This weeks Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge is to have a transparent aspect to a project. I must admit I am very much a white card base kind of girl so transparent bits don't usually appear on my cards. I decided that I could use up some packaging to make a transparent card but I only had enough for the front so I went to Pinterest to find some inspiration and this is the card that inspired me most. At the moment I am enjoying making scene cards, as seen on the Simon Says Stamp Distress card I made a couple of weeks ago. This is the card I made for this weeks challenge:
To begin with I cut out the plastic packaging to give as much area to the front of the card, it ended up being 5 3/4 inches (with a 1/2 inch flap to attach the card) by 4 inches, which isn't a traditional card size but there wasn't much I could do about it! To create the hills on the card I used the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember A2 Card Curved Edge Craft Die to cut an inch strip of green cardstock into a nicely curved hill. I first adhered one to the transparent sheet and lined it up with the one on the white card base, it probably would have been easier to do it the other way around but I didn't plan ahead. I only used one stamp set for the whole of the card which was the Hero Arts Elephants set, I used Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp both sentiments (see the below picture for the inside sentiment) to give interest to the hills. Next I used the Hero Arts Cube Inks in Passion Flower to stamp the elephants, Green Hills for the grass and Pool for the water drops from the trunks. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the tree and coloured it in with Mowed Lawn and Festive Berries Distress Markers. As there was a lot of white space at the top of the card I used Tumbled Glass Distress ink and an Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool to lightly add some blue sky to the card without distracting from the main card.
I let the card dry for a couple of hours and then used tape runner to fix the plastic sheet to the card. I was very happy with how the card turned out, especially because I'd never made a transparent card before and I didn't know what to expect. This card has inspired me to make more transparent cards and I hope that I can find some sheets of plastic that will enable me to do the whole card transparent without needing to use a piece of cardstock for the back.
Thanks for looking, I hope you feel inspired to make a transparent front to your card. If you are interested in taking part in the challenge too the link is http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=1208, you have until Sunday to enter.
To begin with I cut out the plastic packaging to give as much area to the front of the card, it ended up being 5 3/4 inches (with a 1/2 inch flap to attach the card) by 4 inches, which isn't a traditional card size but there wasn't much I could do about it! To create the hills on the card I used the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember A2 Card Curved Edge Craft Die to cut an inch strip of green cardstock into a nicely curved hill. I first adhered one to the transparent sheet and lined it up with the one on the white card base, it probably would have been easier to do it the other way around but I didn't plan ahead. I only used one stamp set for the whole of the card which was the Hero Arts Elephants set, I used Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp both sentiments (see the below picture for the inside sentiment) to give interest to the hills. Next I used the Hero Arts Cube Inks in Passion Flower to stamp the elephants, Green Hills for the grass and Pool for the water drops from the trunks. I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the tree and coloured it in with Mowed Lawn and Festive Berries Distress Markers. As there was a lot of white space at the top of the card I used Tumbled Glass Distress ink and an Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool to lightly add some blue sky to the card without distracting from the main card.
I let the card dry for a couple of hours and then used tape runner to fix the plastic sheet to the card. I was very happy with how the card turned out, especially because I'd never made a transparent card before and I didn't know what to expect. This card has inspired me to make more transparent cards and I hope that I can find some sheets of plastic that will enable me to do the whole card transparent without needing to use a piece of cardstock for the back.
Thanks for looking, I hope you feel inspired to make a transparent front to your card. If you are interested in taking part in the challenge too the link is http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=1208, you have until Sunday to enter.
Lovely card, I love your take on our transparency challenge and those elephants are adorable. Lovely design too. Thanks so much for joining in the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Tracy x x
ReplyDeleteThank you, the set has some other elephants which nearly made it onto the card but I had to reign myself in! I enjoyed making the card xx
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