UTEE Texture

Here we are at the end of January already and before you know it Valentine’s Day will be here! Today I’m sharing a fun tutorial for making textured embellishments for your cards. Let’s get started…

To start:

• I cut a heart shape out of brown card stock
• I inked the front side of it with Versamark Watermark ink
• I added a layer of Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE)
• Using my heat gun, I melted the UTEE
• Working quickly – while the surface was still wet I added another layer of UTEE and heat set
• I repeated the process 4 times

Next:

• While the last layer was still wet I placed a background stamp on top and pressed lightly (I inked my stamp with Versamark Watermark first)
• After letting it set for just a bit (maybe 30 seconds) I removed the heart and trimmed away the excess UTEE with sharp scissors
• I added some Picket Fence Distress Stain and set my embellishment aside to dry while I made my card

To create my card I:

• Ran a piece of kraft card stock through my Fiskars paper crimper
• Die cut a piece of red card stock with the Mixed Media Dies (Tim Holtz)
• Added some natural burlap string across the bottom
• Die cut the sentiment using the Sentiment Words Thinlits (Tim Hotlz)
• Added some Prima Flowers and Pearls to my heart embelishment
• For even more dimension, I popped my heart up off the card using Mounting Tape
• Inside I added a SU sentiment in Walnut Stain Distress Oxide

Now it’s YOUR turn! Stop by the CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that use a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store! Hope to see you there!