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I started by die cutting 3 - 4 of the Fern squares out of cardstock. These were to be my stencils so I taped the open end of the negative die cut with masking tape to help keep the stencil together.
On my card front, I ink blended the stencil repeatedly with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink in a random pattern across the whole card front. The next step was to use the stencil to apply Moda Scrap Gelly paste over the inked ferns on one card. On the second card, I applied Nuvo Glimmer paste in Moonstone over the ferns. I set these aside to dry.
Then I applied a strip of Die Cut’N Bond double sided adhesive to a piece of cardstock. From this, I die cut another Fern Square and saved both the positive and the negative images. I stacked 4 of the positive die cuts together (I already had that many cut from making the stencils). With the negative die cut, I removed the adhesive backing and sprinkled micro-glitter all over it. I used my finger to push the glitter into the adhesive and then used my bone folder to finish pressing it in.
I repeated this same process with my word dies. I die cut the Thanks from Simon Says Stamp’s (SSS) “Script Thanks” die from the adhesive backed cardstock. The background cloud die was cut from regular white cardstock. For the birthday card, I die cut the “Happy” with an Impression Obsessions die from the adhesive backed paper. I used the die itself to trace around and fussy cut out of white cardstock to make the cloud outline. I then removed the adhesive backing from the words and applied glitter to them, making sure to use a bone folder to press the glitter down into the paper. I then glued the words to the cloud outline backgrounds. For the “birthday” sentiment, I used the birthday stamp in SSS Circle Sayings set, and stamped it in place with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink.
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| Trace around the die and fussy cut to creat a cloud outline. |
Finally, I placed my elements on my cards to determine the placement of everything. I used glue to adhere everything as the paste was slightly 3D. I found it easiest to adhere the negative Fern die cut first, holding the positive die cut in place. It took quite a bit of pressure to make sure the elements were stuck down and I used acrylic blocks to hold everything down while the glue dried.
I love how these cards turned out and there is a difference between the two pastes - the moonstone glimmer paste has more golden flecks in it, while the Moda Scrap paste has a more satiny pearl look to it. I hope you can give these cards a try. Thank you so much for joining me and have fun crafting!
