Rope and Knot Background Card with Die-Cut Circles

A project from our live show MONDAY MADNESS - Join Simon from AVAGO-INK for his latest products - Broadcast 30th Jan 23 · 30/01/2023 · watch it from 2:45

Create a striking card using the Bubbles and Twine stamp set to build a nautical rope background, then die-cut circles to frame colourful fish characters. The layered design with coloured pencil shading gives wonderful depth and dimension.

You will need

Avago-ink Designs - A5 Stamp - Twine & Bubbles - 100122BSEE IT Stamps By Me - Premium Hybrid Ink - Midnight - 121022NSEE IT 100089 - HTCN - Eureka 101 Watercolour and Scoring Tablet - 240921GSEE IT Stamps By Me 6 Inch Die Cutting & Embossing Machine - 240921ASEE IT

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Step by step

1. Cut a piece of card to 3.5 by 7.75 inches to fit a DL blank. ▶ watch 3:15
2. Remove the rope and knot stamps from the carrier sheet and arrange them in a single column down one side of your card, alternating between single and double knots. ▶ watch 3:45
3. Ink the rope stamps with midnight black ink and stamp them down the card in your arranged pattern. ▶ watch 4:45
4. Use a large circle die to cut out three circles from your stamped card, positioning them at the top, middle and bottom to create a traffic light effect. ▶ watch 7:15
5. Colour the rope designs with oil coloured pencils, using different colours for each rope and blending them together for a pastel effect. ▶ watch 10:30
6. Add grey pencil shading underneath each rope to create a shadow effect and lift them off the page. ▶ watch 13:45
7. Mount your stamped and coloured card onto a slightly larger piece of glitter card using glue and tape runner. ▶ watch 14:45
8. Cut three small circles from white card using a smaller nesting die. ▶ watch 17:00
9. Stamp a birthday sentiment into the middle circle and small fish characters into the other two circles using midnight black ink. ▶ watch 19:00
10. Colour the fish with oil pencils, using complementary colours like green and blue together, then blend them. ▶ watch 20:15
11. Attach the three stamped circles to the die-cut circles using foam pads for height, positioning them in the centre of each cut-out area on your main card. ▶ watch 22:00

Tips from the show

• You can use any nesting dies you have in your stash—squares, hexagons, hearts—instead of circles to create different effects.
• The oil coloured pencils blend very smoothly and easily, making them ideal for creating pastel effects.
• You don't need to colour every single rope with shadow; just adding it occasionally still creates a nice effect.

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