Simply Cards & Papercraft - UK (2020-01)

(Antfer) #1

Sketch challenge


● white cardstock


You will need
●white cardstock
● IndigoBlu Dandelion stamp
● Hero Arts Stamp & Cuts
Thanks set
● Funky Fossil Flying
High stencil
● Cosmic Shimmer True White
embossing powder
● VersaMark inkpad
● Peacock Feathers, Tumbled
Glass, Lucky Clover &
Crushed Olive Ranger Tim
Holtz Distress Oxide Ink


Simply make
1 White heat-emboss the
dandelion image on a panel
of white cardstock. Blend
over the embossed image
with Distress Oxide Ink in
green. The embossing will
resist the colour.
2 Sprinkle and blot water
lightly over the inked area to
lift some of the colour and
create a mottled look.
3 Blend the blues in to the
opposite corner of the card
base, fading towards the
centre to leave some
white space.


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Stencils can make great
backgrounds and by fading out
the inking they don’t overwhelm the focal image

Top tip


4 Lightly ink through the stencil
with the same colours to
create a tone on tone effect
for the birds in the sky.
5 Take a slightly bigger piece
of white cardstock and ink

around the edges in the
same green and blue inks to
create a co-ordinating matt
for the focal panel.
6 Ink through the Flying High
stencil in the top left-hand

corner of the card blank.
Stamp the Dandelions in
the bottom-right hand of
the card front. Layer the
panel onto the card front
and add a sentiment.

You will need
● white cardstock
● Visible Image One Kind
Word stamp set
● Funky Fossil Alphabet
Background stencil
● Warm Breeze &
Medieval Blue VersaFine
Clair inkpads
● Peacock Feathers,
Crushed Olive & Peeled
Paint Ranger Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Ink

Simply make
1 Stamp the typewriter in
the bottom corner of a
square panel of white
cardstock in teal and
stamp the sentiment
onto the image.
2 Ink through the
alphabet stencil in the
opposite corner varying
the shades of greens
and blues and fading
out towards the centre
of the card.
3 Matt the focal panel
onto teal cardstock and
adhere to the card front
to  nish.
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