Direct to Paper (DTP) – Page 3

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Nontraditional Mother’s Day Blog Hop!

If you arrived here from Judy Rozema’s fabulous blog, you’re in the right place. If not, you may want to go to the SNS blog and start from the beginning.
Hopefully you have been enjoying the beautiful cards presented by my fellow Sparkle Team designers. Our Mother’s Day inspired hop is nontraditional because we’re displaying cards which honor special women in our lives, whether they are Moms or not. We hope you will enjoy these feminine cards, and perhaps create something special for the dear women who regularly and meaningfully touch your life.

For my cards, I made two different color versions of the same card. I think this will work well not only for Mother’s Day, but birthday, thinking of you, really anytime you want to send a card to special girlfriend or relative. The backgrounds were both done with pigment inks from the same collection. I used a little more coral and apple green on the pink card and more of the fresh green and amber on the green card. The floral background was stamped with the black ink and it was carefully cut out. The remainder of the background was used for the middle layer.

The sentiment was stamped first with a combination of the same pigment inks. After lining it up with a SAMJ, I over stamped it using the black ink and die cut it. The ribbons were colored with markers to match and I tied them through the die cut buckles. The flowers in the backgrounds were colored in with the white gel pen and glitter was added to them. The finished cards measure 5.5 x 4.25.

Thanks for leaving a comment before hopping on over to Linda Loew’s fabulous blog for further inspiration. Good luck to you!

Supplies:

Stamps: Sparkle N Sprinkle – Leafy Floral Background, Love & Laughter

Paper: white, marbled pink, mossy green

Ink: VersaFine Onyx, Colorbox Arboretum Petal Point

Accessories: Spellbinders buckles & labels 4 dies, ribbon, Tombow markers, Quickie glue pen, Bubblegum Pink glitter, white gel pen, black Permapaque pen, SAMJ (stampa-ma-jig)

Click on any picture to enlarge.

Supplies Needed:

Text weight paper (copy paper)
Rainbow ink pad (I used a Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves ink pad)
Rubber Brayer
Embossing Powder ( I used Ranger’s Gilded Gold, it’s mostly clear with flecks of gold; try using a mix of clear & a little gold as a substitute)
Other Ink Pads ( I used Ancient Page Sienna, Distress Tea Dye & Fired Brick, Encore Ultimate Metallic Gold and Hero Arts Soft Wheat)
Heat Gun

Step One:

Brayer the entire piece of paper using the rainbow ink pad.

Step Two:

Crumple the piece of brayered paper into a ball.

Step Three:

Flatten out the paper and ink the creases using the direct to paper (DTP) technique. I’m using Tea Dye Distress ink.

Step Four:

Crumple the paper once again, flatten out and ink the creases with a darker ink. I’m using Ancient Page Sienna ink. Repeat steps 3 & 4 with a different ink color. I’m using the Distress Fired Brick ink.

Step Five: (Optional)

I wanted to tone the color down a little, so I used the Soft Wheat ink all over the paper.

Step Six:

Crumple the paper a final time, smooth out and ink the creases with the metallic gold pigment ink. I‘m using the Encore Ultimate Metallic Gold ink.

Step Seven:

Sprinkle on the embossing powder. Do not cover the entire paper. I used a little measuring spoon to drop the powder here and there. Tap off the excess and return to the jar. Heat the powder until melted and until any non coated areas are dry.

Step Eight:

Enjoy your finished background! Here’s a card example using a piece of this finished background. I used it for a backing layer for some color behind the leaves on the marigold panel.

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