Flore’s Smile & Love Card

Materials

• Grey cardstock paper, 13.5 x 27cm (folded in half)

• Pale grey paper, 13 x 13cm (Infocréa)

• Pink and white cardstock paper for ink stamps and cut-outs

• Badge (Scrapbuttons)

• Die cutting dies (Kesi’art)

• Ink stamps (L’encre et l’image, Custom and Craft, Lora Bailora, Tim Holtz, Denim Tampons)

• Liquid Inks (Kesi’art, Colorex)

• Ink pads (Tim Holtz Distress, Versafine, Versamark)

• Dots (Freckled Fawn)

• Resin rose, paper photo corners, sticky foam pads, staples, water spray, paintbrush, sewing thread, heat gun

• Embossing powder (Aladine)

Instructions

Start by putting a fine layer of black acrylic paint (or black gesso) onto your piece of pale grey paper. Then add some patches of colour using liquid inks mixed with a little water on a sheet of acetate then pressed onto your page. You can blot the ink as needed with kitchen paper and spread the colours out on your page using a water brush or a wet paintbrush.

Once the ink is dry, add some ink stamps, especially some small words, and some splashes.

When your paper is finished, glue it onto the folded piece of grey cardstock and put on some black photo corners.

Stamp the shapes that you want to cut out. Use a heat gun and embossing powder to emboss your main card topper then cut it out. Also choose some words to stamp and cut out.

Next use your die cutting machine to cut out any shapes you want from your papers.

Start to arrange all of these elements on your card, thinking about where you will want to stick them. Add a twist of sewing thread and stick everything down using sticky foam pads. Use pads thick enough so that you are able to slip the badge partially underneath.

Finish off your card by adding some splashes using white Colorex, or if you don’t have any try some white gesso slightly diluted with water.

To make these little splashes take the handle of a fine-tipped paintbrush, immerse the tip in your ink bottle, then take it right to the place on the page right where you want it. That will stop you from accidentally making splashes in places where you don’t want them. It’s a handy tip for working with the ‘patouille’ style.

Let your work dry thoroughly and then your card is finished.