Hi everyone and welcome to the ThermOWeb and Sassy & Crafty collaboration week! I am sharing some of my favorite ThermOWeb goodies and mixing them with ADORABLE Sassy & Crafty stamps and stencils and sharing some tips and tricks along the way!

Sassy & Craft Cow Cards with Glitz Glitter Gel

Black and White Cow Card with Glitz

Let’s just dive right into these cute cards! I knew that I wanted to use the cow print stencil from the Sassy & Crafty Seeing Spots and Paw Prints Stencil Pack. Come on! Cows are my favorite! But the question is … do I want to do a black-spotted background or a brown spotted background? We have both kinds of cows where I live. Of course, I decided to do BOTH!

When I make cards I tend to start with the backgrounds. They often take a bit of time to dry, so I start with them and by the time my coloring is done (I am SUPER slow) the backgrounds are often dry. I wanted to make some brown Glitz Glitter Gel to match my brown spotted cow design and the Gold Glitz Glitter Gel was just too gold for my vision.

So I made my own custom color! I took a bit of Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel and placed it on my work surface and mixed in a few drops of Simon Hurley create. Grr! Reinker. This gave me a pretty light brown color! You can use a variety of products to change the color of your Glitz Glitter Gel – inks, pigment powders, etc. I just used what I have on hand!

I sprayed the back of the Seeing Spots and Paw Prints Stencil with Pixie Spray and tacked it onto a piece of white cardstock. I used my Stencil Pal to spread my custom Iridescent Glitz Glitter Gel over my cardstock. I removed the stencil, cleaned it, and replaced it with a second piece of white cardstock. This time I used my Stencil Pal to spread some Black Glitz Glitter Gel over the stencil. I set both pieces aside to dry for about 45 minutes.

Gold Cow Card with Glitz

While the background dried I worked on my images. I stamped the ADORABLE cow from the Sassy & Crafty Have a Cow Stamp Set – and I have a tip in my video for getting crisp, dark black lines for your stamps! I colored them with Copic markers – one cow with brown spots and one with black spots to match my backgrounds – and cut them out with scissors.

I started arranging my Sassy & Crafty images on my Glitz Glitter Gel backgrounds and they just weren’t working for me. Here’s what I do when things just don’t look right – I grab an outline or shape die to break up the background! Sometimes there’s just too much for the eyes to focus on and everything jumbles together.
I grabbed a wreath outline die from my stash and found matching colors of Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets – Tuscan Gold and Black Velvet. Flock Transfer Sheets can be cut just like paper, but give an extra touch of texture! You can really see it in the close-up photos above! I used iCraft Ultra Bond Liquid Adhesive to adhere my Flock die cuts onto a piece of vellum and cut away the excess. The vellum helps to ‘dull’ the background and helps the images on top to stand out a bit.

I used a combination of iCraft 3D Foam Squares and iCraft 3D Foam Strips to adhere my pieces to the front of my cards. And that’s all! I love these cards and I hope you do too! See you soon!

 

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