Good morning! Ardyth here with this week’s Light Bulb Moment!
Earlier this week, I saw another video where a crafter made a faux ceramic tile with a Mandala die. I just fell in love with the look and decided to try to achieve a similar result with our Mandala stamp.
Here’s how I did it:
1) Stamp the Mandala stamp on white cardstock with Versafine ink. Emboss with white embossing powder.
2) Using sponge daubers and distress inks, apply colour to the embossed panel.
3) Cut the panel down to 3.5 x 3.5 inches.
4) Coat the panel with Versamark ink. Cover with clear embossing powder and heat. (I laid the panel in a shoe box lid for heating so I didn’t have to be holding it.
5) Repeat step 4 three times. This builds up a thick, glossy layer of embossing powder and gives your ’tile’ shine!
6) Cut 3 more white 3.5×3.5 panels. Layer them up with the ’tile’ on top.
7) Finish your card. I used Sweet Sentiments: You stamps and die.
Here’s a quick video:
Daria Zender
March 2, 2018 at 2:11 pmWonderful card, Ardyth! And great instructions – my “lightbulb” moment was the step where you placed the faux tile in a shoebox – aha!!
MuslimMummy
March 6, 2018 at 11:52 amWow,thank you for your generous-hearted response! I kinda sorta figured you embossed with two folders for a couple of the bookmarks, but hadn”t yet analyzed the em-de-bossing. : ) I have Shimmer Sheetz and embossing folders, so am ready. My mojo had left the building due to a health issue for my husband, but your bookmarks just brought it back, being simple yet rock-star cool. So thank you for helping with the mental health/feed-the-soul aspect of crafting. And your name is so familiar do you teach/blog for The Queen”s Ink? If so, I”m in Reston and have visited them for a few classes. Thanks again.