Every Day Is A New Adventure

Hi bloggers!  Today's safari themed card uses one of my all time favourite techniques; faux leather.  I started with a piece of milk card and tore small pieces of masking tape and laid them done on the card.  Each torn piece slightly overlaps until you fill in the entire card.  Next I rubbed the Vintage Photo Distress ink pad all over the torn tape background and coated it with clear embossing powder.  I heat embossed the powder and it gives a shiny coating, but it also keeps the ink from coming off on your hands as it does not want to dry very easily on top of the tape.  The results are a very leathery looking background, which was just perfect for my Rhino die.  I stamped the Rhino stamp, then die cut it.  Using Distress markers, I coloured the rhino (Weathered Wood, Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge)  I used mounting foam to raise it on the background.  I stamped my sentiment and added the matching frame from the clear stamp set called Wild About You, then cut it out with the matching die from the Safari Tags die set.  I added it with mounting foam below the rhino.  The card was completed with milk and rust card mats and layers.  The finished dimensions are 6 3/4"  x  9"  in size.    All for now,  Sue x

 

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