredients except the new embossing folder! Thanks for inspiration and sharing!

  9. Nancy Wethington says

    May 29, 2019 at 6:33 AM

    Another beautiful project. Your instructions make this look like anyone can do it. Love your work!

  10. Betsy says

    May 29, 2019 at 9:18 AM

    Just beautiful! I just love everything you create.

  11. Denise Ferguson says

    June 1, 2019 at 11:06 PM

    I love everything about this card! Thanks so much for sharing your artwork!

  12. Sara Emily Barker says

    June 4, 2019 at 6:05 PM

    So pretty…so vintage and so well done! Thank you for your amazing inspiration and for the tutorial! I need a wedding card, and you have given me lots of ideas for it! PS Sorry so late; so much to do outdoors these days!

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