DAY #6 - Mixed Media Card Week

Hello!  This week I share with you a series of inky mixed media cards I've been making!

Each day I'll highlight one card and talk you through the supplies and techniques I've used.

Welcome to Day #6

  

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Summary Process

Yes, back to my current favourite technique for card backgrounds!  The "Wrinkle-Free Distress" technique by Tim Holtz!
 

 

I got added texture in the background by dripping plain water onto the almost dried background.

 

Instead of white pen round the edges I decided to get my sewing machine out and machine around the background prior to mounting on the card.

I stamped the cake stamp several times onto different papers and paper pieced the cake together.  The stamp set came with two different sized cakes so I simply cut more by hand to make the cake taller!
     
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I used the following materials:

 

Tall Narrow Card Blank
Winsor & Newton Smooth Surface Cartridge Paper (220gsm)
Various patterned paper scraps

Distress Inks (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves)
Archival Ink (Jet Black)
Posca Paint Marker (White)

 STAMPS:
Simple Sayings CMS155 by Tim Holtz from Stampers Anonymous
Clear Cake Set - Free with a magazine several years ago

Sewing machine

 

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Thank you as always for popping by, come back tomorrow when I'll share another of my mixed media cards with you!    

xxSAMxx