Hello there. I'm back to share a CAS birthday card made for my friend Christine. Last month she introduced me to gouache paints. I came home with one successful card (see this post), but the other one was a mess. I was ready to toss it when I figured I had nothing to lose so tried to salvage it. Well, it worked! Honestly, I didn’t think it would so it never occurred to me to take a before photo - whoops!
Started by stamping the flower with white pigment ink on black cardstock, then coloured it with gouache paints. After the colouring was complete, I went to re-stamp it, but the stamp was removed from the MISTI. Christine attempted to line it up and white heat embossed it. Well, we all know even with clear stamps, aligning an image perfectly is pretty much impossible. As you can imagine, there were double outlines and uncoloured areas on the flower. .
What did I do? I used a black permanent marker to cover up unwanted white lines, filled in the flower with Polychromos pencils and went over the outline with white gouache paints. Then could you believe it? I screwed up on the sentiment! Definitely did not want to toss it after all that effort, so white heat embossed the sentiment onto a black scrap and covered up the other sentiment with it. Clear shimmer on the flower finished off the card.
I guess in a round about way, Christine had a hand in creating her card. 😂 Well, that does it for today. Thank you for visiting.
Started by stamping the flower with white pigment ink on black cardstock, then coloured it with gouache paints. After the colouring was complete, I went to re-stamp it, but the stamp was removed from the MISTI. Christine attempted to line it up and white heat embossed it. Well, we all know even with clear stamps, aligning an image perfectly is pretty much impossible. As you can imagine, there were double outlines and uncoloured areas on the flower. .
What did I do? I used a black permanent marker to cover up unwanted white lines, filled in the flower with Polychromos pencils and went over the outline with white gouache paints. Then could you believe it? I screwed up on the sentiment! Definitely did not want to toss it after all that effort, so white heat embossed the sentiment onto a black scrap and covered up the other sentiment with it. Clear shimmer on the flower finished off the card.
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17 comments:
That very good example of how to save a card ;) does take some effort but worth it ,if the card turns out like yours.
Thanks for such a beautiful birthday card Trina. Great save and worth every effort :)
Looking at this beautiful card you'd never believe it was a 'save'! Well worth the effort Trina, it's beautiful.
This is a beautiful flower, Trina! No one would ever know the problems it gave you! What a fantastic save and such a dramatic card with that gorgeous flower on the black background!
Your card is so beautiful, Trina. Not sure about the "before" but the "after is a true work of art. tfs
So glad you saved it, Trina! The flower is so striking against the black. I saw it in real life over at Christine's house today - you'd never know it was a mess! It's a beautiful card!
Such a beautiful card Trina, looks so elegant with the black background and pretty flower ;) Viv xx
So glad you kept going Trina as your card is striking and absolutely stunning. The flower stamped image looks wonderful and the black card stock is striking.....Amazing card x. x
Great upcycling of your painted image, I have never thought that there was a mess on the flower and also one for the sentiment!!! :D Well done!
Thanks for sharing the way you cover the unwanted lines and changed your mind with a black background! I could need this trick! :D
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Stunning card Trina, so glad you stuck it out! Thanks for sharing with us at Watercooler Wednesday.
It was so well worth persisting with this lovely card, Trina. Such a striking design.
Thanks for sharing with us at ATSM!
Beautiful card Trina and what a great save! Cathy x
Fantastic recovery, Trina! I would have never imagined the obstacles you had. I'm sure Christine loved this dramatic and beautiful birthday card.
Hideko xx
Beautiful card Trina. Would not have known it was a mess and you had to basically colour it over again. It looks amazing! Special card for Christine's birthday! xx
Love how you described what you went through making this amazing work of art, Trina, or I should say, saving this work of art, because it was so worth all that effort! WOW!! Hugs, Darnell
Amazing work, Trina! The card is gorgeous and I can't believe that it almost got thrown away! Thanks for giving the details of how you salvaged it. Great to see you in our gallery and hope you will join us again soon! Please do visit my blog Paint Paper Scissors for more inspiration.
Nandini – Design Team member, ATSM Challenges!
Glad you stuck with it, this looks amazing! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx
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