Morning! Now, that's not a greeting that you get to say often to a teenager, but teenagers are our focus this week. And I've brought you a twofer of teenage birthday cards, albeit accidentally.
I wanted to make a graffiti background, so I started by covering an A5 card panel with Distress Inks, swiping the full-sized pads directly onto the paper, then using the mini pads to fill in the gaps.
Then I placed the Graffiti stencil over the panel, and used a blending tool to fill the spaces with Black Soot Oxide. I has to be Oxide because the normal Black Soot doesn't give as dense a coverage.
Looks a bit of a mess at this stage, but when you remove the stencil the colours really pop through the black.
Meanwhile I stamped the T-shirt from Nothing to Wear, added a star and the 'smile' from the same set, then die cut it using the coordinating die.
I popped the T-shirt die onto the panel to give me an idea of placement for the white T-shirt, then I realised that if I die-cut the T-shirt out of the panel I could inlay the white T-shirt, and have a graffiti t-shirt for another card - win, win!
To complete my first card it was just a case of lining up the white T-shirt into the graffiti panel and securing it on the reverse with some washi tape, then mounting it onto my white card base.
Here's a close-up of the smile logo on the T-shirt.
Now to the bonus card! Once I'd die cut the graffiti T-shirt I placed it into the white negative diecut on the MISTI then lined up the stamp to stamp the outline (pity I hadn't left the stamp on the 'MISTI). Stamping the outline gives the die-cut shape so much definition.
All of these products are available on the Visible Image website, go treat yourself!
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