Midnight Garden Doorway Card with Distress Ink Background

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A striking A5 card featuring an ornate doorway die as a focal point, with a rich midnight blue distress ink blended background, gold embossed stencilled peacock details, and layered elements visible through the open doorway aperture. The card creates a sense of mystery and depth with a sophisticated colour palette.

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Step by step

1. Cut out the solid doorway die from deep blue cardstock to create an aperture on your card front. ▶ watch 11:45
2. Blend distress inks across white cardstock using blending brushes, starting with Chipped Sapphire as your darkest shade. ▶ watch 12:45
3. Add Uncharted Mariner distress ink to the next section, blending smoothly with a clean brush. ▶ watch 14:30
4. Layer Peacock Feathers distress ink across the top section to create an ombre effect. ▶ watch 15:30
5. Stamp the damask pattern with water onto the inked surface to create a ghostly watermark effect. ▶ watch 17:15
6. Heat set the water-stamped design with a heat gun to lift the ink and reveal the damask pattern. ▶ watch 18:30
7. Position the baroque stencil over the aperture and apply gold texture paste using a palette knife. ▶ watch 20:30
8. Sprinkle luxurious chocolate embossing powder over the wet texture paste, then flip and add gold powder to the reverse side. ▶ watch 23:15
9. Heat set the embossing powder to melt it into the texture paste and reveal the metallic finish. ▶ watch 27:30
10. Stamp and watercolour the moth and botanical elements from the beauty's garden set, then cut them out. ▶ watch 31:00
11. Adhere the vellum sentiment behind the doorway aperture using glue. ▶ watch 36:45
12. Mount the ornate doorway die over the aperture using foam tape for dimension. ▶ watch 39:15
13. Position the watercoloured moth and botanical elements behind the open doorway. ▶ watch 40:00
14. Add gold enamel dots to the corners and details of the card for a luxurious finishing touch. ▶ watch 43:00

Tips from the show

• When moving between different distress ink pads, wipe your brush on a microfiber cloth to avoid contaminating the pads.
• Cut the doorway aperture before applying stencilled texture paste to preserve the dimension of the paste.
• Rotate your stencil and use different elements to fill out your design and create a more complete composition.

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