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Colourwashed Lady with Sentiment Card

A project from our live show HSN SHOW MAY 3RD PRODUCT PREVIEW 2 - Join Toni for her latest products coming to HSN - broadcast 30th April 22 · 04/30/2022

A striking card featuring a stamped lady's face with a vibrant colourwashed background in multiple ink colours, finished with a sentiment stamp and splatter details. The design creates a modern, artistic poster-like effect with the lady's face left white to stand out against the coloured backdrop.

14steps
19:15in the show
Step 1 of 14

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  1. 1

    Remove the largest lady stamp from the carrier sheet and secure it onto an acrylic block.

    ▶ watch this step 20:30
  2. 2

    Ink up the stamp with black ink and stamp the lady's image onto white cardstock at the top of the card.

    ▶ watch this step 20:45
  3. 3

    Select a sentiment stamp such as 'Stay Strong' from the same carrier sheet and ink it with black ink.

    ▶ watch this step 21:45
  4. 4

    Stamp the sentiment in the corner of the card, allowing it to overlap slightly with the lady's image.

    ▶ watch this step 22:30
  5. 5

    Spray a red ink pad with water and use a brush to paint colour around the lady's face, avoiding her facial features.

    ▶ watch this step 23:15
  6. 6

    Add purple ink colour to other areas of the card using the same spray and brush technique.

    ▶ watch this step 24:00
  7. 7

    Apply blue ink colour to additional sections, working around the card in random areas.

    ▶ watch this step 24:30
  8. 8

    Add green ink colour to further areas of the background.

    ▶ watch this step 25:00
  9. 9

    Return to purple ink and add more colour to the remaining spaces around the card.

    ▶ watch this step 25:30
  10. 10

    Use a brush to add ink splats across the coloured areas to tie the design together and hide any blocky paint marks.

    ▶ watch this step 25:45
  11. 11

    Paint a lipstick detail on the lady's face with a brush to add definition and make the image pop.

    ▶ watch this step 26:15
  12. 12

    Heat set the stamped and coloured cardstock to dry it completely.

    ▶ watch this step 26:45
  13. 13

    Mount the finished artwork onto a black cardstock border to make the coloured image stand out.

    ▶ watch this step 27:30
  14. 14

    Adhere the mounted image to the centre of a white card blank.

    ▶ watch this step 29:00

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