Hello Friends! I am up on the Magenta blog today with this heat embossed and dry debossed mandala birthday card.
I started with a piece of Canson XL watercolour paper and loaded the Mandala 2 mask with VersaMark before running it through my Big Shot die cutting machine. Next, I covered the embossed area with clear emboss powder and heat set it. Then, I watercoloured the various design areas with Mango Tango, Turquoise and Cerulean Blue Nuance powders. While it was drying, I stamped and white heat embossed the Happy Birthday top line from the multilingual Birthday stamp in order to create the sentiment strip. I adhered it with foam tape and then added small jewels to finish off the card.
Supplies: mandala mask, sentiment stamp, Mango Tango, Turquoise and Cerulean Blue Nuance powders (Magenta), VersaMark Ink (Tsukineko), clear and white Fine Embossing powders (Simon Says Stamp), XL watercolour paper (Canson), black cardstock (Bazzill), jewels (Offray) [orange envelope shown made from CTMH cardstock
I created a coordinated envelope using the WRMK Envelope Punch Board with a matching CTMH cardstock which really makes the colours pop. If you liked the mandala used on the card and are into creating with mandalas, be sure to check out the many others in the Magenta collection here.
TTFN,
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3 comments:
Hi,
This is pretty! I do ask why you ran it through the Big Shot?
Thanks!!
Hi Nonnajoy,
I am happy that you like like it. Thanks for your kind comment and question.
When you use a stencil or mask like a stamp on rougher watercolour paper (meaning covering it with ink - in this case VersaMark) and then stamping with it, the end result is not a very solid image transfer (more of a distressed look). When you run it through the Big Shot (or other brand of die cutting machine), the pressure provided by the rollers ensures a good transfer of the ink onto the watercolour paper and also gives a dry emboss impression of the mask/stencil (like you would get from an impression plate/emboss folder). If you wanted an even deeper impression, then you would use a silicone pad. Hope that helps.
Cassandra
Cassandra,
Thank you!! So glad to have learned this.
Have a great weekend!
joy~
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