Card Making: Theatrical

Today we are making a card for a theatrical friend. You know. Those friends who always seem to have drama going in there lives and who handle it with the flair of a real diva. The card has highly contrasting colours, lots of texture and a vibrant bling to it that sets it apart from other cards. To top it all, we add a little bit of Shakespearean drama to the sentiment.

I start the card on one of these index cards.

I use a palette knife to pain the card gold, using Zellen's Zelcryl acrylic paint.

While the paint is still wet, I use a scraper to scrape swirls through the paint.

I then use an Artline marker to draw a balustrade on the dry paint.

I choose a die-cut from Art By Marlene's Signature Collection.

I use double-sided tape to adhere the die-cut to the index card.

I then draw the balustrade over the die-cut, to make it appear to be in front of the figure.

I use Liquid Pearl Drops to build the balustrade out 3D.

I then cut a speech bubble from off-cut cardboard.

I ink the edges of the speech bubble with Crystal Craft Ink.

I use a Faber-Castell Pigma pen to write the Shakespearean quote on the card: "Wherefore art thou Romeo?"

I then bling up the speech bubble with Mont Marte Glitter glue.

Again, I use double-sided tape to adhere the speech bubble to the index card.

The added speech bubble looks like this on the card.

The index card is now ready to be mounted on a bigger card.

I find contrasting purple cardboard to use as a card.

I use a bone folder to fold the A4 sheet of cardboard in half to form a card.

In my Reflect paper pad, I find a darker shade of purple to use as matting behind the index card.

I cut the matting to size, using a Dala Craft Knife and a metal ruler.

I use double-sided tape to layer the elements on the card.

I build a Washi Tape frame around the 'stage' on the card.

The completed card.

You can watch a compilation video of the above steps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/iPXBeacZDJs

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