Hello everyone. It's Vicki here with you today to share a really simple but beautiful card with you. It's no secret that I like geometric dies and I think a lot of that comes from my love of Art Deco Style.
Recently, I took a watercolor card class and learned that Hot Press or Bristol Paper doesn't really hold up well when you need to use it with a lot of water, but this is a cold-pressed paper, so it isn't an issue at all. It is also a really beautiful paper for ink blending and splatter techniques, which I love to do. The texture of the paper on the front side reminds me of pinwale corduroy, only not that deep. It's super cool.
To start this card, I used an ink blending brush on a sheet of the new Memory Box Watercolor Paper that comes in a 4.5 x 5.75-inch sheet. I blended Hawaiian Shores Ink over the center of the panel and gently worked my way out all the way around this piece. Next, I gave it a generous amount of splatter with Daniel Smith Iridescent Aztec Gold Watercolor. You need to use a very small, fine brush with long bristles to get this small splatter. I have a Princeton Neptune Script Brush in Size 1 for this purpose. I set that aside to dry for a little while, and moved on to my die-cutting.
The Stylish Rectangle Trio has three different sizes of rectangles but I cut the smaller two from Gold Foiled Cardstock. I also cut the 4 different layers of the Birch Press Design Sparkler Butterfly from colored Glitter Cardstock that Memory Box recently released. The gold glitter card is from Simon Says Stamp but the rest is Memory Box. I assembled the butterfly layers using ranger Multi-Medium Matte then laid a heavy 5 x 7 glass block on the top to let it finish drying.
Going back to my ink blended panel, I decided I also wanted to add some iridescent gold shimmer mist to the panel. This spray is very fine, but if you haven't used it for a few days, it can put some larger drips on there as well. I didn't mind that as this gives it that somewhat distressed look that feels more organic. If you want just the fine mist, be sure to spray it into a box or whatever first until the mist is coming out evenly without the big drops. Be sure to wipe off the hole where the mist comes out on the nozzle for a "clean" spray.
Once that dried, I die cut the panel with the Matinee Rectangle Layers Die in the largest size. I made a card base from Hawaiian Shores Cardstock and started assembling my card. I ran the Stylish Rectangle Frames, very carefully, through my 5-inch Xyron and then ran it through my die cutting machine with an embossing sandwich so that I didn't have to spend time going around each frame with a little tool and then still have gooey strings to pull off. This trick works every time. It saves a lot of time and frustration in dealing with glue strings. And because the frames have such a fine line, this was much easier to do than trying to use a liquid adhesive that I got all over the outside of the gold foil. That would ruin the look. I added some sequins then added the gems onto the sequins to cover the little holes and add a lot of sparkle and shine to my card. I hope you enjoyed my project today.
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