 Distressing
with Tonic Studios Cutting Tool Set
By: Susan Caplan
Product Reviewer
Supplies
Cutting Tool
Set (Tonic Studios)
White, Black, and Olive Cardstock
Black, Olive, White pigment inks
Decorative ribbon
Watercolor
Tag Creator
Rubber Stamps
Pop dots
Circle punch
Mono Adhesive
Glitter glue
Instructions
1.
Stamp image
onto white card with black ink and color with watercolors. Trim the wet edge,
and distress with distressing tool. Dab edges with olive ink.
2.
Layer onto a
black panel. Wrap with decorative ribbon.
3.
Adhere to a
white panel and set aside.
4.
Stamp
various floral stamps with white ink and olive ink to create a
background. Cut to size:
4 1/8” x 5 ¼”. On a scrap background, stamp Happy Birthday and cut out with a
circle punch. Use the tag creator to make this into a tag.
5.
Using Mono
Adhesive, adhere stamped panel onto black folded card. Adhere the decorative
flower panels to this back panel.
6.
Pop up the
round happy birthday tag on lower right of card using the pop dots.
7.
Add three
dots of glitter glue. Set aside to dry.
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