Hello Crafters,
If you enjoy making dimensional, nature-inspired creations, then you will love today's card tutorial. Made using the brand-new Pretty Peonies collection, designer Glynis has crafted a truly magnificent card layout that could be adapted for so many occasions.
Read on for a full step-by-step project tutorial, complete with a materials list that has been linked so you can click on each product to go to its respective web page, making it easy for you to shop.
YOU WILL NEED:
- Pretty Peonies collection:
- 3D embossing folder and die set – Peony Flower
- 3D embossing folder, stamp and die set – Delightful Butterflies
- 8x8” paper pad – Pretty Peonies
- Vellum pad – Printed Pretty Peonies Ombre
- Die sets – Leafy Lace Frames and Leafy Lace Background
- Stamp set – Fashionable Birthday
- Mirror card – Azalea
- Smooth white card
- Sparkelicious glitter – Glass Slipper, Pink Perfection, Diamante Sparkle, Crystallina, Stardust Silver, and Deep Pink
- Self-Adhesive Sparkles – Pretty Pinks
- Sparklers – 12mm
- Ranger Distress Oxide inkpads – Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo
- Versafine Clair Black inkpad
- WOW! embossing powder – Clear Gloss
- Marker pens
- A4 double-sided sticky sheet
- Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA Glue
- Pinflair 3D glue gel
- Foam pads on a roll
- 8x8” white straight-edged card blank
- WOW! heat tool
- Die-cutting machine
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Trim a sheet of Azalea mirror card to size and attach to the base card. From the Leafy Lace Frame die set, cut the largest die in white card and go around the edges with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Cut the next die in mirror card and adhere the two together. Trim a sheet of patterned paper from the Pretty Peonies paper pad to size. Go around the edges with Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter and secure on top of the previous panels. Affix to the base card with foam pads.
2 Die-cut the outer die from the Leafy Lace Background die set in white card and glitter the edges using Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Cut the next die in the set from mirror card and affix to the previous panel. For the top layer, cut the main die in white card, trim down another piece of white card to the same size and colour with the Oxide inkpads. Place a cut-off of a double-sided sticky sheet on top, attach to the main die-cut panel, remove the cover, and then cover with Pink Perfection Sparkelicious glitter. Secure in place and attach to the base card with foam pads. Decorate the background with Pretty Pink sparkles.
3 Die-cut and emboss the peonies using the Peony Flower 3D embossing folder and die set and Printed Pretty Peonies Ombre vellum pad. Shape the petals and adhere together using 3D glue gel. Die-cut the stamens, cover with Glass Slipper Sparkelicious glitter, secure to the middle of the flowers and attach a 12mm Sparkle. Die-cut the foliage, cover with Stardust Silver Sparkelicious glitter and attach the foliage and flowers to the main card with 3D glue gel.
4 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the large butterfly twice from the Delightful Butterflies set using black ink and Clear Gloss embossing powder onto white card. Colour with assorted marker pens and glitter with Deep Pink and Pink Perfection Sparkelicious glitters. Adhere the two butterflies together by just the bodies to leave the wings free, and decorate the top one with Pretty Pink Sparkles, securing onto the main card with 3D glue gel.
5 Stamp and heat-emboss the sentiment from the Fashionable Birthday stamp set. Matt and layer onto mirror card and secure in place with foam pads to finish.
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