Welcome to the Aug #2 Blog Hop for Serendipity Stamps!Â
The Prize – One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure  to visit all the blogs because you don’t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have through Sunday Aug 19 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on Aug 20 on her Blog. On the first & third Wednesdays of every month, we’ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Sweet Gum  stamp & Sympathy die – 50% off!Â
This card is a little departure from the usual for me. And getting here was a lot of trial & even more error. After reading about this technique last week, it led me to a video HERE. I’m not sure of the name of this technique, so I’ll go w/ what it’s called on the video..Pop Art Prints or Magazine Resist. The funny thing is, even though I watched the video several times, I still did it wrong. Maybe that’s why I had so many fails. But this is one of the few that actually worked. When we moved before Christmas, I put all my magazines in the recycle bin so all I had to work with was a recent Tommy Bahama catalog. The pages weren’t very shiny so I was surprised it worked as well as it did.
Anyway, I used a brayer to spread a thin layer of black acrylic paint onto my Gel plate, placed the sunglasses magazine picture on top, pressed it down all over, then pulled the page off. Â I pressed a plain white piece of card stock on top of the Gel plate, rubbed it firmly, then lifted it. Then I added some thin layers of paint in different colors. What I should have done, was dry the black print on the gel plate & spread the thin layers of color on top of it before putting the card stock on top & lifting the print. Oh well. I’m just happy it worked! I added a couple of narrow layers behind it & heat embossed the greeting directly on the print.
Here’s a look at the inside.
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Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies:
| Stamps: Serendipity Stamps –Hello lg , Sunshine (inside: Sending Smiles, Half Sun ) |
| Paper:Â Staples 110# white, lime, peach |
| Ink:Â Â Versafine Clair nocturne |
| Accessories:  Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch dies, Gelli Printing Plate, Ranger Brayer, acrylic paint, black embossing powder |
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What a fun card and neat background! Love the inside too, Julie!
What a fun card for the end of summer!
Whether it worked exactly right or not, it sure look great!!!! Love this card!!! I’ll be watching the video you included. Thanks so much!!!
Great card. Love your background.
What a fun process – a great result!
I have to try this technique, Julie, I absolutely love your card 🙂
Cool technique
and neat card.
Carla from Utah
Beyond my abilities, looks like you did a great job!
Super cool card! Fantastic technique – love it!
cool !?
This magazine print transfer is something I haven’t seen done before but I will be giving it a try. I love the print with the sunglasses and the colours are really pretty Julie. x
Cool–I like your pop art technique.
Awesome card! I’ll have to check out the video and see how it was done! Great effect!
Love the dimension with the
glasses. The “glass” is
great. The stripes give is
a fun flair. thanks for
sharing.
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