Hello Crafters,
Today's music-themed card tutorial is just the ticket for that rock star in your life! Created by the talented Rebecca, using the fab Happy Hobbies collection, this eye-catching birthday card certainly rocks!
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 be sent to its respective web page, making it easy for you to shop.
YOU WILL NEED:
- Happy Hobbies collection:
- Stamp and die set – Guitar
- 8x8” embossing folder – Music Background
- 8x8” designer paper pad – Happy Hobbies
- 8x8” nesting dies – Basic Stars and Basic Circles
- Luxury pearl card – Lapis Lazuli
- Smooth white card
- Mirror card – Silver
- WOW! embossing powder – Polished Silver Superfine and Clear Gloss Superfine
- Self-Adhesive Sparkles – Metallics
- Gilding wax
- Glossy Accents
- Alcohol markers
- Versafine inkpad – Onyx Black
- WOW! clear embossing inkpad
- Art Glitter Dries-Clear glue with fine-tip applicator
- Pinflair 3D glue gel
- Chisel-tip glue pen
- Foam pads on a roll
- 8x8” white straight-edged card blank
- WOW! heat tool
- Die-cutting machine
INSTRUCTIONS:
1 Trim down a sheet of Lapis Lazuli pearl card to 7¾” square and stamp the star border all the way around the edge using a clear embossing inkpad, then heat-emboss using Polished Silver Superfine embossing powder. Affix to the card using Dries-Clear glue. Trim white cardstock down to 7” square and affix to the card using foam pads. Finally, trim patterned paper to 6¾” square and affix to the card using foam pads.
2 Trim silver mirror card down to 6¼” square and affix to the card using foam pads. Trim another sheet of patterned paper to 6” square and stamp out some of the star images to the background using a clear embossing inkpad, then heat-emboss using Polished Silver Superfine embossing powder and affix to the card using foam pads.
3 Die-cut a star from silver mirror card and one from Lapis Lazuli pearl card. Using the embossing folder, emboss the Lapis Lazuli star and apply silver gilding wax over the top. Affix both stars to the card using foam pads.
4 Stamp the guitar and lightning bolts onto a white card with a black inkpad and heat-emboss using Clear Gloss embossing powder. Colour in using alcohol markers and die-cut using the coordinating dies. Affix to the card using foam pads. Apply Glossy Accents to the guitar's body.
5 Die-cut a circle from silver mirror card and affix to the card. Die-cut a smaller circle from Lapis Lazuli pearl card. Stamp the sentiment using a clear embossing inkpad and heat-emboss using Polished Silver embossing powder. Affix to the card using foam pads. To finish the card, add a few silver self-adhesive sparkles to the background and guitar.
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Chloe x
