I Miss You...

This card is created using my favorite technique, direct to paper. I love to smoosh and smear ink all over the place. Usually I finish it off by adding a coat of gesso to soften the colors but recently I came into some Golden Glazes, a thin acrylic paint that is just like butter. This can easily be replaced with a thinned down acrylic paint or the standard gesso.

Supplies:
Sweet Pea Stamps Plate 6
Sweet Pea Stamps Plate 3
Brilliance Ink Pads (Tsukineko)

• Galaxy Gold
• Platinum Planet
• Starlite Silver
• Cosmic Copper

Peach and Brown Card Stock (Stampin' Up)
Cream Card Stock (Unknown)
Copper Mica Card Stock (Unknown)
Gold and Copper Printed Foil (Unknown)
Ivory Glaze (Golden)
Adhesive (Scotch)
Old Credit Card
Corner Rounder (EK Success)
Paper Trimmer (Purple Cow)

Directions:

1. Cut the peach card stock to 5.5" x 8.5" and fold in half.
2. Using the silver ink pad, apply ink directly to the card front in a random motion.
3. Continue adding color to the card front with the remaining ink pads going from lightest to darkest.
4. Round the corners of the card.
5. Apply a small stripe of the cream colored glaze to the edge of the credit card and smear the paint over the inked background. adding more glaze as needed or preferred. Allow to dry.
6. Stamp the image on the cream card stock and trim out neatly.
7. Cut a piece of the brown card stock 1 - 3/4" x 2 - 1/4" and apply the Cosmic Copper ink to the edges.
8. Attach the stamped image to the brown card stock.
9. Cut the foil to 2" x 2 - 3/4" and mat the stamped image on top.
10. The final layer is the copper card stock cut to 2 - 1/4" x 3".
11. Cut 3 pieces of the copper cardstock to 7/8" x2 - 1/2".
    
12. Cut 3 pieces of the printed foil to 3/4" x 2 - 1/4" and mat on the copper pieces.
13. Cut a piece of cream card stock to 1/2" x 2", stamp the sentiment, edge with the copper ink pad and mat on a piece of copper card stock.
14. Attach the stamped image on the card front about 1/4" from the edge and 3/4" from the top.
15. Attach a matted foil strip on the left hand side of the card, aligning the upper edge with the upper edge of the stamped image mat.
16. Attach the other matted foil strip to the bottom aligning it's bottom edge with the bottom of the stamped image mat.
17. Attach the matted sentiment, centering it between the two matted foil pieces.
18. Enjoy sharing!