Tomboy Glam Card
Designer Kim Hughes is back to share a technique with us. Kim calls this her “tomboy glam” look and is the perfect look for the not-so-girly girl in your life. Kim combines a faux denim background with a little bling and a faux sash.
Here is Kim’s card:
Girly Card
by Kim Hughes, Roy, UT
supplies: cardstock, Core’dinations; patterned paper, Cornish Heritage Farms; stamps, Cornish Heritage Farms; ink, Ranger; ribbon, SEI; rhinestone, Me & My Big Ideas; distress tool, Heidi Swapp; tool, ScorPal
Here is what Kim did:
1. Stamp houndstooth pattern onto green paper with a darker green ink
2. Stamp cheetah pattern onto orange paper with a darker orange ink
3. Stamp weave pattern onto blue paper with blue ink
a. Apply ink to a large backgrounder stamp and leave it facing up. Press blue paper onto the inked stamp. By applying ink more than once, it gives it a denim look
b. Use a distress tool to rough up the edges to give the paper a worn demin look and feel
4. Stamp sentiment and add a bling dot to "girly"
5. Add a faux sash to the card
a. Use wide, heavy ribbon and fold back the ends and bring them to a point
6. Tie the ribbon in a knot and add to the card
7. Adhere all papers to a white cardstock base
Article by: Kim Hughes
