Hope you are having a great week! Sometimes a sentiment brings certain images to mind and this is one of those. If you know American rock songs from the 70's, you will immediately recognize that this is a play on two different songs. If not, you may be too young to know them or just don't listen to rock. I kept thinking about "how" could I do something other than an "ordinary" background since I didn't have another image stamp that I wanted to pair with this. Then, I had an "aha" moment.
I remembered a Darice embossing folder I had in my stash with the flames on it. I used 3 Distress Oxide colors to create a blended background onto white cardstock cut to 4" x 5.25", slightly smaller than a standard A2 size card so I would have a frame around it after gluing to the card base.
After coloring the background I ran it through with the embossing folder and then cut the panel diagonally corner to corner. For the cloud panel, I cut a 4" x 5.25" piece of white cardstock in a diagonal and used a cloud stencil and Distress oxide ink to add the cloud effect. Instead of a standard blending tool I used one the mini blending tools, which worked pretty well. As I moved the stencil down the cardstock I had to make sure to press the stencil down by hand to make sure it stayed in place - other than that it was very easy.
I "could" have just cut one white cardstock panel into two pieces and colored them separately, but earlier in the process I didn't know what I was going to do until after I had already colored and embossed the yellow/orange panel. that was when I had the "aha" moment. So if you decide to use a split panel card like this you know that it will save paper and ink to just cut one panel.
Here's a close up shot so you can see the embossing better:
I think it would have been better to use the side where the yellow ended up at the top, but oh well! the card was done and I didn't want to make it again.
I stamped the image onto 30# clear vellum using Versafine black onyx ink, then added clear embossing powder on top and heat set with a heat tool. I then die cut the vellum square using a My Favorite Things Die-namics stitched square die large enough to fit the sentiment on. Since most adhesive is visible through vellum and I wanted the entire piece to be glued down I ran it through my sticker machine. I could have also used spray adhesive, which is something I do use quite often for the same purpose. I used vellum instead of stamping directly because of the embossed panel. I like this particular vellum SOOO much that I bought a 50 sheet pkg from Marco's Paper. It's such a versatile weight and it's just "clear" enough that it is a staple in my craft room.
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All products used are linked at the end of this post. I do use affiliate links when possible, which allows me to earn a small commission if you use them to purchase products.

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