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Split Color Butterfly

This card is really easy to make, and the results are spectacular.  This image is from www.stampscapes.com. First, I stamped the image in turqoise ink on white cardstock, and clear embossed. Then, I stamped the image in white ink on turquoise cardstock, embossed with white powder, as the image was not opaque enough to clear emboss. Then, very carefully, I cut each image in half, making sure my cuts were as close to exactly the same as possible.  Then, I took the left side of the white butterfly, and spliced it together with the right side of the turqoise butterfly.  You can make a 2nd card out of your remaining halves!  To complete the card, I reverse-spliced the background cardstock and added peel-offs.  For the peel-offs on the white cardstock, I first colored my silver peel-off with a bright turquoise permanent marker.  To test suitability of colors, I always test my markers on some of my “leftover” peel-offs from previous projects. Finally, I added all the peel-offs and there you have it-Split Image Stamping!

This was a test using an inked background.

The image on the right was stamped directly on the card with stazon. It is clear but also the background is quite strong.

On the left, I stamped the image on tissue with Stazon and pva’d the tissue to the inked card.  The background is slightly muted and gives a bit of depth to the image. Click on the image to enlarge.

   I got inspiration for using tissue from Kay’s ‘Candle’ post.

 I decided to find out what difference stamping on tissue would make when using textured card.

 I first stamped on the Textured card and saw that the ink did not go into the hollows, but that is ok. if that is the effect you want.

Then I stamped on a piece of tissue paper, and stuck it down with diluted pva glue onto the other piece of textured card.  I coloured it with Marvy pens. It would have been easier to colour the image before I stuck it down.  Click on the image to enlarge.      I will try this out on some cards soon.

This is a tag I swapped. Acrylic paints on canvas (from Lidl) and a tape transfer.  I used 2″ cellotape to pick up the image from a Sunday mag. Rubbed hard over the shiny surface and placed the tape  in water for 5 mins. The paper came off and voila!   the image was on the tape.  I sanded the shiny surface away, and stuck it down to the tag. Added some script stamp below the image..