Card making: inspired by Tron. Plus how to sneak neon pink onto a man's card.

Hello.

For my 3DJean Design Team post this week I've been experimenting with a new set of background stamps from Infocrea [Jean always likes to source brands you don't often find elsewhere].

When I saw the circuit-board design I immediately knew what I wanted to try with it ... an anniversary card inspired by the movie Tron to give to my favourite sci-fi fan.

[If you are my favourite sci-fi fan then STOP LOOKING NOW ... you're not meant to see this just yet!]

[And ... to clarify: my favourite sci-fi fan lives with me ... sorry if you thought it was you. But hey, I like you too. I just don't think we've got an anniversary coming up just yet ... have we?].

Anyway ... back to the Tron card:

I thought that if the circuit-board background was combined with bright colours [inspired by those in the film] it would give me an 80s sci-fi, space-age edge to the design rather than drift down the perhaps more obvious Steampunk-ish route. And so ...

I dug out some heat-embossing powders I haven't used for a long while and used them alongside a brand new [soon to be released] X-Cut 'Hexagon' nesting die:

After stamping and embossing my hexagons once, I went over the design again in a contrasting colour:

Then, after adding them to from of the card with 3D foam pads I stencilled down one edge with the  Tando Creative 'Distorted Harlequin' mask using a white chalk ink:

Here's the finished result:

I stamped the sentiment in blue and embossed with clear powder and the finishing touches are a strip of black sticky tape and American Crafts glitter tape in bright pink:

I really never anticipated using bright pink embossing powder and glitter tape on a card for a man ...

... but I think ... by invoking the almighty neon-glory of 80s sci-fi ... I might just get away with it!

You could take inspiration from Tron too ...

• you could you adapt this idea you the sci-fi fan in your life;
• you could use the stamps as a background in your art journals;
• you could challenge yourself to sneak in some luminous pink into a 'masculine' project!
• or else ... just get yourself trapped in cyberspace ... wait ...

... how long have you been online today ... maybe you're already there ... ?

 

Julie ;-)

 

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** For further details on the products used on the card see my original post on the 3DJean DT blog.