Graphic 45 Vintage Ladies

Hope you enjoyed the cards in Monday's posting.  Don't forget you can buy the Graphic 45 stamps from Ali-Crafts (see photograph in yesterday's posting for them - just tell Ali they are the ones Neet used.  As promised here are the first of the instructions for the cards.  (NB Larger versions of the cards on previous post)

White Embossing Powder Card:  you need a White DL card for this one.

In the top left hand corner stamp the script with a clear pad, or white, and emboss with white embossing powder.

Preferably using the Dreamweaver Brushes (on sale at Ali-Crafts and honestly the best brushes to use imo) brush on light colours of Distress Inks.  I used a pink, a blue and a yellow.

On a piece of card 2 7/8" x 7/8" stamp "Paris" in black ink and emboss.

On a piece of card 4" x 2" stamp the car and put Glossy Accents on the windscreen - and maybe a box or two.

Tall lady card:  you need an A4 sheet folded in half for main card then

Using Stazon ink stamp the top half of the lady on a piece of acetate. Allow to dry.  In the meantime get on with the remainder of the card next taking ...

A piece of card 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" and cover well with Distress Inks.  Put a stencil over the top and gently mist through.  Wait a minute and lift gently at the corner to see if the colour has begun to "wick" - when you can see the design remove stencil, repeat lower down then heat set and leave to one side to fully dry.

Using a brown DI colour a piece of cream card 6 1/4" x 2 1/4" taking ink from the edges towards the centre but leaving the centre cream and stamp the lady in the dress with black ink.  Set to one side.

Colour a piece of cardstock 2 1/8" x 2 3/4" and stamp the mirror in black.  Cut out the centre mirror part carefully.  Take a small piece of cream card large enough to fill the aperture you have just cut and sandwich the acetate you did earlier (ladies head image) between these two pieces.

Colour a piece of card, on both sides,  2 3/4" x 2 1/4" in a dark brown DI and one slightly less (2 1/2" x 2") in a lighter brown.  On the larger piece faintly with pencil, draw a margin 1/4" in on all four sides. From the corners of these margins cut a cross (corner to corner).  Curl each point over a pencil.  On the lighter piece stamp the words "true beauty in a woman ...".  Affix this behind the aperture on the curled card.

Mount all three finished pieces with a fine black border.  These will be affixed to the main card lastly.

The stencilled card does not require a mount and should be stuck to the main card.  Then affix the three mounted pieces.  A greeting can be attached in the space or it can be left as in my sample.

Hope you enjoyed seeing how to make these two cards.