Distressed Vintage Card And Paved Pearl Tutorial

Hi guys!    I love this stamp  and I think I would make the "Going Places" set from Justrite my new go to set for guy cards because of it.  This was a bit of fun for me to put together because it had some messy bits and I was in one of those messy kind of moods that day.  I started with the embossed background and I covered a piece of old card with some of the self adhesive foil tape you can get from a hardware store (I think it is used for plumbing things, but I'm not positive!)  I used the Brick embossibility folder to give the texture.  Once embossed, I used some fine sandpaper to rough it up a bit.  I used some black soot distress ink direct from the pad over the top and heat set it.  I wanted it a tad more distressed so I used some black Eco-paint in spots.  I brushed it on and then rubbed with a piece of kitchen roll to remove most of it.   Next I stamped my vintage card on pale grey card using a black archival ink pad.  I cut it out with the matching die and inked the edges with pumice stone distress ink.  I mounted it on foam in the centre of the card.  I then stamped the large decorative shape from the With Gratitude set.  I used a black archival and clear heat embossed it this time.  I cut it out with the matching die shape and then cut it in half with a paper cutter.  I glued the pieces to the top and bottom of my card as a decorative element.




































I mounted the entire piece on foam and cut a large grey mat for it.  I gave the mat about a half inch around my background so I had plenty of room to play with my Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue dots.  I created my paved pearl technique around the edges using the silver PVA glue.  I do a section at a time and do all the largest dots first randomly.  Then I go back and place medium sized dots around and finally finish with the smallest sized dots to complete an edge.  Your card will become a bit wavy as you are doing this, but I have found it flattens out a bit once it is dry.  I have taken pictures of each step so you can follow along easily.

Finished Dimensions are 6 1/2" x 8" in size.  All for now, Sue x