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Remember One Sheet Wonders? This used to be ALL the rage in the late 1900s. You would stamp a full 12x12 sheet of cardstock and do ink blending (with SPONGES, like ANIMALS in the time before blending brushes) and then there were all these different patterns - (there's a whole gallery of them here -both templates and examples) - that you would use to cut them up and make them into cards.
The concept was that you would use EVERY BIT of the paper. It was a very efficient way to make a BUNCH of cards for swaps, which were also a big deal then. This was in the time before personal die cutting, so this was all done with a paper trimmer, so lots of straight lines in these patterns.
Nearly every time I make a background and use dies, I do a modified version of a One Sheet Wonder, because with backgrounds you almost always at least get a twofer. Today I got a threefer, in this updated, modern version of a OSW.
To start with, I used this big floral background stamp with white ink and white embossing powder on cold press watercolor paper - a 5x7 sheet. After embossing, I sprinkled green and magenta watercolor powders all over it, and used my fine mister to activate the powder. The more water you use, the more the colors mix, so I like the fine mister for this job, because these are multi-colored powders and I wanted the different colors to all show.
I let that air dry, and when it was dry I used my circle infinity dies to cut three circles out of this background. In the openings, I used the fall glitter paper with this leaf die to decorate them. I used the holiday glitter paper and this thanks die to finish the card.
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I took those circles that I cut and I arranged them on a stitched background I created with this cover die. I used the darker fall glitter paper and the same thanks die to finish this card.
Now because the watercolor paper was 5x7, there was excess I had to cut off after die cutting the first panel, so, in true OSW style, I used those strips for a third card. It captured the very edge of the stamped pattern. I used the paper from this assortment for the card base, and the same thanks die with white cardstock to finish.
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Think about any 6x6 background stamps you have as a platform for quickly making multiples, especially as the holidays approach.
If using powdered watercolor, I find detailed stamps like this work the best, because there's so much color variation in the powder. If using liquid watercolor or ink smooshing, try bold images!
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Fabulous cards!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea to get more use out of big backgrounds!
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