“Make a Wish” and send it to a friend

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencil I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use the discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Black Border Layer: 5.25 x 5.25

White Border Layer: 5 ⅛ x 5 ⅛

Card Face:  5 x 5

I love creating gel prints:  it’s an activity I share with my daughter (part of the reason I love it).  I have quite an accumulation,  and from time to time, I make a determined effort to use some of them up. This card was born during one of those times.

Card Face:

• I cut the gel print down to size and then placed it on the grip mat.  I positioned the stencil (it is a 6 x 9 stencil, so there are lots of options for how it’s placed on the page) and then pressed my Versamark ink pad firmly through the stencil onto the card face.
• After removing the stencil, I sprinkled black embossing powder over the card face and set it with my heat gun.

Other:

• I used scraps of white cardstock to cut out the three cupcakes.  
• I also cut three of the sentiments and glued them together, which created extra dimension and presence for the sentiment.

Assembly

• I glued the black border layer to the card base.
• I centered the white border layer on top of these and then added the card face on top of both.
• I glued the sentiment towards the bottom right as shown,  and then added the three cupcakes.
• I added a pink embellishment to each cupcake.

Final Thoughts:

I love the addition of the stencilled embossing to the gel print: the die cuts finished it off perfectly.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed the products I have used and where to purchase them. It’s a huge marketplace, and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil:  Big Squiggles,  A Colorful Life Designs

Dies:  Make a Wish, Creative Expressions

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon 

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Big Squiggles