Caravan Sweet Home

I decided to do something a bit different today. This card has no watercolouring, and a more layered look. It actually is not at all what I was going to make when I started creating. I was initially doing something with the Blissful card kit and some gold heat embossing, but I hit a bit of a wall with regards to what I wanted to do with it. So I set it aside and made this instead!

First I created my white panel. I cut a piece of white card down to size then embossed it with a wood grain embossing folder, then set it aside.

Next I cut down a second, slightly larger panel of the white. I took one of the little diamond stamps from Avery Elle’s Home Sweet Home and repeatedly stamped it over the panel, then heat embossed it in clear. I did start with using my MISTI for the stamping so that the pattern would be nice and uniform, but it was taking too long so I switched and hand stamped it, which does mean it’s a bit less neat. As I knew I would be covering the centre of the panel I skipped stamping and embossing that area, as that way I wouldn’t be wasting ink and embossing powder.

After heat embossing the panel I ink blended over it. I started with a dark navy blue pigment ink and used a make up sponge to start blending along the top of the panel. As I moved down the panel I switched to another blue pigment ink so that I could fade down to a lighter aqua blue. I then took a dry tissue and buffed off the embossing. The pattern that I’d previously embossed resisted the ink, leaving those areas white.

Looking through my snippet folder I found a piece of lime green paper which I cut down to make a strip to go across my card base. I then found a snippet of kraft, matching the card base, and stamped my sentiment onto that. The sentiment is from the same Home Sweet Home stamp set. I then trimmed the sentiment banner down and cut a banner tail into the end of it.

The final element I needed to create was the caravan. I stamped it onto a snippet of grey card, then coloured it with colouring pencils. I picked colours that coordinated with the other elements I’d previously created. I then carefully fussy cut it. Usually when I fussy cut I go right along the line as I find that easiest. This time I left a small border as I cut, which worked a lot better than I expected! I need a bit more practice at it though.

With all the elements ready I started assembling the card. I used my tape runner to adhere the green strip onto the kraft card base. I then used Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue to adhere the ink blended panel, as that allowed me some wriggle room. I went back to the tape runner for the dry embossed panel, then used my glue pen to attach the sentiment banner. For the caravan I used a combination of Tombow and my glue pen, then positioned it such that the sentiment banner appears to ground it. As a final touch I added a layer of Glossy Accents over the windows.

I am pleased with how this card came out. The different elements came together nicely and I do like the colour combination. I also like that this card has a masculine feel to it but it also works well as a gender neutral card.

Love,

Lady Joyful

Challenges included:

Addicted to Stamps and More – Anything Goes

Always Playing With Paper – Sketch/Layout (edit – where it was chosen as a top pick!)

Camp Create Day 2 – Remarkable Resist

Color Throwdown – Colour Palette (edit – where it was chosen as a top pick!)

Moving Along With The Times – Wet and/or Dry Embossing

Simon Says Stamp Monday – Touchy Feely

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Emboss It

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Anything Goes

Uniko Challenge – Masculine