Good afternoon, crafty friends! I am so excited to share my first card made with some incredibly cute images from Kindred Stamps! You probably don't know this, but I am a total Star Wars geek! Best day ever was the day that I got to hug Chewie! So, when I saw this stamp set, I HAD to have it!
I stamped the adorable images, colored them with my alcohol markers and set them aside. Next, I went to work on my galaxy background. This is a technique that I learned in one of my AECP courses and thought it would be perfect for this card.
Using Distress Oxide Inks, I started blending my background, using the lightest color first, and building it up gradually. Once I was happy with my colors, I blended black ink over the top of the colors, leaving it lightest in the center, and heaviest on the outer edges. I set the panel aside to dry. Once dry, I added some splatters with metallic silver spray and again set it aside to dry.
While waiting, I cut out my images and set them aside. I die-cut a strip for my sentiment and then heat embossed it in silver. When my galaxy panel was dry, I started arranging my images to determine how I wanted to place them on my card. I felt like the top corner needed something to balance the card out, so I cut an SVG image of the Millennium Falcon out three times and glued them together to create a nice raised image.
Once I was happy with my image placement, I die-cut the slider bar and then I used removable adhesive runner to adhere my background panel down to a silver panel. I added glue to the die-cut piece and placed it back into its original spot so that the galaxy background remained intact and then pulled the galaxy panel back off. I adhered my characters down to the card front and put a slider mechanism behind Yoda. I then added foam tape to the back of my galaxy panel and adhered it to my card base. I finished my card by popping my sentiment tag up on some foam tape and adhering it to the front of the card.
I am over the moon with how this card turned out! I hope you are too!
Products Used:
- Recollections 110# Card Stock: White
- Recollections Shimmer Card Stock: Silver
- Neenah Crest 80# Card Stock: Solar White
- Kindred Stamps Galactic Sidekicks Stamp Set
- Kindred Stamps Sentiment Strips Dies
- Recollections Slider Cutting Dies
- Distress Oxide Ink: Squeezed Lemonade. Shaded Lilac, Kitsch Flamingo, Mermaid Lagoon
- Altenew Pigment Ink: Obsidian
- Versamark Watermark Ink
- Altenew Metallic Spray: Antique Silver
- Stampin' Up Embossing Powder: Silver
- Foam Tape
Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy stamping! ❤
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