Get Well Soon

It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week's theme is Mixed Media. I used chalk acrylic paints, watercolor markers, glitter markers, colored pencils, and gel pens on my project.

Here's my Get Well card was made with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy, the JM36 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp, JM45 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp by JOFY for PaperArtsy, the Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89 by AALL and Create, Sparkling Brights Colorist Glitter Markers by Spectrum Noir, and the More Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Shutters, Pool, Lawn, and Spring Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy

JM36 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp by JOFY for PaperArtsy

JM45 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp by JOFY for PaperArtsy

Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89 by AALL and Create

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Sparkling Brights Colorista Glitter Markers by Spectrum Noir

More Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Gold Metallic Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Cut 'n' Dry Foam by Ranger Ink

Red, Crimson Lake, Grey, and Light Grey Le Plume II Markers by Marvy Uchida

Scarlet Red, Deep Red, Burnt Carmine, White, and Black Polychromos Colored Pencils by Faber Castell

Champagne VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Detail Gold and Black Embossing Powders by Stampendous

Anti-Static Pouch

Upper and Lower Case Alphabet Dies by All Occasions

Low-tack Tape

2" Sookwang Double-sided Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Make an A2 card from green cardstock. Set aside.
2. Add drops of Shutters and Pool Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints to a piece of Cut 'n' Dry Foam (or a firm foam makeup wedge). 
3. Pounce the paint onto a craft mat to blend, then pounce the paint over a piece of Bristol or other heavy weight paper, varying the direction of the foam. Re-apply the paint to the foam as needed. Heat set the panel if desired. 
4. Use the two largest dies from the Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89  to cut the painted paper.
5. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the ladybug from the JM45 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp onto the center of the smaller die-cut and heat set. 
6. Use watercolor markers and/or colored pencil to color the ladybug. 
7. Use a white colored pencil or a white paint marker to add highlights to the ladybug. *
8. Pounce an anti-static pouch of the image die-cut panel. 
9. Use VersaMark ink to stamp the cage from the JM36 Mini Cling Rubber Stamp over the colored ladybug. 
10. Add detail gold embossing powder to the wet ink, dump off the excess embossing powder into its container, and heat set. 
11. Use Sparkling Brights Colorista Glitter Markers to add sparkly color to the embossed bird cage. Heat set the glitter ink.
12. Add 2" Sookwang Double-sided tape to the reverse of a piece of gold metalllic cardstock.
13. Use alphabet dies to cut the gold metallic cardstock then adhere the "Caught a bug?" sentiment to the image die-cut panel. Set aside.
14. Add drops of Lawn and Spring Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paintsto another piece of Cut 'n' Dry Foam. 
15. Pounce the paint onto the bottom of the larger painted die-cut panel, which will become the background layer. 
16. Use a paint brush to add blades of grass.
17. Adhere the image die-cut panel to the background die-cut panel as shown.
18. Cut gold metallic cardstock so that it's slightly larger than the image background die-cut panel and use to mat the background die-cut panel. 
19. Use the flag die from the Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89 to cut gold metallic cardstock. 
20. Flip the gold metallic cardstock panel.
21. Use low-tack tape to cover the flag-shaped aperture on the reverse of the panel.
22. Adhere the gold metallic flag into the aperture.
23. Place the gold metallic panel onto the base of a stamping platform secured with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
24. Pounce the anti-static patch onto the die-cut.
25. Position the "Get Well Soon" sentiment from the More Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set facedown on the die-cut.
26. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
27. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp the "Get Well Soon" sentiment onto the die-cut. 
28. Add black detail embossing powder to the wet ink, dump the excess embossing powder back into its container, and heat set. 
29. Adhere the sentiment flag die-cut to the background die-cut as shown. 
30. Adhere the background die-cut to the reserved green A2 card.

Notes:

• I wasn't happy with the white colored pencil highlights on the ladybug's shell, so I added white gel pen overtop. It immediately turned pink. I tried using White Posca Paint, and that didn't work well either, so I used Doc PH Marten's Anti-bleed White, which while it stayed white, applied really goopily. I should have left well enough alone. Alas.
• I am happy that the Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink stamped cleanly on the metallic cardstock. So one win, one loss. 

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