Challenge #12 Inspiration With Rachel

Hey, everyone! Rachel here from RBergfeld Card Designs to share some inspiration for Challenge 12!

I chose the middle row for my card - Arrows, Jute/Natural Twine, and Tag. I also decided to make this into a Father's Day card because the images I chose are perfect for my tropics-loving dad!

I actually remembered to take pictures along the way while creating this card, so I have a mini tutorial for you!

I started my card by heat embossing the arrow background in white on some watercolor paper.

Next, I blended distress inks into the paper in two different colors to create the ombre effect.

I made sure to blend the two colors in the middle to create that beautiful in between color. (The colors I used were Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron.)

When the blending was done, I used my MISTI to stamp the missing arrows in the two colors. For the two arrows in the middle, I stamped once with Peacock Feathers and stamped over it with Twisted Citron to get a beautiful blended color to match the middle section.

Next up was my tag. I cut a tag using a die and then blended the same distress inks in a circle on the tag. It creates the background for my images.

I die cut my images and then stamped them (the dies are solid so it's hard to cut after stamping). I used my Copics to color them in.

And here they are after all the coloring!

I trimmed down my arrow panel and adhered it to a white card base using some Be Creative Double Sided Tape. It's super sticky, so it really helps with the heavier watercolor paper. I used foam tape on the back of my tag for some dimension.

Now I need my sentiment, so I used The Man stamp set from Avery Elle and heat embossed the banner from the top of the set in gold on vellum and carefully fussy cut around it leaving a small border.

I arranged my images where I wanted them and then used foam tape to adhere them. The banner was adhered with a little Multi Medium Matte behind the embossing.

I actually liked this card so much that I created another one in different colors with different images for a friend's birthday.

I hope you liked my mini tutorial and it inspired you to enter our super fun challenge!

Polynesian Paradise	Birthday Greetings	The Man	Arrow Ends Background Builder	Polynesian Paradise	Stitched Tag	Canson XL Watercolor Paper	Neenah Solar White 80 lb
Vellum	Memento Tuxedo Black	Copic Sketch Markers	Peacock Feathers	Twisted Citron	Abandoned Coral	Carved Pumpkin	Versamark
White Embossing Powder	Wow Rich Gold Embossing Powder	May Arts Natural Twine	Strawberry Burst 4mm	Strawberry Burst 6mm	Mini Round Ink Blending Tool	5mm Be Creative Tape	3M Foam Tape

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