Welcome to my blog! I hope you'll find some inspiration here, today. I used a few techniques to create this fun card - heat embossing, masking, and blending. I'll walk you through the steps...keep reading.
I combined elements from several stamp sets & supplies to create this card. For those who remember the movie (from the '80s?) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, this card will be reminiscent of that.
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Let's go through the steps.
1. Start with Basic White Card Stock, cut to 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".
2. On another piece of Basic White CS, stamp the moon image from To The Moon stamp set using Smoky Slate ink. Then use the appropriate size Layering Circle Die to cut it out. Set it aside for now.
3. Using the next larger circle die, cut a "mask" using a sticky note if you have, or a piece of printer paper. Position the mask on the white CS from step 1. You'll want to know where the moon will be on your card, when you go to the next step.
4. Using Versamark ink pad, stamp the dots image from Time of Giving stamp set, randomly around where the moon will be. Sprinkle on White Emboss Powder, shake off excess, & heat emboss with the Heat Tool. (you may want to temporarily remove the mask once you've stamped the dots, and before adding the Emboss Powder & heating, but you don't have to.)
5. With the mask in place, holding it still, use Blending Brush & Misty Moonlight ink to blend the sky. Blend in a way to have the edges darker and the area near/around the mask lighter. The dots/stars that were heat embossed will resist the ink. Then remove the mask.
6. Remove the mask. Now adhere the moon (stamped & die-cut in step 2.) where the mask had been.
7. Using Night of Navy ink, stamp the trees from Mountain Air Stamp set.
8. On another piece of white CS, stamp the bear-bike-bunny image using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Cut out the image with scissors. Color with Stampin' Blends (crumb cake, pretty peacock, navy).
9. Stamp the sentiment from the Hand-penned Petals stamp set in Night of Navy on a piece of white CS; die cut with Seasonal Labels Dies.
10. Using Stampin' Dimensionals, adhere the bike image overlapping the moon; add the sentiment piece.
11. Glue the finished stamped piece to a Misty Moonlight CS card base (The base is cut 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".)
Finished! What do you think?
I love the adorable characters in the Joyful Life stamp set. I will certainly be using the set to make some more cards. The moon image in the To The Moon set is also fabulous, don't you think? Hmmm, Halloween moon, perhaps? Thinking ahead....
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