The Group of Seven Cardmakers are trying a technique called Cover Die Eclipse. The technique is detailed in Gina K's video here.
Here's the technique:
- Using your Misti, stamp two card fronts with the same large image. I used a menorah stamp with bright blue ink.
- Using a cover die (I used one that was not necessarily meant for a Hanukkah card but has six-pointed stars in it so it works really well for Hanukkah), cut ONE of the stamped panels.
- Glue the stamped cover die cut onto your second stamped panel, being sure to perfectly line up the stamped patterns.
I finished the card by bordering with silver shimmer cs and adding a sentiment tag also bordered with silver.
I don't have any other cover dies so decided to try the technique using a Tim Holtz corner die for my second card.
I stamped the branch image in black on two pieces of white cs and cut one panel with the corner die. For this card, I wanted more dimension so cut two more plain white panels with the corner die. I glued them together and then glued the stamped die cut panel on top of them. Then glued it to my uncut stamped panel, lining up the image carefully. I bordered with black and added a black die cut sentiment.
The conclusion is that some images work better with a few die cut layers while others look better with just one. Check out what the other member of the Group of Seven cardmakers did with this technique.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU menorah and sentiment
Ink - Distress Blueprint Sketch
Paper - white and silver cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Neat and Tangled cover plate die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Impression Obsession branch
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - white and black cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Tim Holtz corner die, Dee's Distinctively sentiment die
