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I love brain teasers. Things that make me scratch my head and try to see things just a little differently. They can drive me CRAZY sometimes till I figure it out!
I try to look at my stamping and paper crafting in much the same fashion. You'll soon see in upcoming posts that I have a passion for punch art - I love assembling circles, squares, ovals, and hearts and creating something unique!
Today's cards use the Doily die for the Big Shot machine in a new way - to make jewlery!
Supplies:
Stamps: MDS Forever Young and Frames with a Flourish
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake
Ink: Crumb Cake
Accessories: Doily die, Background #1 Texturz plate, Dazzling Diamonds, Piercing tool and mat pack, white gel pen, rhinestones, scallop circle punch, Stampin dimensionals, Snail adhesive, glue stick, Tombow adhesive, white tissue paper
Technique: Faux Silk, Faux Stitching
Supplies:
Stamps: MDS Forever Young and Frames with a Flourish
Cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake
Ink: Crumb Cake
Accessories: Doily die, Background #1 Texturz plate, Dazzling Diamonds, Versamark, clear emboss powder, Piercing tool and mat pack, white gel pen, rhinestones, Build a Cupcake punch, 1/2" circle punch, Stampin dimensionals, Snail adhesive, glue stick, Tombow adhesive, white tissue paper
Technique: Faux Silk, Faux Stitching
To begin both cards I first went to My Digital Studio to print the silhouettes of the girl from the Forever Young digital stamp set. I sized the images so 2 would fit on an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of Whisper White cardstock, printed them, and carefully cut them out.
Next I cut a doily out of white cardstock. Here is what the Doily die looks like when you initally cut it out with the Big Shot machine.
Now begins the "therapeutic" process. You see all those little pieces? Well, they need to be punched out. Its not all that bad; really. A quick tip is to gently roll the doily around your piercing tool - many pieces will pop right out when you do this. I've learned that playing around with the "sandwich" (ie: cutting plate, die, card stock, cutting plate, and cardstock shim) really helps too. Each Big Shot machine is different so experiment is key.
Lets begin with the first card, Grandma's Earrings. Here's a diagram of the piece of the die I used to create the earring.
After cutting out the piece I covered it entirely with 2-way glue and sprinkled on Dazzling Diamonds. Once dry I adhered it to the silhouette with my 2 way glue pen and finished it off with a rhinestone on top of the earring. The flower in her hair was made by punching out a scalloped circle in Pool Party cardstock, then cutting a spiral into the circle. Roll it up beginning from the outside inward and adhere with tombow adhesive.
In the second card, Grandma's Pearls, her hair bow is made with the piece of the die as pictured below
Assembly of both cards is the same with just a slightly different layout.
I used the Faux Silk technique behind each silhouette. It's a super simple technique. Take a piece of white tissue paper slightly larger than your cardstock. Crumple the tissue paper up, then smooth flat. Adhere to your cardstock with glue stick and trim off any excess. Add completed silhouette's on top with dimensionals.
Both card bases use Crumb Cake cardstock, ran through the Big Shot and the Background #1 Texturz plate. The raised part of the design was highlighted with Crumb Cake ink. Before assembling the layers, I sponged all edges with Crumb Cake ink to add dimension then, after assembly, I used my piercing tool and white gel pen to add the Faux Stitching detail. Finally I added the silhouettes and wording (created in MDS) with dimensionals.
Thanks so much for looking!
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