Memory Box Chancery Snowflake Colour Lifting Technique Card

 

Hi everyone,

This is another Design Team Card that I made for the Splitcoaststampers Fan Club for the January Theme of Winter Blues.  One of the suggested tutorials to try was Color Lifting which I have never done before so gave it a whirl and I just love the softness of the snowflakes in the background - so I will definitely be trying this again. It kind-of looks like velvelt in real life.  Here is a link to the tutorial at Splitcoaststampers:  Color Lifting.  There is a You-Tube video with the tutorial to help.

Now that has been 6+ months since the challenge went live, I can share it online:

First of all, I taped a piece of Ranger Watercolor Cardstock down onto a board with Blue Painter's Tape.  I use the brand Bear here in Australia.  I used a 5/8" wide Flat Brush to add plenty of water onto my cardstock, then smooshed Stormy Sky Distress Ink onto my glass mat which I picked up with the brush and added to the cardstock.  I dried it with my heat tool, then repeated the process - then added in Blueprint Sketch Ink to add some brighter blue.  I dried it again, then added more Blueprint Sketch and dried that off - and was happy with the colour.

Now comes the fun part:  I used a Snowflake Stencil and a small piece of damp - but not wet - paper-towel to dab away colour from the background.  You have to be careful not to have the paper-towel too wet or it will seep under the stencil.  My first try at this technique had me being too impatient and sure enough, the water went under the stencil and made a mess.  So you have to go s-l-o-w-l-y and just take your time and it's a good idea to have a peek under your stencil now and again to see how it's going.  It probably took me around 30-40 minutes to do.

Once I was happy with how my snowflakes looked, I trimmed my panel down to 3-7/8" inches square.  It was interesting how having left my panel overnight to dry, it softened the look.  I diecut a snowflake from White Cardstock using my Big Shot and Memory Box Chancery Snowflake Die.  This die is from 2017.  I glued the snowflake on using Art Glitter Glue fitted with a fine tip.  The sentiment is by Penny Black - Holiday Snippets - and I used my Stamping Platform to first stamp it in Distress Oxide Stormy Sky Ink then again with Distress Oxide Blueprint Sketch Ink.  At least you can use Distress Oxide Inks for stamping so I was able to match the colour of my Distress Ink background.  I diecut the sentiment using a My Favorite Things Skinny Strips Die, then glued it over the snowflake centre.

I layered the panel onto White Cardstock with a 3/16" border - then onto Colormates Deep Tempting Tanzanite Cardstock with a 1/8" border.  I thought about adding some bling but in the end, I left it very clean and simple so it would let the background shine.  Lastly, I glued my card front to a Kaisercraft White Card Base.  Finished size is:  4-7/16" x 4-7/16" or 113mm x 113mm.

Why not give this technique a try?  It was really good to learn something new:  I just need to learn more patience ha ha!

Thanks for visiting my blog today.

Jocelyn

Card Recipe:

Stamps:  Penny Black Holiday Snippets 30-307

Ink:  Ranger Distress Stormy Sky + Blueprint Sketch, Ranger Distress Oxide Stormy Sky + Blueprint Sketch

Designer Paper:  None

Accessories:  The Crafter's Workshop TCW164s Mini Flurries 6" x 6" Stencil, Paper Towel, Stamping Platform, Big Shot, Flat Brush 5/8" or 17mm wide, Bear Blue Painter's Tape, Heat-gun, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Art Glitter Glue,  Cardstock - Colormates Deep Tempting Tanzanite, Ranger Watercolor + Kaisercraft White

Dies:  Memory Box Chancery Snowflake #99806 (2017), My Favorite Things Die-namics Skinny Strips MFT-1523 (retired)