Today's card is a really pretty card for Christmas and very colorful.
First the materials!
To make your sentiment:
Here is another view of my card.
I would be fun to have all one color bulbs, or have each strand a different color. Have fun!
Lis
First the materials!
- card base is plain white card stock in A2 size
- red glitter card
- silver linen card (Hot off the press)
- Frantic Stamper Dies
- glitter glue
- white fun foam
- white card stock
- DG4 Gel (Judikins), Diamond Glaze or the stuff that Tim Holtz uses from Ranger
- Cut the panel from white cardstock and again from the white fun foam
- It is amazing how easy the fun foam cuts. I thought it might be too thick to cut well but one pass and the innies are falling out of the die cut.
- I used a liquid glue that dries clear (Aleene's Tacky Glue is a goo choice). I put the glue on the back of my paper die cut.
- Then I started at one corner and glued the entire thing down, making sure to match the design. This will be the only time-consuming part. And if you start the gluing own accurately, everything will fall into place.
- The neat thing about using the foam is that you get instant dimension (THANK you Kathy for being the first one to suggest and try this!)
- Cut the red glitter paper to 4 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches and layer onto your card base
- Cut the silver linen (oh its so pretty) to 4 x 5 1/4 inches and layer onto your card.
- Add glue to the back of your Christmas Light Panel and attach to your card.
- Use the various glitter glues and add color to all the bulbs. I didn't add any other colors to each bulb (like the neck).
- Let this dry overnight.
- Take your clear lacquer and put a coat of it on each bulb over top of the dried glitter.
- Let dry overnight
- You may wish to add a second coat of lacquer after the first dries. I was going for a more dimensional and rounded bulb look so I added a second coat.
- If you add a second coat, let dry over night.
To make your sentiment:
- Die cut your sentiment from gold foil card
- Die cut a small oval of matte gold
- Mount your sentiment onto the gold oval (I did this so that I could read the words clearly and there wasn't a distraction from the lights underneath. I also used gold because if I had used silver I think it would have blended in too much with the silver linen underneath.
- Use mounting tape on the back of the oval only and mount your sentiment onto your card.
Here is another view of my card.
I would be fun to have all one color bulbs, or have each strand a different color. Have fun!
Lis
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