This card is a little messy but oh so worth it!
I love techniques and one of the many things I love about being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is getting to use and teach all the fun techniques I pick up along the way!
This technique is called the Shaving Cream Technique and it makes dynamic and ever changing backgrounds! Not one of your cards will end up having the same design – they will all be unique and gorgeous! There is a list of supplies at the end of this post with links to my on-line store if you decide you HAVE to make this card or desire any of the products I used to make it! You will need some non- Stampin’ Up! supplies and yes there are things our catalog does not carry! I used a disposable plastic ware container that would accommodate a quarter size sheet of cardstock, I found this works best and is the easiest to clean up or just toss at the end of this project! I used a cheap dollar store can of Barbasol Shaving Cream and wooden skewers. I used my shower squeegee it is helpful and allows you to reuse the shaving cream! I started with a 4 x 5 ¼ inch sheet of Basic White cardstock (#159256), three colors of coordinating re-inkers, and I used the Butterfly Beauty Dies (#151819) from the 2020-2021 Annual catalog!
Measurements
- Basic White Cardstock
- 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored parallel to the short side at 4-1/4”
- 4″ x 5-1/4″
- Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather
- 4 1/4″ x 5-1/2″
- Basic Black Cardstock,
- 4-1/8” x 5-1/4
Step 1 Gather Supplies: Shaving Cream, plastic container large enough to fit the 4 x 5 1/4 inch piece of Basic White cardstock, and a shower squeegee.
Place a thick layer of shaving cream into the glass
baking dish or an old plastic-ware container (plan to
use this container for crafting only now – not food!)
Randomly put drops of ink on the top of the shaving cream layer.
I used Gorgeous Grape, Highland Heather and Pear Pizzazz re-inkers. Make sure to space them so that the droplets don’t run into each other at first to lessen muddying the colors.
Using a clean wooden skewer gently push the shaving cream and allow the ink to move through the shaving cream until you
get a desired pattern!
Place the cut Basic White cardstock face down in the shaving cream and press all areas of the paper firmly into the shaving cream!
Gently peel the cardstock out of the shaving cream and turn shaving cream side up on a scrap piece of grid paper.
Using your shower squeegee remove the ink from the paper –
it’s like magic!
wow!
I die cut a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 sheet of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and using the negative space of the die I laid the negative over the shaving cream paper top form the card front!
This is the negative (pictured above) created by the die cutting I love how the open spaces show the
beauty of this technique paper.
These are the die cuts in Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape Cardstock. All the Stampin’ Up! supplies are listed below! Let me know how you liked this tutorial and technique. Enjoy!
Now go create art one stamp at a time!
Natalie
