Birthday Wishes... abstract stars A6 cream deckle edge card

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Birthday Wishes... abstract stars 
A6 cream deckle edge card

Hi Craft addicts!

I have been playing with Alcohol inks on Yupo paper (it has a great effect) and wondered what I could do with the background I had made and came up with this card...


How I made this card:-

  • I first of all took a pre cut panel of 5" x 7" Ranger Translucent Yupo paper (it is synthetic and recyclable which makes it more environmentally friendly) and added a variety of alcohol inks (again Ranger) on to it to create a varied background - see below for one like it....

  • I then left it to dry (though it does do that almost immediately) and then used the Synergy Die (Paper Piece 5) from Toni Darroch's Stamp by Me Range to cut it out - I did add a sheet of paper over it as I didn't want any of the colour to come off it so made 2 for the price of one!
  • As the die itself is about 8", the die-cut had a lot of edges "open" so decided to trim three of the stars out of it to make the design (if that makes sense).
  • I used an A6 cream Deckle edge card (but looking back I probably would have used a white one) and worked out where I wanted to put the stars - eventually having them on the bottom edge (or left hand side depending on how you look at it) and attached them to it using Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue.
  • I used Gina K Black Amalgam ink to stamp the Birthday Wishes sentiment (from Woodware)on to some white stamping card and cut around it making sure it fitted above the stars...
  • I edged it with some red ink (left on my sponge dauber) and added it to the top of the card with foam pads.
  • Finally, I edged the card with the same ink and 3 dots of Black Nuvo drops to the top right hand corner (and one to the dot of the I). 

Products used for this project:-
  • A6 Cream Deckle Edge cards with envelope 
  • Synergy Die - Paper Piece 5 from Toni Darroch's Stamp by Me Collection
  • Birthday Wishes stamp from Woodware
  • Yupo Paper (translucent) from Ranger
  • White Card
  • Alcohol ink re-inkers (from Ranger or any would do)
  • Red ink pad from Prism
  • Black Nuvo Drops from Tonic Studios
  • Gina K Amalgam ink pad
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue or Pinflair Glue it glue
  • Collall All Purpose glue
  • Foam pads
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