Hello there!
I’m back with a
card inspired by autumn and the related card challenges… one of which was to
use cardboard. I did not want to use the cardboard as it is, but wanted to give
it a different look. So I used some NBUS from the house and did what I NBD (Never Before Did) to achieve this. Certainly, got strange looks from my 18 yr old son wondering if I’d
gone nuts, while I was having fun.
Supplies used:
Lawn Fawn -Stitched leaves
Taylored Expressions - thanks block die
Viva Decor-Inca gold wax paste
corrugated cardboard (recycled)
burgundy shoe cream
black shoe polish
fixation spray
tinsel ribbon
gold card (recycled box)
The original
piece of cardboard was the same colour as the card base. The colour was
darkened with the application of shoe cream with a brush, then lightly applied
some shoe polish with a sponge horizontally so as to avoid letting the black go
over the valley folds of the cardboard. As the odour wasn’t appealing, the fixation
spray was used. Two coats of it, sealed the odour and made it shine. Next the
cardboard was torn all around and the edges then lightly burnt over an open
flame to darken the edges. Done by smothering the flame immediately with a cloth. To give it a metaliic glow, metallic gold wax paste was rubbed on the mountain folds. The panel
was adhered on the card base. The die cut leaves were watercoloured, sprayed
with fixation spray to make the colour look richer and for the shine, then
scored along the dotted lines for dimension. Finished off by randomly gluing
the tinsel ribbon and leaves with a glue gun, then adhered the die cut
sentiment.
Entering this card
for challenges at…
Did you like my card? Do you think I made it too busy
with the tinsel ribbon? I guess I’ve been seeing way too many gorgeous mix
media projects on Instagram that inspired me to use it and go for a different
look than the usual CAS.
Have a wonderful day.
Leanne
