PaperCraft Inspirations - UK (2020-01)

MASTERCLASS

Mask over the ‘Friend’ panel. Mask o the

bottom right corner of the card at an angle and

colour the exposed area with the same three

Distress Inks that you used in step one.

3

Cutan11.5x11.5cm piece of mixed media card
and mask o the bottom le corner at an
angle. Blend Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade
and Salty Ocean inks around the edges.

1

Use black Archival Ink to stamp ‘Friend’ in the

bottom le corner of the panel. Stamp two

branches around the greeting, overlapping

the mask, as shown. Remove the mask.

2

7

Continuethetechniquetocompletethepanel
usingthepictureforguidance.Placethe
masksatdierentangles,andcolourusing
thesameDistressInkseachtime.

8

Onceyouhavecompletedallthestamping

andtheinkisdry,thenaddcolourbytinting

thestampedimagesusingthesameDistress

Inksusedaswatercolours.

9

To create the easel card blank, cut a 30x15cm

piece of white card. Mark at 15cm and 22.5cm

along each of the longer edges. Score between

the marks, then fold to create the easel stand.

See page

76 for

stockists

ADVANCED

O

nceyou’vemasteredthebasics

oftheretiformtechnique,

thenyoucanreallystartto

experimentwithdierentshapesand

looks.Byplacingthemasksatirregular

anglesonyourcard,youcancreatea

strikingeectofcrackedglass,stamping

dierentimagesintoeachsegment.

Here,BeckyhasusedthePolkadoodles

HelloFriendstampsettocreatea

beautifulfloraldesign,andusedblending

inksinbrightwarmcolourstocreate

thefeelofsunshinestreamingthrough

Basic card kit, plus

* The Paper Boutique 8x8in

papers – Moonlight Song,

from Creative Craing World

* Archival Ink – Jet Black, from

Paper Artsy

* Stamps To Inspire – Hello

Friend, from Polkadoodles

* Mixed media card

* Black card

* Iridescent glitter glue

* White gel pen

(^) * Adhesive pearls

• Distress Inks – Wild Honey,
  Squeezed Lemonade, Salty
  Ocean, Gathered Twigs,
  Spiced Marmalade, Crushed
  Olive, Worn Lipstick, Picked
  Raspberry, Evergreen Bough


• Sticky notes
  the window on a glorious
  summer day.
  Make your retiform
  panel even more intricate
  by mounting it on an
  interesting base, like
  the easel card we’ve
  made here, or
  it would also
  look fabulous
  framed in an aperture
  or on the inside panel
  of a gatefold card.
  Make a cracked
  glass eect card
  Ready to take the next step? Move your retiform to
  another level when you play with irregular angles