SUOC 255 Designer's choice/Anything goes challenge

 

Hi everyone,

We're having such beautiful weather here at the moment here in Witham Essex UK, it's a bit hard to actually concentrate on crafting, but I've given this challenge a go and I'm quite pleased with the out come. Hope you like it too?.

The challenge for this time was to be the Designer's choice of what they used,and I thought I'd make a quick christmas card using the technique called Track effect.

I'm absolutely loving the new bundle 'Wishes & Wonder' and the 'Tis the season dsp is beautiful, so I thought I'd make something using this.

For this technique you need lots of strips of dsp all measuring the same width, the length can vary as you cut lots of bits off the side when finished and shorter pieces can go in the middle of sections.

Materials used:

Whisper white thick cardstock

1pc - 10" x 5" scored on longside at 5" this is your card base

1pc - 4 7/8" x4 7/8" this is the front panel piece

1pc - approx 2 1/4" x 4" for the white tag embossed with embossing folder

1pc - approx 1" x 3 1/2" for the sentiment

Scrap piece for the stamping, embossing and die cutting of the stag

Cherry cobbler cardstock

1pc - approx 2 1/4" x 4" for the tag

1pc - approx 1 1/8" x 4 1/8" for matting the sentiment on to

Shaded spruce cardstock

1pc - approx 2 1/4" x2 1/4" for the die cut circle

Adhesive sheets

1pc - 4 7/8" x 4 7/8" for sticking onto your whisper white front panel piece

Card recipe:

1. Cut, score and burnish your card base.

2. Cut your front panel piece of cardstock and fix the adhesive sheet piece onto it, carefully peel the top layer of backing off to expose the sticky glue.

3. Have all of your dsp strips ready, all cut the same width, now start attacing them all over the exposed sticky section layer on your front panel piece. Adhere them all so that you have a small gap between them all at the sides and the ends and make sure they're all equal. 

4. Once all of the strips are covering your layer you can cut off the excess pieces (these can be used on another card).

5. Sprinkle embossing powder all over the layer (I've used silver but gold would look lovely too), tap off the excess powder and then using your heat tool heat the powder to set it where it's covering up the adhesive. ( I was worried that the adhesive sheet might not like the heat on it but it worked okay for me just don't concentrate the heat in one area for too long).

6. Glue this panel to the front of your card base.

7. Die cut all of your elements out, heat emboss the stag before you die cut it out making sure it is cooled down first, and emboss the white tag using your embossing folder, tie the ribbon through both of the tags when fixed together.

8. Glue all of your pieces into place, using stampin' dimensionals for some of them. Stamp your sentiment cut angles on both sides, glue to the matting layer and cut the edges carefully leaving a small border around the whole thing. Glue into place. 

Card done.

Hope you liked it this is a great technique to use and I actually saw a lady called Sam Calcott using this, she used glitter to sprinkle over the gaps, but I think it looks quite nice with the heat embossing........ the choice is yours.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and having a little look hope you give this technique a go take care.

Big Crafty Hugs

Natalie xx

Products I've used:

Whisper white thick cardstock 140490

Cherry Cobbler cardstock 121681

Cherry Cobbler classic stampin' pad 147083

Shade Spruce cardstock 140076

 Wishes & Wonder Bundle 155151

'Tis the Season 6" x 6" DSP 153489

Adhesive sheets 152334

Real red Sheer ribbon 3/8" (1cm) 153535

Silver stampin' emboss powder 109131

Heat tool UK plug 129054

Stampin' dimensionals 104430

Multipurpose liquid glue 154974

Paper trimmer 152392

Winter snow embossing folder 153577

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