Autumn Leaves class 26/10/13

 

 



To make these cards you need

Creative Expressions -Fancy foliage Leaves, trees and flowers

                            Or Justrite CR-03870 shabby chic autumn leaves.

1 x A5 Southfield glossy white card /Clarity double sided gloss card (BEWARE not all gloss card is suitable especially photo card)

Versamark watermark stamp pad

Heat Gun

Brayer

 

Distress Inks used                             

Antique Linen (not if using Clarity card)

Mustard Seed/ Squeezed lemon

Spiced Marmalade

Fired Brick

Walnut or Adirondack Espresso 

 

NOTE When we did this in class I tried (as an experiment ) to do this whole section with Adirondack inks. The result wasn't very good so I recommend sticking to the Distress inks and they work better if they are juicy (new) or spritzed with water to revive them.. In a later experiment I used squeezed lemon and dried Marigold (Orange).  But then made it too bright by using barn door (red). So play around. If you are not happy with the results use them as the backing for the embossed leaves in card 2.

1. Using the A5 Southfield card, randomly stamp one of the leaves over the card with Versamark and heat set it with the heat gun.
2. If you are using Clarity card go straight to number 3.  Coat the brayer in Antique Linen distress ink and roll the ink all over the card. Clean your brayer using water and kitchen towel. DON’T PANIC AT THIS STAGE IF YOU DON’T SEE THE PATTERN EMERGE. IT DOESN’T REALLY SHOW TILL THE SPICED MARMALADE HAS BEEN APPLIED.
3. Repeat step 1 with a different leaf. Repeat step 2 using the mustard seed distress ink. Take a clean piece of kitchen towel, place over inking and roll off any excess.
4. Repeat step 1 with a different leaf. Repeat step 2 using the Spiced marmalade distress ink. Take a clean piece of kitchen towel, place over inking and roll off any excess.
5. Repeat step 1 with a different leaf. Repeat step 2 using the Fired Brick distress ink. Take a clean piece of kitchen towel, place over inking and roll off any excess.
6. At this stage it really depends on how dark, light or warm you want the final piece to look. If you want a dark brown use a dark blue ink. If you want it lighter use green or for a warmer tone go for a dark brown.  This technique depends on colour blending so you need to know which colours blend to make a different colour i.e. Red and green make brown or blue and red make purple. Half the fun in this technique is experimenting and even though you may do exactly the same as last time the results may vary considerably. It works well with snowflakes and butterflies in pastels.

Now you’ve done the background we need to make the cards.

CARD 1
What you need

Justrite CL 03810 Thank You labels twenty 

1 x A5 Gold mirri

2 x A4 sheets black card

Versamark watermark stamp pad

Gold embossing powder

1. First fold an A4 sheet of black card in half so that you have an A5 sized card. Then crop it to 14.5cm to make a square card.
2. Cut a gold mirri mat 14 x 14cm an affix centrally to the black base card.
3. Next cut a black mat 13.5 x 13.5cm and glue centrally to the gold mirri above.
4. Now cut a 12 x 12cm piece from your inked glossy card and then cut into halves so that you have 4 x 6cm squares and arrange them on the card as shown.
5. With Versamark, stamp three times with the large frame onto the remaining black card and emboss using gold detail embossing powder. It is advisable to use an antistatic bag to prevent speckling of the embossing powder.
6. Hand cut or use the spellbinders dies/machine to cut the bottom layer of decoupage. Use the outer edge of the inner parallel lines for the middle layer of decoupage and the inner label for the top layer.
7. Layer up using foam pads and glue to middle of card.

 

CARD 2 

What you need
 
Creative Expressions -Fancy foliage Leaves, trees and flowers
                                                Or Justrite CR-03870 shabby chic autumn leaves.
Justrite CL 03810 Thank You labels twenty 
1 xA5 Cream card
Versamark watermark stamp pad
Gold embossing powder
Copper embossing powder
 

CARD 2
1. Cut the A4 brown card in half lengthwise and fold one of the piece in half to make a landscape A6 card.
2. With the left over inked glossy card stamp 5 of the veined leaves with versamark and emboss with copper kettle embossing powder.
3. Cut them out but be careful not to cut too close to the copper embossing (sometimes it chips off). Optional – finish the cut edges using a toning promarker or similar pen.
4. Stamp the smaller frame onto cream card twice using Versamark and emboss with gold embossing powder. It is advisable to use an antistatic bag to prevent speckling of the embossing powder.
5. Hand cut or use the spellbinders dies/machine to cut the bottom layer of decoupage. Use the inner line of the circle for the decoupage.
6. Fix the leaves as shown first and then overlap the frame. Finish with some ribbon/twine bows and three blobs of glossy accents or pearl beads coloured with brown promarker.

 

OK ladies. I'm going to have a break now but I'll post the other card samples as soon as I get chance.

 

TTFN as my Grandma would have said.

 

Yve