Hello Crafty friends!
Sylvie @kaliscards here with a one layer project… my preferred technique!
Do you like reading a book to relax and rest? Cardmaking eats up most of my free time these last years, so I don’t read as much as I used to or as I would like, unfortunately.
For this card, I used the new Smile more stamp set and hand-drew the books at the back, using several sets to create the books titles.
To create this card, I started by stamping the critters and side-table from the Smile more set on my panel. I also stamped them on masking paper. I then hand-drew all the books with a pencil.
To mask the hand-drawn images, I used a little trick we all learnt as kids, but then probably all forgot about it. I used vellum to reproduce the images. Next, I flipped the vellum and drew over the lines at the back with a pencil. I flipped again the vellum and then placed it over masking paper. Using a pencil again, I pressed over the lines to print the lines onto the masking paper. A very simple way to reproduce simple shapes! I then adhered the masks and blended Distress oxide Scattered straw in the background. I then blended Distress inks Vintage photo and Walnut stain on the edges, to give the illusion that the background is an old page.
I then unmasked all the images and stamped the titles:
Smile more (Resting isn’t lazy)
Sweet friend (You are amazing and You warm my heart)
Smile and wave (The stars are the limit and Just smile)
I colored the images with Copic markers and finally adhered the panel onto the cardbase.
Hope you liked this project. Thank you so much for stopping by and see you next week.
Sylvie