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Retiform Technique with Gina K Designs

Good morning and happy Saturday!! Laurie here with you today to share an older technique with you. It’s called retiform which loosely means, resembling a net.

This is really easy to achieve. Let’s get started! All you need is a scrap piece of paper (can be cardstock or even typing paper), ink bending tool of choice, ink pad of choice, Post It notes and a stamp set. I’ve used the Elegant Asters Stamp Set from Gina K Designs. In fact, the inspiration for this card comes directly from her YouTube channel!!

Take your scrap of paper, lay it on top of your cardstock and ink blend along. You should start with an angle. Lay your paper mask down again and create a sunbeam or ray shape. Turn your card front 180 and do the same thing. You can see many different sections, some small, some large. I took the same Stormy Sky Distress Ink and VERY LIGHTLY blended over the entire card front to tone down the whiteness.

Take your Post It notes or whatever you prefer to mask each section. Painters tape works well, too! Each section is easy to mask. I used almost every image in the stamp set. Sometimes using more than one image per section.

I used Versafine Clair Ink in Nocture to do my stamping as I wanted a very crisp image with a single stamping. I think this is such a unique and pretty look!

The sentiment comes from the Inspiring Poppies Stamp Set, also from Gina K. I stamped it on a small circle die cut and created a frame using a couple of circle dies. The frame I inked up with the same Stormy Sky Ink. I foam mounted the panel as well as the sentiment circle onto a white, top fold card base.

I did not add any sort of embellishments as they would just get lost in that background. I hope you try this technique!

Thanks for dropping by today! Have a great day and see you soon!

Laurie

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