I FOUND MY MARBLES
SO I MADE A CARD!
The other day I decided it was time to go through some of the drawers and shelves in my craft room, and see if there were items that could be tossed, given away, repurposed, or perhaps used as opposed to collecting dust! I ran across a small container of marbles. They reminded me of a background technique I haven’t used in some time. It is called the Rolling Marble Technique. Once upon another lifetime ago I taught preschoolers this very same technique! When I took up card making I was so excited to see a tutorial using the technique for card backgrounds! (The link to this tutorial will be toward the end of this post.) I thought I would share this fun and easy technique with you.
Here is the card I made:
This is what you will need to make this card:
A card base of Pumpkin Pie cardstock cut at 4 1/4” x 11”, scored at 5 1/2”. 2 pieces of Whisper White cardstock cut at 5 1/4” x 4” Basic Black cardstock cut at 3 7/8” x 5 1/8”, and another piece that is cut at 3 3/4” x 1”. Scraps of Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, and Whisper White .
Pumpkin Pie ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Basic Gray ink refill.
Dimensionals, Stampin’ Seal, Stitched Shapes Dies - the three largest circles.
4-6 marbles, and a box to contain the marbles. One of Stampin’ Up!’s Full Wide Stamp Cases is a great option (annual catalog page163), but a plastic container With a lid will work. If neither is available a shoe box will work! Line the bottom of the shoe box with wax paper or foil to prevent the cardboard from absorbing the ink. I find when using the shoebox there is no need for the lid. Just keep tilting the box one way, then another to get a design you are happy with.
To make the card begin with creating the background, and stamping images and sentiments.
Put a few drops of the ink refill on the bottom of the box. Drop the marbles inside the box and roll them around, making certain they pass through the ink numerous times.
Place a piece of 5 1/4” x 4” Whisper White cardstock in the bottom of the box. Close the lid and roll the marbles around on the cardstock until you are satisfied with the design. Use tweezers to remove your background piece from the box to help avoid inky fingers.
Use the three largest circle dies from Stitched Shapes Dies to die cut the circles from the Whisper White, Basic Black, and Pumpkin Pie cardstock scraps.
To assemble the card use the Stampin’ Seal to adhere the whisper White panel with the stamped sentiment to the inside of the card base. Adhere the Rolling Marble panel to the Basic Black cardstock. Place the Basic Black strip of cardstock about 1 1/2” from the top of the panel. Adhere this piece to the card front. Now adhere the Whisper White circle with the stamped image to the Basic Black circle, and the adhere those to the Pumpkin Pie circle. Put 4-5 dimensionals on the back side of this piece, and position the focal piece over the Basic Black strip. There you have it! A cute Halloween card using a fun background technique.
In the opening paragraph of this post I promised to share the link to a tutorial for this technique. The tutorial is located on the Splitcoast Stampers web site (splitcoaststampers.com). Click on tutorials, then go to page 68, or type in Rolling Marble Background in the search box. I tried to provide a direct link to the page, but the link took me to another tutorial. I apologize for not being able to directly link you to the tutorial.
Here is my video for this card.
Until next time...
Stamp Happy!
Kim
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