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Ecoline
Resistance is Futile*
Artwork ©2009 Yogi
Grunwald
Editing by Suzanne Cannon
from the online class, July 23, 2009 at Quietfire
Creations
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*links go to www.quietfiredesign.ca
each
link will open a new window. When you are finished looking at the
new page, just close it and you will return here!
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Ecoline
Watercolour Inks used in these projects:
- Carmine
- Turquoise
- Deep Yellow
- Yellow Ochre
- Burnt Sienna
- Sepia
- Saffron Yellow
- Deep Ochre
- Turquoise Blue
- Forest Green
- Gold
- Sepia
- Ultramarine Violet
- Carmine
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Instructions
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1.
Let them Eat Cupcakes
Repeatedly rubber stamp the small cupcakes (they're 3 little
cupcakes) onto white cardstock with Perfect Medium and thermal
embossed them with clear embossing powder. Tape down cardstock
to a solid surface and sprayed the cardstock with lots of water.
Drop or brush Ecoline inks on cardstock.
Let dry completely, then trim it down to size.
Use a dry iron and several sheets of plain newsprint to lift
off the clear embossing. Rubber stamp cupcake and 2 word sentiments
using Versafine Black stamp pad.
Use the Brass stencil and the white paste over one of the images.
When dry, color it with Pebbles pearlescent chalks, and a marker
for the cherry. Add some Diamond Glaze to make it shiny.
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2.
A Friend is Someone
Background
Technique
Use a white
waxed crayon to put linear lines unevenly spaced both horizontally
and vertically on your white cardstock.
Tape cardstock
to a solid surface, then spray it with water - brush or dropper
Ecolines onto surface. Let dry.
Making the Card
Stamp "A friend is someone" and "Flourished
Heart" using Versafine black stamp pad. Add some red Ritz
Glitter in the heart. Mount this to an ochre toned Bazzill Monochrom
cardstock, then onto a deep brown cardstock.
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3.
Love where you're at
Background
Technique
Use glossy
paper (Yogi used Glossy Photo paper) and stamp images with Ranger’s
Resist stamp pad. Heat set.
Put a few
drops of Ecoline inks on a craft melt art mat (not mixed together)
and pick up color on the edge of a clean Inkssentials sponge
tool, enough to color, but not saturated.
Sponge over
the whole paper, picking up more ink as needed. Mist paper with
water to allow inks to merge/blend; pickup excess water with
a paper towel. Yogi dabbed a bit more than usual to get a more
muted color scheme. Let dry.
Making the card
Punch some of the background resist paper you have created
with the EK Success Morocco Lace border punch - punch a couple
of the scalloped shapes on one side, then on the other side,
making sure the overall width of the scallops are the same width
as the background design. Cut the strip between the scallops.
Rubber stamp the words using Versafine "Majestic Blue" pad,
then put them aside.
Stamp quote on Bazzill Monochrom cardstock in an orangey ochre
tone with the same blue. Mount it to the resist background paper
you have created.
For details on making the flowers, see Yogi's instructions
here.
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4.
Every Blade In the
Field
Background
Technique:
Yogi ran
Saunders Waterford 140# HP watercolor paper through Cuttlebug
using the Dreamweaver Stencil #LL339 Gingko, but found the watercolor
paper was a bit too thick to get a good impression. So she ran
it through again using the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.
While still
in the embossing folder, run a wax resist crayon over the high
points.
Remove
from the folder and tape it to a solid surface. Wet the paper
with a spray bottle, then brushed on colors (Deep ochre, Burnt
Sienna, Forest Green & Saffron Yellow).
Let dry.
[Note
from Yogi: I liked the colors but still wanted the gingko leaves.
So I dry embossed them by hand with a large stylus and used
a Ranger sponge tool to add color to the edges so they were
more visible against the background.]
Making the Card:
Trim the background paper to a little larger than an ATC size.
Mounted it to a dark green cardstock. Use a Bazzill Monochrom
orangey ochre toned cardstock and rubber stamp the gingko leaves
all over it with a pigment ink and gold embossing powder.
Rubber stamped the quote onto a yellow toned vellum using Versafine
stamp pad in Vintage Sepia and touching some spots with Onyx
Black.
Thermal set the ink.
Position the vellum over the embossed gingko background and
trim the vellum. Double sided tape in the area where the other
background piece would be, then added dark green brads in the
corners. Adhere the Ecoline background with double sided tape.
Rubber stamp a pair of gingko leaves with the Black Onyx and
color them in with colored pencils. (put some double sided tape
on the back prior cutting them out, then adhered them to the
card)
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5.
Each of Us Has a Song
Background
Technique:
Run a piece
of Saunders Waterford 140# HP watercolor paper through Cuttlebug
using the Musical Notes embossing folder. While the paper is
still in the folder, with the raised design facing you, run
a wax resist crayon over all the high points. Removed from folder
and tape it to a solid surface. Sprayed the paper with water
and dribbled or brush the Ecolines all over it. Use the end
of a bamboo skewer to add the gold Ecoline.
