Inventor Fan and Watermark Resist

This is another card with the Inventor 8 stamp set from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. There are some fun things you can do with this fan image. You could send it to someone with the sentiment "Big Fan!" or "You Blow Me Away!" or "FANtastic!" or  "Totally Fan Girling Here!" or "I'm sorry oscillate for your birthday!"......okay, maybe that last one is going a little too far. Hahahahaha!

The background was made using that technique that's been my favorite of late -- Watermark Resist Ink with Distress Ink.  I just LOVE the light multi-colored background that it leaves.

As a reminder, of the process, I applied a piece of Sizzix Sticky Grid to my stamp platform.

Then I put a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock onto it.  I know many people try to save money by using less expensive cardstock, or other types of paper. My friends, you truly get what you pay for.  Distress Mixed Media Heavystock was developed and manufactured with Distress products in mind and they work so beautifully on it. If you are going be using Distress products and want the very best outcome, it starts with the paper. It really is worth it!

Then I arranged the different Fragments stamps on top of the Heavystock, applied the Watermark Resist Ink, and stamped until I could see that I had indeed gotten a good sheen of the resist ink on the entire piece.

I dried it with my heat tool and then applied Distress Inks. I believe I used Vintage Photo, Stormy Sky, and Hickory Smoke on this piece. I'm sorry, I didn't write it down when I was designing back in January.
Here is a sideways (sorry!) short video that shows this technique.

I used the Wrinkle Free Distress technique of applying the inks to the nonstick mat, spritzing with water and laying the piece in the inks, drying, inking, drying, and spritzing the piece in between to keep the background soft without the dark spots you so often get with this technique.  When the Distress ink soaked into the Watermark ink, enough that I was satisfied, I stopped.

I really can't tell you how much I love this technique.

For the focal point, I stamped the fan from the Inventor 8 set onto the background, and into a clean piece of Heavystock. I water colored the fan on the clean piece, cut it out and then sprayed it with a couple of layers of Distress Resist Spray. It is also one of my very favorite things from this year! I'm totally addicted to it. I then adhered the colored fan above the image stamped on the background using dimensional adhesive to give it even more focus
I finished the card with an Ideaology Word Band tied with some Eclectic Elements Craft Thread and added two of the new Ideaology Hardware Heads. They are so fabulous!

This fan card is a "breeze" to make and I hope you will give it a try!
Tami

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