Happy Stampin' Anniversary!

One of the members on my demonstrator team members, Rene, had her Stampin' Anniversary this month. Rene is a wonderful addition to my demonstrator team as well a fantastic friend! I am so proud of her! This is the anniversary card that I sent her.

I used the Beautiful Day butterfly card on the front of the 2018 Occasions Catalog as my inspiration for this sweet anniversary card.

Instead of stamping the butterfly, I heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I also changed how the butterfly was colored in. Instead of Stampin' Blends or Stampin' Write Markers, I used ink refill bottles and an aquapainter to create a faux cloisonné effect.

First swipe your cardstock with the embossing buddy to lessen the static. Shimmery White cardstock, Thick Whisper White cardstock, and watercolor paper work well with this technique. Then stamp your image with Versamark ink. Sprinkle the stamped image with copper embossing powder and heat set with the heat tool.

Next, add a drop or two of each of the following ink refill bottles to a painter's paint well tray or into shallow bowls - Pool Party, So Saffron, Wisteria Wonder, Peekaboo Peach, and Flirty Flamingo. Add a drop or two of water from an aquapainter into each well and swirl together.

Then, using an aquapainter, pick up some of the ink from the well and paint each section of the butterfly. When you are ready to change ink colors, flood your aquapainter brush with water onto a paper towel or cloth to clean out the last ink color.

Continue painting until your image is all painted. If you paint over the embossed lines, simply wipe up the extra ink with a tissue or a paper towel to remove the excess ink. The embossed areas act like a resist, making clean up easier.

Set your butterfly aside to dry for a few minutes. This will dry fairly quickly.

Next, stamp the three flower image with Versamark ink randomly, all over the front of the card base. Then adhere the blue circle patterned paper from the Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper onto the card base. Afterwards, add dimensionals to the back of the butterfly image and adhere the card base slightly tilted.

Stamp the greeting strip with the Happy Anniversary sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set with Wisteria Wonder ink. Punch each end with the Triple Banner Punch or snip banner tails with scissors. Add dimensionals to the back of the greeting strip.

Adhere a 2-7/8" long piece of the Peekaboo Peach striped ribbon to the card front as shown in the photograph and layer the greeting strip on top of and slightly offset from the ribbon.

For the inside of the card, stamp the "Wishing you a day of love..." sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set with Wisteria Wonder ink on the inside matte. Stamp the three flower image in the upper right corner and the lower left corner in Pool Party ink. Adhere the inside matte to the inside of the card base.

Try changing up the colors. Here is another color scheme using more jewel-toned colors (Fresh Fig, Pacific Point, Lemon Lime Twist, and Tranquil Tide).

The faux cloisoné effect works very well with stamps that have larger section to paint, but I have done this technique with smaller areas. How gorgeous would a flower look?!

Beautiful Day Faux Cloisonné Anniversary Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Flirty Flamingo	8-1/2” x 5-1/2”; scored at 4-1/4”
1st Matte	Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper	4-3/4" x 3-3/4"
2nd Matte (Butterfly)	Shimmery White	4-1/4" x 3-1/4"
Greeting Banner Strip	Whisper White	3-3/4" x 5/8"
Inside Matte	Whisper White	4” x 5-1/4”

I hope you give this technique a try! What stamp sets would you use the faux cloisonné technique with?

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Beautiful Day Faux Cloisonné Anniversary Card Supply List
Stamps	#145912 Beautiful Day (Wood-Mount) #145915 Beautiful Day (Clear-Mount) #143666 Beautiful Bouquet (Photopolymer)
Paper	#100730 Whisper White Cardstock #101910 Shimmery White Cardstock #141416 Flirty Flamingo Cardstock #145559 Picture Perfect Party Designer Series Paper
Ink	#102283 Versamark Ink Pad #126985 Wisteria Wonder Ink Pad #126982 Pool Party Ink Pad #122933 Pool Party Ink Refill #105225 So Saffron Ink Refill #122931 Wisteria Wonder Ink Refill #141403 Peekaboo Peach Ink Refill #141402 Flirty Flamingo Ink Refill
Embellishments	#144228 Peekaboo Peach 3/8” Striped Grograin Ribbon #104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	#126199 Stampin’ Pierce Mat #103954 Aquapainter #103083 Embossing Buddy #129053 Heat Tool #141636 Copper Embossing Powder Painter’s paint well tray #138292 Triple Banner Punch