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

Paper Pumpkin August 2016 Alternative Project #3 Faux Cloisonne

I used the floral corner stamp, copper embossing powder, and ink refills to create these faux cloisonne thank you cards.

The faux cloisonne look is made by painting ink in heat embossed leaves and flowers with ink refills. Start by stamping your image with Versamark ink. Cover the ink with the embossing powder of your choice and heat set.

Once the paper is cool, you can start painting. Add two drops of each color of ink refill you are going to use onto a large clear acrylic block or into a painter's palette tray. Squeeze a small amount of water onto the ink with an aquapainter. If you want a more vibrant color, add less water. If you want a more pastel color, add more water.

Next pick up some of the ink with the aquapainter and fill in each flower and leaf. Keep painting and picking up more ink as you run out. When you are ready to change colors, squeeze water through the aquapainter onto a paper towel to remove all ink.

Both card bases measure 4" by 8". The card on the left is made with Shimmery White cardstock. I stamped and embossed directly onto the card base. The card on the left is made with Cajun Craze cardstock. I cut a 3-3/4" by 3-3/4" piece of Shimmery White cardstock to stamp and emboss on.

For these cards, I created two color palettes. The first color palette uses the 2016-2018 In Colors and Mint Macaron.

The second color palette contains the Paper Pumpkin Kit Coordinating Colors as well as Crushed Curry, Night of Navy, and Always Artichoke.

The thank you image is stamped in Early Espresso ink and punched with a 2" circle punch. Then the edges are sponged with Flirty Flamingo and Cajun Craze, respectively.

The inside contains a beautiful thank you sentiment from Thankful Thoughts and two flowers. Thankful Thoughts is a fantastic stamp set with sentiments for both the inside and the outside of a card, making it simple and more professional.

This technique does take time but is well worth the effort! Talk about WOW factor! I hope you give the faux cloisonne technique a try!

What alternative projects have you made with the August 2016 Bold Botanicals Paper Pumpkin Kit? I would love to see what you make!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

August 2016 Alternative Paper Pumpkin Project #3 Faux Cloisonné Thank You Cards Project Supply List
Stamps	Bold Botanicals Thankful Thoughts
Paper	Shimmery White Cajun Craze Whisper White
Ink	Cajun Craze Flirty Flamingo Early Espresso Archival Basic Black Cajun Craze Ink Refill Bermuda Bay Ink Refill Mint Macaron Ink Refill Night of Navy Ink Refill Early Espresso Ink Refill Always Artichoke Ink Refill Crushed Curry Ink Refill Flirty Flamingo Ink Refill Dapper Denim Ink Refill Emerald Envy Ink Refill Peekaboo Peach Ink Refill Sweet Sugarplum Ink Refill Versamark
Embellishments	Stampin’ Dimensionals Copper Embossing Powder
Tools	Stampin’ Trimmer Bone Folder Grid Paper Stampin’ Mist Cleaner Stampin’ Scrub Stampin’ Pierce Mat SNAIL Adhesive Multipurpose Liquid Glue Acrylic Blocks D and E August 2016 Bold Botanicals  Paper Pumpkin Kit 2" Circle Punch Aquapainter Heat Tool Embossing Buddy Sponge
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