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Monday, June 4, 2012

Distressing... very distressing!


My new found friend Sherry, a fellow cardmaker for OWH, sent me an email with a similar card and I CASE'd it.  First, I heat embossed the image (Jumbo Peony by Stampendous) on white paper with clear emboss.  Then starting in the lower left corner, I began distressing with Tim Holtz distress inks going right up over the image.  Since I like rainbows, I switched it up till I got to the upper right corner.  Then (this is the fun part), I put the image between newspaper and ironed OFF the clear emboss.  I had the iron set to cotton.  Finally, I stamped the sentiment in the upper right hand corner using a Stamp-a-ma-jig to be sure it was straight.  And there you have it, a very distressing card...

9 comments:

  1. I didn't iron off the clear emboss on mine. What was the purpose of that? Did it make the embossing spread out more? If so, I will have to try that! Thanks for the tip.
    Your card is gorgeous. I like the rainbow effect.
    Thanks for mentioning my name!

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    1. By ironing off the emboss, it makes the paper feel smooth. There is no raised image and it appears brighter. I learned THAT technique in a class I took at my LSS last year. I had never tried it... until now! So, once again, combining this and that to create a card... :)

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  2. Cindy, I love your rainbow colors on this card and that embossed flower is just lovely.

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  3. I LOVE this card, Cindy! Thanks for sharing "how to"!!

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  4. Printing off your picture and adding the instructions. Thanks.

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    1. You are very welcome. Have fun with that... and don't forget to post pictures! :)

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  5. Neat! I just bought my first few distress inks last weekend. I'll have to try this if I have any colors that look decent together. By the way, I love the title of this post!

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    1. Thanks... I got a kick out of the title too. Just keeping the humor alive as best I can...

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  6. Absolutely stunning!!!! Whenever I use distress inks they never come out that bright! Great job Cindy!!!

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