Card Made Less Than 30 Minutes-Christmas in July

 

Hello! Welcome back to the BPM blog. I created a one layer CAS card today which is very unusual for me. I even made this card under 30 minutes. I did the ink smooshing using an acetate technique. I hope you like it. 

The stamps I used on this card is from the Blank Page Muse Country Vintage Christmas Rubber Art Stamps Set Sheet. When you purchase this stamp set, as the description says, it comes as a sheet. I cut the images apart. I cut the stamp close to the image. It helps me approximate the space the stamp image needs in a layout. 

I adhered the rubber stamp on a stamping tool using a washable glue stick. This glue provides the right amount of stick without ruining your stamping tool. It can be easily be wiped off by spritzing water on it then wiping it off with a rag. Do not to remove the stamp from the stamping tool yet since we will be using it again later on.

I inked the stamp with a light colored ink. I just needed a stamped impression of the image to guide me with the inking smooshing.

I used spray inks for the background. I spritzed a small amount of the inks on a glass surface. 

I spritzed water to these inks to mute down the color. The more water you add, the lighter the color will be.

I used a scrap piece of acetate for the ink smooshing.

I picked the ink pigment with the acetate by pouncing the acetate to the ink. It might be difficult to see the acetate on the photo above. 

I pounced the acetate to the card front. I positioned the inked portion of the acetate to the area where I want to transfer the ink. 

I repeteadly pounced the ink until the area surrounding the Santa hat has ink on it. I liked how the two ink colors blended. Don't worry about going over the lines of the image. This gives it an organic look.

I pounced a red interference ink onto the glass mat and spritzed this with water.

Using the same process as above, I picked the ink with the acetate and pounced it to the card front. It is best to start with lighter inks using this technique. The dark colored inks covers the light colored inks.

I know it looks like a mess at this point. Take note of the paper on the inside of the card. This protects that part of the card from getting stray inks.  

I dried the card front using a heat tool.

I re-inked the Santa hat with a black ink. This is when the stamping tool is very helpful since the image will be stamped on the same spot it was stamped earlier.

I stamped the image on the card front, stamping over the light ink. And look at that. 

For the sentiment, I used a different stamping tool, a Stamp-a-majig, to stamp the sentiment.

This tool helps in positioning an image or a sentiment onto your panel using a plastic sheet. 

I butted the acrylic block to the tool which should put the stamp in position where I wanted it unless...

I did it wrong. 

I am the type of person who usually wants everything centered but how about a skewed sentiment for a change? Nobody would ever know that I boo-booed on this one.

I did not get a good stamped impression on the space close to the Santa hat pompom. I colored this area with a black marker. 

The interference ink added a subtle shimmer to the hat. I was tempted to add more embellishments to the hat but decided against it. I will keep it simple this time but that idea is something to think about on a future project with this stamp.

This card is very easy to recreate and even mass produce. It involves very little coloring effort. I hope you give it a try.

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Maria Giselle B.

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