My granddaughter Emma is turning twelve is quite the little artist. The cute image from La-La Land Crafts entitled Artist Marci is perfect for her. Her favorite color is aqua/teal blue and so that is what I used to color the image and stencil.
I originally made this card as a spinner, but when I was showing it to a friend the string broke and there wasn’t any way I could add new string between the front and back image because they had been adhered together with Sookwang Be Creative Tape and so I decided to make it a see through card.
This is a digital image and so it was easy to print both an original and mirror image. They were colored with Copic Markers (listed below) and then die cut using the Silhouette PIXScan Mat. As stated above the two images were adhered together with Be Creative Tape.
I pulled some striped blue ccardstock from the Echo Park Hello Winter 6 x 6 Pack and die cut it with a Memory Box Stitched Rectangle that would cover a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 top folding cardbase, made from Gina K. Designs 120# White Cardstock. The patterned paper was temporarily adhered to the front of the cardbase so a rectangle opening could be die cut through both the cardbase and the patterned paper.
Southbend Monofilament Line was adhered between the two focal images, leaving long tails. The images were adhered in the center of the small rectangle with the strings being secured with more Sookwang Be Creative Tape then more tape was added to the back of the patterned paper and it was adhered to the front of the cardbase, covering the strings and securing them in place.
The Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Frame was used to cut four teal blue frames. Before adhering them to the front of the card the sentiment from Mama Elephant Make a Wish was stamped with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder. Then two frames were together with Tombo Mono Multi Glue and then 3M 1/2″ Foam Tape was cut in half so that it would be narrow enough to be placed on the back of the frame adding dimension. The other two were adhered to the inside of the card with liquid glue.
When the string broke on the spinner a piece of acetate was cut just smaller than the opening and was adhered to the front of the first frames with 1/8″ Be Creative Tape. Another teal frame was die cut and adhered over the acetate with the same tape. The focal image was run through my Xyron Sticker Maker so that it would be smooth when placed on the acetate.
Since you could see through the front of the card there wasn’t any place to stamp the sentiment and write a message, so a quarter sheet of Neena Classic Crest was cut 4 1/4″ x 5 3/4″ and the Echo Park Balloon Stencil and ink blended with Distress Oxide Inks Broken China and Peacock Feather. It was scored at 5 1/4″ and the fold was adhered to the back of the card with some Tombo Mono Multi Glue. Another frame was die cut and an edge was cut to adhere to the top of the shorter stencil piece. This allowed it to be a tri-fold where the sentiment could stamped behind the stenciled panel and a message written.
PRODUCTS USED:
- La-La Land Crafts Artist Marci Digital Image (Printed and cut with Silhouette Cameo)
- Mama Elephant Make a Wish Stamp
- Copic Markers: BG49, BG15, BG13; E49, E77, E57; E59, E55, E53; R35, R32, R14; B99, B93; E13, E11, E01, R20, R21; W0, W2, W3; V1, RV34, B91, G03, Y18
- Echo Park Balloon Stencil
- Pretty Pink Posh Scalloped Rectangle Frame
- Echo Park Hello Winter 6 x 6 Paper
- Gina K. Designs 120# White and Black Cardstock
- Neena Classic Crest 80# Solar White Cardstock
- Ranger Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder
- Versa Mark Ink
- Distress Oxide Inks: Broken China and Peacock Feathers
