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Cutting & Scoring:
• Melon Mambo Base Card– 5 ½” x 8 ½””, score and fold at 4 ¼”
•Basic Black layer – 4” x 5 ¼”
•Thick White layer – 3 ¾” x 5”
• Thick Basic White–4” x 5 ¼” for inside panel, one for MASK and scrap for sentiment
Instructions:
- Create a “mask” by punching leaves from a 4” x 5 ¼” piece of Thick White cardstock in various directions (see sample below)
- Using small blending brush and beginning with Lemon Lime Twist ink, add ink to one side of leaf opening, in all areas of open area on a 4” x 5 ¼” panel of Thick White cardstock, add Shaded Spruce ink using a second blending brush to reach desired tone of leaf color. Move and repeat until you have full panel of leaves. *Take card to not go over to edge of “mask” lines so you do not add lines of color on panel.
- Once above step in dry and stamp “veins of leaf” into center of Leaf with Shaded Spruce ink. Allow to dry.
- Run above panel through die cut machine with “Thatched Look’ 3D embossing folder.
- Using brush tip of Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blend, flick ink onto main panel in a few areas. Allow to dry.
- Stamp sentiment in Shaded Spruce ink onto White scrap, die cut with 2nd smallest Deckled Rectangle die. Trim edge of die off, then edge die cut with Melon Mambo Stampin’ Blend. Add dimensionals to the back and set aside.
- Adhere leaf panel to Basic Black panel, then add to base card. Remove Dimensional backings and add main sentiment to card front trimming overlap edge if needed.
- Add Matte Dots to card front as desired.
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