Maximize your Sentiment Stamps by incorporating phrases into your card backgrounds.
Today we have another awesome card by April, that shows us how to maximize our sentiment stamps by adding them to the background of our cards. Check out this project from earlier in the month to see another example of this technique. April said, “My inspiration was to let the wonderful sentiments from the Sympathy Phrases Set be the star of this sympathy card. So I used them in a few different ways (background, embossed sentiment and a sub sentiment).” We love the way this turned out and are eager to create more cards with our sentiments! Follow along as April shows us how to make a sympathy card with a sentimental background.
- Stamp the long, narrow sentiment from Sympathy Phrases Set randomly over an A2 piece of white cardstock using Artic (Color Fuse #7) Ink.
- Die cut panel using the largest die from the Dot Dash Nested Rectangle die set.
- Die cut the floral and leaf images from Bunch of Blooms die set. Die cut the leaf twice.
- Use Detail Blending Brushes to color images. Color Fuse Ink #11 (Grass and Juniper) were used to color the two leaf images as well as the leaves on the flower image. Flowers were colored using Color Fuse Ink #7 (Sky and Odessey).
- Add splatters using Azure Ink (Color Fuse #7) and paint brush to floral portion of die cut.
- Add splatters using Juniper Ink (Color Fuse #11) and paint brush to leaf and stem portions of all three images.
- Heat emboss using white embossing powder ‘With Deepest Sympathy’ from Sympathy Phrases Set on a strip of dark gray cardstock.
- Stamp sub sentiment from Sympathy Phrases Set directly on background panel using Hearth Ink (Color Fuse #12). Stamp 3 times to get a nice deep color.
- Use Odessey Ink (Color Fuse #7) to go direct to paper around edges of white card panel to create colored cardstock.
- Pop up heat embossed sentiment strip above sub sentiment using foam squares.
- Use foam squares under flowers and adhere stems direct to background. Tuck bottom of stem under sentiment strip.
- Adhere direct to background panel, the other images on each side of the flower. Trim the leaf images so they are different heights.
- Adhere panel to colored cardstock panel that was created using the direct to paper method.
- Adhere to top fold heavy weight card base.
SUPPLIES:
5802-03D Dot Dash Nested Rectangle