Celebrating the King of the Cookout with a DIY card

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 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

Card Face:  5.25 x 4

Card Face:

After laying the card face on my Grip Mat, I positioned the stencil towards the top of the panel. I was using the section of the stencil which creates flames,  and I masked off any nearby openings.

I brushed soft yellow ink over the exposed area,  and then (using a detail brush) I added touches of red to the base of the flames to provide visual interest.

I rotated the stencil to allow the apron to appear in the bottom right of my card face.  After once again masking off nearby areas  I applied red ink.  I used a full sized brush for the main part of the apron,  and a detail brush for the strings.

I repositioned the stencil again, this time to feature the dotty words.  After  (you guessed it!)  masking nearby areas  I applied black ink to create the fun font.

Other:

I die cut the BBQ tools from white cardstock.

I used alcohol markers to colour the handles. 

I used an embossing pen to colour the metallic parts of the tools, sprinkled some silver embossing powder over this and set it with my heat gun.

Assembly

I glued the card face to the card base.

I used a ruler and a black marker to create a fine black border around the card face.  (There are two advantages to this:  it saves a piece of cardstock,  and I can draw a very fine line which is perfectly centered.)

I used a ruler and a fineliner to draw a black line on the card face where shown,  and then glued the BBQ tools onto this.

Final Thoughts:

A fun “guy” card –  I haven’t decided if this will be for Father’s Day or a birthday.  My guy is truly a BBQ King,  he produces amazing results from the grill.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil:  Kiss The Cook,  A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Embossing Pen: Ranger, Amazon

Silver  Embossing Powder: Wow, R&R Scrapbooking

Dies:  Apron of Love,  Stampin’ Up!  (retired)

Fineliner: Amazon

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Detail Brushes:  Scrap n’ Stamp

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

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

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