Greeting Card - Bird Happy Heart

 

 

Greeting Card - "Bird Happy Heart"

by Roberta G. Wax

Materials:

  • Rit Dye, Tan
  • Watercolor paper, 90 lb. (8 ½” x 11” sheet, or whatever size will fit in microwave)
  • Card base, 5 x 6 ½ finished size folded
  • Black layering paper
  • Batik-EZ Resist Medium by Crafter’s Pick™
  • Prima paper flowers (1 brown, one printed)
  • Gold mini brad
  • Clear embossing ink
  • Black embossing powder
  • Embossing heat tool
  • Black dye ink
  • Hero Arts® “You Make My Heart Happy” stamp (Anytime Messages CL129)
  • Hero Arts® Hearts Fancy Notes stamp LL856
  • Crafty Individuals bird with hearts stamp
  • Glue or double-sided tape
  • Corner rounder
  • Small paint brushes or foam brushes
  • Microwave or heat tool
  • Optional: Latex gloves to protect hands when working with dye

Instructions:

1.    Protect work area with newspapers or plastic.

2.    Use foam brush or sponge to apply resist medium on heart stamp and stamp repeatedly on watercolor paper, brushing on more medium after each impression. Wash stamp immediately. Let paper dry or dry with heat tool.

3.    Mix Rit Dye:  Note:  For darker shades, use more dye.
•    Powder:  Mix 2 teaspoons dye and ½ cup hot tap water; stir well.
•    Liquid:  Mix 1 teaspoon dye and ½ cup hot tap water; stir. Or use full strength.

4.    Brush or sponge Rit dye liberally on paper. 

5.    Dry paper in the microwave:  Line bottom of microwave with paper   
            towel. Place the dyed paper in the microwave and set on high for 1-2 minutes. 

6.    Remove paper and gently rinse off the Batik medium using a wet sponge or foam brush. Let paper dry.

7.    Using black ink, overstamp the heart on the dyed paper.

8.    Cut one piece of the dyed paper to approximately 4 x 4 ¾ inches. Layer on black paper and mount to front of card.

9.    Stamp bird image on a smaller piece using clear embossing ink and heat emboss with black powder. Trim panel to size (approximately 2 ½ x 3/12 inches), round the corners and layer on black paper. Glue bird piece to center of background piece.

10.    Stamp sentiment on bottom of card using black dye ink.

11.    Attach smaller flower to larger flower using a mini brad. Attach the flower to the lower left hand side of the larger panel using a glue dot or double sided tape. 

Designer’s Note: When dyeing background paper, it makes sense to dye a larger sheet to use for other projects. If using a larger piece of watercolor paper, cut the paper before dyeing so that it fits in your microwave.

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