Greetings -- it's Thursday in case you haven't noticed!
We are still doing the Green/St Patrick's challenge for the month on the Dreamweaver Design Team. I am St. Patrick's Day challenged but Green is never an issue. Though today I am being somewhat liberal with the definition.
A Green Butterfly -- of sorts!
This is a fun double heat embossed card. Keep reading to learn how to do this!
Here are the two stencils I used:
Ingredients
Dreamweaver Stencils: LX7011 Big Dots and LG740 Open Butterfly
Embossing Ink
Embossing Powders from Stamp A Mania or Ranger Industries: Black and Turquoise Super Sparkle (Ranger it is called Holographic)
Foam Ink Applicator
Card stock
Method
On black card stock, tape down the big dots stencil using a hinge tape so the entire card is covered.
Using the foam ink applicator, apply the embossing ink in a pouncing motion, covering the whole card. You should be able to flip open the stencil and check to see your coverage and return the stencil to the same position.
When you are happy with the coverage of the ink, remove the stencil (Clean it!).
Working on a scrap piece of paper or tray, sprinkle the card stock with black embossing powder, tap off the excess and return the excess powder to the jar. Heat to melt the powder. The embossing powder will turn glossy and raised when it is melted. More heat is not better, you can over heat the embossing powder and it bubbles in unpleasant ways.
Once the dots are cool to the touch, a few seconds, position the butterfly over the dots. Tape down and mask around the stencil so the embossing ink doesn't stray off into other parts of the card.
Again, pounce on the embossing ink. Check to see if you have enough ink on the card. When you are happy with the coverage, remove the stencil. Clean it!
Sprinkle on the Turquoise Super Sparkle or Ranger Holographic embossing powder. Work on a scrap piece of paper so you can pour the extra back in the jar.
Heat to melt the embossing powder. Here's the trick with this embossing powder: it changes colors the more heat you give it. So work carefully and watch how it changes colors. In addition, this powder works best on dark paper.
Watch where you work with the heat gun, you don't want to re-melt the black dots any more than necessary.
Layer up the black on card stock that you like and you are set.
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Have fun and make art today.
Lee
