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Cardboard Accents

Amy McIntire, Angel #1571
Off-Road Inksters
Intermedia Scramping Designer

Supply List:

·        Ancient Alphabet (TAC)

·        Sepia Archival Ink (Ranger Industries)

·        Tattered Rose Distress Ink (Ranger industries)

·        2 - Cardboard pieces; cut to size:  6” x 6” and 6” x ½”

·        Sage Green Weave paper (Me & My Big Ideas); cut to size: 10” x 10”

·        Denim Blue Weave paper (Me & My Big Ideas); cut to size: 8” x 8”

·        Oatmeal cardstock (Royal Crafts)

·        2 - Linen pieces; cut to size: 2 ½” x 4” and 2 ¼” x 2 ¼”

·        Photo; cut to size: 4” x 3”

·        Circle tag  (Making Memories)

·        Warm White acrylic paint (Plaid)

·        Metallic Copper acrylic paint (Delta Ceramcoat)

·        Foam brushes (Making Memories)

·        Water receptacle

·        Adhesive Dots  (Zots)

·        Photo adhesive (Creative Memories)

·        Cream Candlewicking thread

·        Blue fiber (Unknown)

·        Pinking shears (Gingher, Inc)

·        Black photo corners (3L)

·        Silver square eyelets (Unknown)

·        Eyelet tools (Karen Foster Click-It Tool)

·        Paper crimper

·        Fine tip marker

·        Cotton swabs

·        Embroidery needle

Instructions:

1.         Take 6” x 6” card board piece and tear a small piece of the bottom 

edge (to expose the cardboard “ribbing).  Do the same on the 6” x ½” piece 

and then place through the paper crimper.

2.         On the 6” x 6” piece, paint 2 - ¼” borders. Paint the outer border with 

copper paint and the inner border with white. Paint will dry quickly on the 

cardboard. Dry brush white paint onto the crimped surface of the 6” x ½” piece 

(make sure some of the brown from the cardboard shows).

3.         Take a piece of 10” x 10” green paper and tear approximately 1” off of the 

bottom edge (Remember, to tear toward you for a more controlled tear). Adhere 

the blue paper about ¼” from the left edge of the green paper.

4.         Punch 3 holes and set the square eyelets with eyelet tool.

5.         Use 3-pieces for the page title out of the oatmeal cardstock; 

cut to size: 2” x 1”, 3” x 1” and 1 ¼” x 1 ¼”. Carefully make small a small tear 

line on the bottom and side edges on all three pieces.

6.         Using the double-hole piercing attachment on the Click-It tool, punch in each 

corner of the torn pieces. Stitch with the candlewicking thread to create stitched 

look as shown.

7.         Stamp letters and numbers with Sepia ink onto the pieces and adhere to the 

page with photo adhesive.

8.         Pink the edges of the 2 ½” x 4” linen piece and make freehand cross-stitches 

in the fabric. Adhere with adhesive dots and place onto 6” x 6” cardboard piece. 

Adhere cut photo onto the created mat and add on the black photo corners. Lightly 

dry brush a small amount of white paint on top (make sure some black shows through).

9.         Adhere 6” x ½” cardboard piece to the page with glue dots. Overlap the last linen 

piece onto the cardboard. Then create freehand stitches onto the fabric (this will, also, 

attach it to the cardboard).

10.     Create freehand cross-stitches on the left corners and side of the joining green 

and blue paper.

11.     Journal onto circle tag and thread through fiber piece and some candlewicking thread, 

tie a double knot. Adhere tag onto page.

12.     Use cotton swabs and inks to “color-in” papers and tag to create a distressed look.

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