Memory Box Card - Thank You with a New Technique

Hello, Stampers!

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box!

I decided to try something different with one of the new dies. I wondered what you'd get if you used a die cut's negative as a guide to trace and then color?

You get a new technique, that's what!

Or new to me, anyway. I haven't seen anybody else do this, but we all know I've been living under a rock for the past year, so who knows?

Whether the technique is old or new, the result is quite exciting, I think, and gives you yet another way to use your dies!

S U P P L I E S

Memory Box die (Vignette Floral Branch), stamp, and cardstock; Spectrum Noir Colored Pencils (see below for chart of numbers used); Distress embossing ink, (Ranger); Pewter embossing powder (Ranger); gems (Mark Richards); DIamond Stickles (Ranger)

H O W   T O   D O   I T

• Cut the die out of a medium to heavy scrap of cardstock.
• Save the actual die cut for another card because you only need the outline (or negative) of the die cut.

• Position and tape your die cut scrap to the cardstock panel you want to use on your card. (Use low tack tape and tape down all four corners.)
• Sharpen a light colored pencil (I used beige) to a very fine, sharp point. Then slowly and lightly trace along the edges of the die cut. Using a light colored pencil will allow you to cover it later with whatever colors you like. (Additional option: outline with a Sand Memento marker and then color the flower with alocohol markers.) 
• When you've finished the outline, remove the scrap and start coloring. (You can see where I was using my scrap to test colors.)  :~D
• You can use the die cut as a guide for where to draw any interior lines, and you can save your template for the next time you want to try this.

Seriously, give this a try - the possibilities are only limited by your die collection!

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Comments

[Linda Baker]

Beautiful Deborah!

[Pitchoune57]

lovely card,
Pitchoune

[Dotty Jo]

Totally lovely! Jo x