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Sizzix Med. Pine Tree & Heated Copper

I have long admired the beautiful cards made by Loll Thompson. Some of her cards feature torched copper. I bought the Sizzix die because of one of Loll’s cards. I bought the Mini Cubist Stencil because of another of Loll’s cards. Here they are together. The card design is copied from one of her cards. Thank you, Loll.

I made seventeen of these in a 24-hour period by working on them assembly-line fashion, a little at a time.

Comment: When using a heat gun to heat a half sheet of copper, it took forever for the copper to change colors. Since Loll uses a butane torch, that wasn’t a problem. She said that smaller pieces heat more rapidly so you have less control if you die-cut first and heat last. That worked great for me with the heat tool—anything to speed things along. The die-cut pieces changed colors quickly but not so quickly that I lost control of the color changes.

The second card shows what the tree looks like when following Loll Thompson’s advice to run the die-cut through the embossing machine to avoid sharp edges. I prefer to use her alternate suggestion; I added a cardstock tree to the back. The sharpness isn’t much of a problem since the die rounds the edges, and the sharpest part is facing the card base.

CARD:
4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches (card)
4 x 5 ¼ (front piece)
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110-lb. card stock (card base, front piece)
Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 90-lb. card stock (3 7/8 x 5 1/8, backing for front piece)
The Crafter’s Workshop Mini Cubist Stencil (TCW 248s)
Dreamweaver Embossing Paste
Neat & Tangled Winter Trees Stamp Set (sentiment)
Versafine Onyx Black ink
Ranger Clear Superfine Embossing Powder
FOCAL IMAGE:
Sizzix Steel-Rule die, Medium Pine Tree (38-0179)
Ten Seconds Studio copper sheet
Milwaukee Heat Tool, 360 watts
(I also cut out trees with cardstock and backed the copper trees with it.)

TFL.
Daria


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stampwilly   [Dec 11, 2021 at 10:51 AM]
This is so pretty. Thanks for the hint about heating a small piece with the heat gun. I have some copper sheets and I will try this! Very Happy
Conniecrafter   [Dec 11, 2021 at 12:09 PM]
Wow the copper is so pretty against the white
Nora S   [Dec 12, 2021 at 08:08 PM]
Love this! I need to use the copper I have now that I have seen this beautiful piece! TFS
Iring   [Dec 15, 2021 at 09:00 PM]
I don't think I have any copper, but now I think I need some! So pretty, and a great card design to show it off.

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