Dinosaur Footprint Texture Card with Spray Background

A project from our live show MONDAY MADNESS - Join Simon from AVAGO-INK for his latest show - Broadcast 28th March 22 · 28/03/2022 · watch it from 1:15

A vibrant greeting card featuring layered dinosaur footprint die-cuts creating a textured panel, combined with an abstract stencilled spray background in green and orange. The card includes a stamped dinosaur character hand-coloured with watercolours and a sentiment banner.

You will need

Izink Dye Based Ink Pad 5 X 5CM - Cire 050821KSEE IT Izink Dye Based Ink Pad 5 X 5CM - Grenadine 050821OSEE IT Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black - 300921CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Cut dinosaur footprint die-cuts from card using the stamp and die set, keeping the negative space as a stencil. ▶ watch 1:30
2. Arrange and glue the footprint die-cuts onto a card panel in random directions, layering larger pieces first and filling gaps with smaller ones. ▶ watch 3:00
3. Place the stencil (negative space from die-cutting) onto your card blank and spray with green ink from a height for light coverage. ▶ watch 6:30
4. Flip the stencil to the other side of the card and spray with orange ink to create an abstract pattern. ▶ watch 7:15
5. Place the stencil over a separate panel and spray more heavily with green, then add orange from the opposite side for deeper colour. ▶ watch 7:45
6. Heat-set the sprayed panels with a heat gun to dry the ink and activate the mica finish. ▶ watch 8:30
7. Stamp a dinosaur character onto the card blank using black ink, pressing firmly twice for crisp detail. ▶ watch 10:30
8. Paint the dinosaur with watercolours, starting with a light wash of green over the body and spikes. ▶ watch 13:45
9. Add darker green shading to the spikes and background areas to create depth and definition. ▶ watch 15:00
10. Die-cut around the stamped and painted dinosaur using the complementary die. ▶ watch 17:30
11. Mount the textured footprint panel onto a green card strip, then attach to the sprayed card base. ▶ watch 19:00
12. Attach the die-cut dinosaur to the card using foam pads for dimension. ▶ watch 19:30

Tips from the show

• You can cut all the footprint die-cuts ahead of time and keep them to one side, then colour-coordinate your card to the colour scheme you want to make that day.
• The stencil created from die-cutting can be reused multiple times as the ink dries out, making it a sustainable crafting technique.
• Using a heat gun with the sprayed panels makes them curl up slightly, adding extra texture to the card.

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