2018 #7 Kraft card: Vintage sewing cards with Hot Picks {by Florence Adam}

2018 Topic 7: Kraft Card

Wow it is pretty obvious that Florence got super carried away stamping with her sewing stamps! But wow they look amazing on kraft card, and she tries all kind of inks too - she made several cards she was on such a roll! Enjoy, the results are beautiful!

Hi everyone, it's Florence Adam here, and I'd like to share these lovely cards with a vintage sewing theme.

I like kraft (and craft!), because I really like the look of it, it goes so well with black and white but with any colour really. This theme was made for me then! Except the faux leather technique (I will share with you later). This project is not really technical, so instead of a step-by-step, I will share all the cards I made with you.

Usually when I start a project, I have no idea in which direction I am going with it. I started to stamp randomly on kraft paper and white paper with Jet Black, Plum Archival Ink & Vintage Photo Oxide Ink. Here are the Hot Pick stamps I have used:

For this card, I wanted to create a faux leather background. I watched a few YouTube tutorials about this subject, and they were talking about mixing glycerine and water to soften the kraft paper. The problem was I didn't have glycerine. I found lip balm at home, so I tried to apply it to the kraft paper, then a miracle happened: It worked perfectly! It softens the fiber, so it creases easily. I added some ink, some spray to add interest to it. The oily aspect on the kraft makes it even more real. 

Look how it looks great with blue jeans ink!

Just a little bit of inking with cut and dry, and I looks so good. Especially on kraft, I like to do faux stitching, and draw line between each hole with white gel pen.

This was a little crazy, but I did it, look, I hand sew all the hooks on the stamp.

By the way, don't even try to ink with Stazon over the lip balm, the result is not good, let say disappointing.

I thought I'd make 2 or 3 and ended-up making 7 of them! Give it a try for your own ones and you will see how addicted it is. I love these cards!

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