Making the Card:
Cut the background paper into frame shapes with about 3mm between
each frame. Mount them to a Canson Essentials textured blue
paper. Rubber stamp the quote using Versafine Vintage Sepia
on a matching blue cardstock, then attach it to the background.
Rubber stamp the brown card repeatedly with the musical notes
stamp using pigment ink and then thermal emboss with Gold embossing
powder. Mounted the background assemblage to it. Rubber stamped
the "My friend" on blue paper and cut out a free shaped heart
and attached it to the card.
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6.
If you Need a Shoulder
Background Technique
Stamp images
with Ranger’s resist stamp pad on Glossy cardstock. Heat set.
Put a few drops of Ecoline inks (Ultramarine Violet & Carmine)
on a heat risistant craft mat (not mixed together) and pick
up color on the edge of a clean Inkssentials sponge tool. Just
enough to color, but not saturated, and sponge over the whole
CS, picking up more ink as needed
Then
1) Mist
CS with water to allow inks to merge/blend; pick up excess water
with a paper towel, just in the puddles. Let dry.
OR
2) Mist
the melt art mat instead and placed the cardstock face down
in the moisture and move it around a bit. Lift it up and let
dry.
Making the Card
Rubber stamped the quote "If you need a shoulder" with Versafine
"Majestic Blue" on background paper. Mount background paper
onto deep blue metallic cardstock.
Stamp large flourish randomly on dark blue cardstock with Versamark
and emboss with Clear embossing powder. Gate-fold the card and
adhere the quote to only the left side of the gate-fold.
The large flourish is a Sizzix Bigz die Decorative Accents
#8. Punch this flourish out of double sided tape and stick it
to card. Remove the release paper and added Ritz Glitter micro
fine glitter in Blue Teal, Rose and Stardust. Burnish well to
get the sparkle.
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7.
Leave Room in the Garden
Background Technique
Stamp butterflies
with Ranger’s resist stamp pad on Glossy white cardstock. Heat
set
1) Put a
few drops of Ecoline inks (Ultramarine Violet & Carmine) on
a melt art mat (not mixed together) and pick up color on the
edge of a clean Inkssentials sponge tool. Just enough to color,
but not saturated, and sponge over the whole CS, picking up
more ink as needed. Mist CS with water to allow inks to merge/blend;
pickup excess water with a paper towel, just in the puddles.
Let dry.
2) Go over
the whole CS with Yellow Ochre using the sponge tool, working
in a circular motion and the butterflies start to become visible
on the page. Use a clean corner of the sponge tool, slightly
wet, and with a circular motion exposed the butterflies even
more.
Making the Card
Rubber stamp "Leave room in your garden" using a Versafine
black stamp pad onto background paper as shown. Mount this to
a thick green mulberry paper then onto a purple toned cardstock.
Rubber stamped the faerie on white cardstock, color it with
Copic Markers and Tombows and added glitter on the wings, then
cut it out.
The flower branch is a Sizzix Bigz die Decorative Leaves &
Flowers #655367. Punch thick mulberry paper in a brown and a
gold flecked green. Adhered them to the page then adhere the
faerie.
Use 2 small punches for the purple flowers; an elongated heart
shape and an 8 petal floret. Punch them out of handmade marbled
rice paper. Assemble and glue them together, then added some
yellow stickles.
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8.
Papillon
Background Technique
Stamp butterflies
with Ranger’s resist stamp pad on Glossy white cardstock. Heat
set
1) Put a
few drops of Ecoline inks (Ultramarine Violet & Carmine) on
a melt art mat (not mixed together) and pick up color on the
edge of a clean Inkssentials sponge tool. Just enough to color,
but not saturated, and sponge over the whole CS, picking up
more ink as needed. Mist CS with water to allow inks to merge/blend;
pickup excess water with a paper towel, just in the puddles.
Let dry.
2) Go over
parts of the CS with Ultramarine using the sponge tool, working
in a circular motion, and the butterflies start to become visible
on the page. Use a clean corner of your sponge tool, slightly
wet, and with a circular motion exposed the butterflies even
more.
PS depending
on the amount of misting you do, less misting gives nice speckled
look, wet gives a more blended look.
Making the Card
Rubber stamp "Papillon" with Versafine "Imperial Purple" stamp
pad onto background paper.
Stamp "Thank You" and thermal embossed it with Gold embossing
powder. Mount this to a pink toned "Bling" cardstock then onto
a deep purple cardstock.
The large butterfly (Dreamweaver Stencil) had first a layer
of translucent and then the edges were carefully overfilled
with gold, and everything was lightly sprinkled with Ritz Glitter
Micro Fine "Stardust".
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You may see all these cards on Yogi's
website with some additional images
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