Banner Thank You Card

Hello and welcome back! I have a confession to make - I really don't know how this card came about, except I had been looking at my Triple Banner die and thinking I hadn't used it enough and how pretty the shape of the banners were.  And then one thing led to another ...

 

Paper Rose supplies used: Triple Banner Metal Cutting Die 25924, Hand Lettered Thanks Metal Cutting Die 25606, Lydia's Blooms Stamp Set 25852, Floral Borders 6x6" Stencil 19342, Sweet Foliage 6x6" Stencil 19739.  Other supplies used: Nuvo Glacier Paste in Winter White, Gel plate prints using I think - DecoArt Peacock Pearl metallic acrylic paint, DecoArt Turquoise Sparkle Glitter Paint, and Art Alchemy Sparks paint in Fairy Wings.

I had previously made the gel plate prints and I think the paints I used are the ones listed above.  I had used the Sweet Foliage stencil over the blue and turquoise paints, applying the greeny-gold Fairy Wings paint over it.  These prints were actually a failure, but I picked out the usable areas, and die cut them with the Triple Banner die.  I think patterned paper would work just as well, but it's surprising sometimes what small areas of a bad print can look like on their own.  I also cut the banners from white cardstock several times so I could stack two or three together to mount under the printed die cuts.

I used the Floral borders stencil on the card front along the top and bottom edges, applying a layer of the Nuvo Glacier Paste through it, and then set it aside to dry.  While it was drying, I coloured the little buds from the Lydia's Bloom stamp set, using Copic markers.  Then I placed it back in my stamp positioner and restamped it with Versamark ink, heat set it with a clear embossing powder, and then fussy cut the buds out.  I also die cut the Thanks die from white cardstock three times and stacked and glued these together.

To assemble the card, I ended up having to cut down the blue banner pieces just slightly from each end so they would all fit on this A2 size card. I started by glueing the turquoise pieces first on the left, and then worked across to the right side.  I tucked in the buds between the blue pieces, glueing them in place.  Finally, I glued the Thanks sentiment in the middle.  In the end, I'm really quite happy with how it turned out and it made me feel good to use my failed print pieces.  So the moral of the story is - don't throw away those failures! : )

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a happy, creative day!