Melt Art Mania: Day 11

It's Memorial Day weekend and that means we have a very special day of Melt Art Mania for you today. We were given the oppertunity to create a card for Operation Write Home as a part of their Memorial Day Weekend Bloghop.

Operation Write Home supports our nation's armed forces by sending blank handmade greeting cards to write home on, as well as "AnyHero" cards of gratitude to encourage them. Operation Write Home has over 150 sketches available on their website to spur your creativity and that is exactly what Ranger's Patti Behan used to come up with this amazing Melt Art Patriotic Thank You Card!

Patti was inspired by this sketch to make her card.

Materials:

Ranger Industries

• Melt Art Melting Pot with Spatula
• Melt Art UTEE-Clear
• Melt Art Heat It Ink-Sapphire
• Tim Holtz Distress- Paint Brushed Pewter
• Ranger Gloss Paper
• Ranger Wonder Tape
• Ranger Non-Stick Craft Sheet
• Archival Ink Pad- Colbalt Blue

Tim Holtz idea-ology Sanding Grip

Tim Holtz by Tonic Studios Paper Distresser and Kush Grip Snips

Tim Holtz Alterations by Sizzix

• Mini Old Glory and Sized Circles Dies
• Vagabond Machine

Core’dinations Distress Cardstock-Fired Brick, Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans

Tim Holtz by Stampers Anonymous Stamp –Americana Words

Hero Arts Thank You Sayings Stamp Set

Misc:

• Ribbon
• Star Crystals

Instructions:

To Make UTEE Piece:

	Step 1: Working on the Non-Stick Craft Sheet, turn the Melting Pot onto the UTEE setting, add Clear UTEE into the pot halfway to the Max Fill line. Place lid on and let melt.
	Step 2: Once the UTEE has melted, add two drops of Sapphire Heat It Ink into the pot.
	Step 3: Stir with the spatula until combined. (Note: You can add more Heat It Ink one drop at a time until the desired color is achieved.)
	Step 4: Pour the melted UTEE onto the stamp in a random pattern and let harden.
	Step 5: Once hardened but still warm, remove the UTEE from the stamp and and trim off any excess with scissors.
	Step 6: To paint the UTEE piece, place Brushed Pewter Distress Paint onto the Non-Stick Craft Sheet.
	Step 7: Use your finger to lightly paint the top of the UTEE so that the letters stand out.
	Step 8: Let painted piece dry, and then follow the instructions below to finish making the card.

To Make Card:

1. Fold an 8.5”x 11” rectangle of Chipped Sapphire cardstock in half to create a 4.25” x 5.5” card. Sand edges with sanding grip.
2. Cut a big circle from the sized circle die set out from Faded Jeans cardstock. Sand lightly with sanding grip.
3. Cut out a Fired Brick star.
4. Cut a 3.75”x 2.5” rectangle from Gloss Paper and use paper distresser around the edges.
5. Stamp Thank You in Cobalt Archival Ink onto matte side of Gloss Paper and cut out close to the letters.
6. Use Wonder Tape to attach all the pieces as shown.