Tear Up your Stamped Images!

Yes, you read that correctly...

I want you to tear up your stamped images!!!

Why?????

To turn it into a 3 D image of course!

This is a great technique to turn those flat boring images into 3D art. 

The best part of this technique?

It's simple, free and you'll end up with an image that is still mailable without breaking the bank!

Here's how to go about it....

Stamp your image on to your cardstock.  I'm using this cool skull image from 3rd Coast. 

 

Color the image if desired.  For this demo skull I just left it plain.  I did however color the skull I used on the finished card.

 

Trim the skull from the cardstock.

 

 

Now make a single tear about 1/2 down from the center of the skull.

 

 

Make additional tears in the image as desired.  I tore the skull two additional times - one on each side of the first tear.  You'll notice I tore these two angled towards the first.  This will give it a more credible look in the end...after all skulls are rounded, not flat. 

 

 

Next, curl the torn edges downward.  I used a paint brush handle but you could use whatever you have on hand.

 

 

I then inked the rolled exposed edges to give it a little bit of shadow.   I mounted it over my Dracula image using double stick foam tape.  You can't really tell from the photo but Dracula's arm is actually lifted over the skull to add to the 3 D look.

 

 

Here's a different angle...you can sort of see his arm in this shot.  The skull fragments really show up.

 

 

And here's the finished card.  Well, almost ~ I still need to add some sort of sentiment but you get the idea.

 

 

Now of course this will work on LOADS of images.  You just need to think outside the box.  For example, you could poke a hole in the center of a flower, tear several pieces of the flower outward and have a critter, fairy, wood nymph popping out of the center.  You could hide a ghost in a pumpkin; a kitty in a Christmas Tree; have a pilgrim peeking out between some turkey tail feathers; etc. 

 

So, the next time you're making a card...think about tearing it up a bit and see what you can come up with :)