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Autumn
By Lynn B. Krucke |
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12 x12 cardstock (Bazzill Basics)
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Vellum (I printed a photo on mine but
you can use a solid color if preferred) |
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PearlEx stamp pads- copper, red gold,
violet gold, interference violet (Jacquard Products) |
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Leaf stamp (Hampton Art Stamps) |
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Premo polymer clay- green pearl, gold
(Polyform) |
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Alphabet template (Provo Craft) |
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Craft knife |
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Pasta machine or acrylic clay roller |
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Spray bottle with water |
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Oven thermometer |
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Index cards |
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Paper trimmer |
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Photographs (or color copies) |
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Vellum tape (3M) |
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Double sided tape pen (3M) |
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Double stick adhesive dots (3M) |
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| Instructions |
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Ink the leaf stamp with several colors of PearlEx
ink by tapping each pad on different parts of the stamp (overlapping
and blending the inks is fine). Stamp leaf image on 12 x12 piece
of cardstock. Re-ink and repeat to create a stamped background.
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Tear strips from two shades of green cardstock
and layer along lower edge of the base paper.
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Mix equal amounts of green pearl and gold polymer
clay to create a new shade of metallic olive clay.
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Roll the olive clay out into a sheet approximately
1/16th- inch thick.
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Dab different colors of ink onto the sheet of
clay using the ink pads or your fingers. Highlight with the interference
violet ink. Let dry.
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Spritz the leaf stamp with water. Press into clay
sheet to texture. Repeat to cover sheet.
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Use alphabet stencil to cut letters from sheet
of polymer clay. Transfer letters to an index card.
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Bake the letters at 275 degrees F for twenty-five
minutes. Always use an oven thermometer when baking polymer clay!
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Print journaling onto vellum and cut to size.
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Mat photo with cardstock and cut a piece of cardstock
to go behind the vellum.
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Adhere photo and journal block to page.
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Use adhesive dots to adhere baked clay letters
to page as shown. |
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| Sponsor:
Polyform, and
3M |
