I have been working fervently the last couple of weeks designing my card for The Ton's August Challenge as a guest designer. For August, the cue word is "SUMMER".
As I began thinking on this challenge and looking at my stash (of growing) Ton stamps, I couldn't help but think of summer vacations in Maui with it's beautiful beaches and HUGE waves. One of my recent acquisitions was their Wave stamp (it's amazing!). I also recently got their Palm Tree stamp and I went to work designing a card using those two stamp sets. They are Layered stamps, so this card is not my typical kind of water-colored or Copic-colored card. Needless to say, the stamps are amazing. I did hand color the background of the card, but the card took longer to make than some of my fully hand colored cards. I experimented with ink colors, material for the oval frame, etc. This was the first card that I made a practice card first, again playing with color and layout. So here it is, as my guest designer debut (drum roll, please!) - this is my first one, don't tell!
Products and Techniques:
The Ton Stamps: Wave and Palm Tree
The Ton Adhesive Foil Paper in Royal Blue (used on oval frame)
The Ton Burnished Foil Tape in silver (on R side of base card-stock)
The Ton Inks: Couture Color - Sky Blue Collection (Cali Blue, Azurite Dye, Deep Sapphire Dye), Lofty Mint Dye and Bright Emerald Dye.
Sequins from The Ton Couture Mixes: Winter Thaw and By the Moonlight
4.25" x 6" Strathmore Series 400 watercolor paper
4" x 5.75" Fun Foam layer
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White #110 card-base folded to 4.5" x 6"
For my card, I wanted cool color tones, so I started with the watercolor panel and applied the ink fairly randomly with a mini ink blending tool over some small palm trees that had been heat embossed first with some clear embossing powder. I varied the intensity of the ink to be lighter at the top compared to the bottom. I then spattered some water onto the panel and blotted it away, however not much color was removed. So I then decided to add some DIY shimmer to the panel by spraying some Perfect Pearls and water mixture onto the panel. I then used my heat tool to dry it. With my base layer done, I stamped the Palm Tree images on a separate piece of cardstock with the blues and greens listed above then die cut them out. Next, I stamped The Wave with the Blue Sky Collection, but I added the Bright Emerald Dye ink to the second layer of the stamp before using the Azurite Dye ink to that same layer. That gave the wave a similar blue/green look that the trees had. I die cut the wave out with an oval die, then stamped the sentiment in Versafine Black Onyx ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. For the oval frame, I used 2 oval dies, one inside the other with an even reveal. Previously I had adhered the Adhesive Foil Paper to a similar color blue card-stock, then die cut it with the 2 oval dies to give me a pretty foiled oval frame (without white edges) for my wave. After deciding on the placement of the die cut images, I stamped the 2 trunks of the palm trees and the hammock, then the grassy mound (in green and blue). Next, I adhered the large palm tree to the upper right corner, overhanging it a bit, then adhered the oval wave piece, then the frame using Ranger Multi Medium Matte adhesive. I then added some dimensional adhesive to the small Palm trees. Next, I prepared my #110 NSW card base, laying a strip of the Burnished Foil Tape to the right side of the panel. I cut some Fun Foam to layer between the base card-stock and the watercolor panel for added dimension. Not yet satisfied, I finished the card by applying the darkest blue ink by hand to the palm trees to really make them POP and go better with the dark blue foiled frame. I then added some sequins and other small elements from a couple of the Couture Mixes I had on hand. Lastly, I stamped the small seagull near the wave. Now I was done! I hope you enjoyed my card, and that it gave you some new inspiration when using the Wave and/or Palm Tree stamps.
Good luck and happy crafting,
Jill
Just saw your card on The Ton's blog and wanted to stop over and say WOW it's so beautiful!! Congrats, again, on being their guest designer!!!! Hugs!
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