Card Making: Dreams

Today I am going to show you how to make a delightfully happy card with great expectations and beautiful dreams incorporated into it. I managed to use a photo from an adevertisement in this card and it still came out quite spectacular, proving once again that anything can be used when making arts and crafts. My friends and family already know that I never throw anything away, and that eventually, all of that stash will be put to good use.

I start the project on these index cards.

I will be using my Gelli Plate for the surface preparations.

I used a warm coloured acrylic paint from Bianjo and spritzed it with water to thin it. I had some paint left over on the Gelli Plate from a previous project, but I did not bother to clean this up before starting with this project.

It was brayered onto the plate.

I found some tools in my cake decorating stash to use.

I placed the images on the wet paint.

The tags were also placed on the wet paint. The fondant cutting tools left only a very feint outline in the paint.

I brayered an index card onto the images.

I lifted a feint image away, but this was enough for a decent background.

I wanted to do some layering on this card and decide to use one of these embossing sheets by Fiskars.

They are not meant to be used in my Go Cut & Emboss, but I have found that I can emboss with them if I use Fun Foam in my machine as embossing plates.

I layer my sandwich like this.

The embossed page.

This will layer nicely on my prepared card.

I also have this old diary/Thuisagenda from PIP Studio which I wish to use.

I find an image I like in the adverts inside the diary.

I crop it to size.

I use Ranger Archival Ink to rub over the embossed image on my paper.

I layer the elements with double-sided tape.

I draw a frame using a Rolfes Metallic Marker.

I then look for a sentiment to add in a book titled Put On Your Dancing Shoes.

I cut my sentiment from the book.

I crop it to size with a scalpel and steel ruler.

I ink the edges and mount it with double-sided tape.

I make a hot glue embellishment with my silicone mould.

I colour the mould with a Rolfes Metallic Marker.

I glue the mould on the card with Tombow glue.

My completed index card looked like this.

I folded an A4 sheet of cardboard in half to form a card.

I used double-sided tape to mount the index card to the card.

I used a clear stamp by Little Birdie and Ranger Adorondade ink to stamp a sentiment onto the card.

I stamped the sentiment in the top right corner of the card.

I then painted the card with Glitter Glue to lend it some sparkle.

I made shiny accents with Liquid Drops 3D Pearls.

The completed card.

You can watch a compilation video of the above steps on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/TkP0uzxEr34

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