Today I would like to talk about altered playing cards. I started creating a set of 52 last year while working on a personal challenge from the prompts put up over at ScrapChat. I tried lots of new ideas and techniques that I had never tried before and came up with some fantastic results.
When creating with the oversized playing cards, I always like to lightly sand them. This takes off the shiny coating and helps your glue or paints adhere to them.
In creating this card I added the folded texture you can see in the background by adding masking tape in layers. On top of this a coat of primer and then I 
I added the pink paint with a sponge brush. It was added to the edges of the card and lightly over the ridges of the masking tape. After this was applied and had dried I added my brown ink (umber) to the edges and also the ridges as I did with the paint.
I added the pink paint with a sponge brush. It was added to the edges of the card and lightly over the ridges of the masking tape. After this was applied and had dried I added my brown ink (umber) to the edges and also the ridges as I did with the paint.I printed out my quote and inked and used black pen to border it and then adhered it to the card. I then prepared my stamp on a clear block and using Staz On ink I stamped the image onto the card. To dress the rest of the card up I created a small torn flower and added staples and buttons to the quote.
The thought behind this project was to create a slightly shabby chic piece of work, whilst trying a new technique.
I hope you have enjoyed this week’s installment.
have a great week
tracey
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