The last few days have been absolutely crazy busy – Creativation show was a blast and now that it’s over I am slowly getting back to my usual routine. Inspired by so many incredible things I spotted at the show and all the most kind-hearted people I got to meet and hug I created this “So Much To Be Thankful For” card.
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CARD DETAILS
I started working on my card by creating an ombre ink blended background. I picked a few of my favorite colors from Simon and blended them onto a piece of white cardstock. I used: Spring Rain, Scuba, High Dive and Teal. I blended colors at an angle going from lightest Spring Rain to darkest Teal.
Next I taped Simon’s Diagonal Stripe stencil onto my paper and applied a generous amount of Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone. I spotted this product at Tonic booth at the Creativation show and wanted to give it a try.
I was rather impatient and used a heat tool to speed up drying time of the paste. Like any other texture paste, this one will bubble if you heat it up. So I was very careful not to keep my heat tool in one spot for too long to avoid having bubbles. Once the paste dried (it took about 10 minutes with the help of a heat tool) it became hard and rough to the touch.
I trimmed my background panel to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and set it aside. To create a sentiment I used a beautiful “So Much To Be Thankful For” one from the Thankful Heart set and heat embossed it in white embossing powder onto a vellum strip. Next I added some May Arts natural twine and wrapped both around my background panel and foam mounted latter onto an A2 top folding white card base using fun foam.
I also heat embossed additional “You are simply the best” sentiment in white onto white and blended a heavy layer of teal ink to create paper that would match the rest of the card.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
Simon Says Stamp Stencil Diagonal Stripe Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Clear Stamps Thankful Heart Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink Pad Clear Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Vellum Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Scuba Die Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Spring Rain Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp High Dive Dye Ink Pad Shop at: SSS |
Simon Says Stamp Dye Ink Pad Teal Shop at: SSS |
Tonic Moonstone Nuvo Glimmer Paste Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS |
Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS |
Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS |
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
Martha Stewart Mini Scoring Board Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS |
Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS |
May Arts Ivory Twine String Burlap Shop at: SSS |
Be Creative Tape 3mm Sookwang Shop at: SSS |
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Mini Snips Shop at: SSS |
Very nice effect. Thanks for sharing.
Stunning card. I just love it!! All the cards you make are beautiful.
So pretty and
love the glitter
paste.
Carla from Utah
A beautiful colour and the glitter is amazing! A great card!
It turned out beautifully! I love glitter but hate the mess, so glimmer paste seems like a great solution.
Very elegant card, I love it !
Very beautiful and elegant! Great background, I need to shake dust off my pastes 😉
Gorgeous card!!
Wow love the effect of the glitter stripe. Looks awesome and loving the background color. Beautiful card.
Beautiful card!