This month’s challenge in my local swap group was set by my friend Suna, and it was a fun one: “Use a Baby Wipe.” She even shared a few YouTube videos to get our creative juices flowing, which really helped spark some ideas.
On Wednesday afternoon, Grace and I experimented with a few different techniques. The idea we loved most involved
ink blending onto cardstock, layering a stencil over the top, then adding
several layers of baby wipes before running the whole stack through my
Spellbinders Platinum 6. The result was such a surprise! The baby wipes
absorbed the colour in the most interesting way. Because I used Distress Oxides
for the ink blending, the finished panels have a soft, almost velvety look and feel.
Grace made several panels during our session, and they all turned out
beautifully.
On Saturday, I couldn’t resist making a few more panels of
my own—two in green and one in a vibrant orange. One of the green panels has
already been turned into a card, but since it hasn’t reached its recipient yet,
I’ll save that for another post. Today’s focus is the card I created using the
orange panel.
For this piece, I used a Gelli Art Circles stencil over Ripe
Persimmon Distress Oxide ink, which added lovely texture and interest to the
background. To ground the floral focal point, I die cut a vellum rectangle and
layered it over the panel. The flower dies are from an unnamed brand and, I’ll
admit, they gave me a bit of trouble—no instructions always makes assembly an
adventure! In the end, I decided to keep things monochromatic, die cutting all
the pieces from white cardstock and softly blending colour onto them using some
Altenew Warm and Cozy inks.
The leaves were cut from orange pattern paper from
Scrapbook.com, which tied everything together nicely. I trimmed the panel,
matted it with white cardstock, and added a touch of sparkle to the flower
centres using Gold Wink of Stella. To finish the card, I added a gold foiled
sentiment from a Spellbinders set.
This challenge was such a fun way to try something I haven't done in a while, and I love how the baby wipes created such a unique texture.
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