Card Making: Golden Anniversary

My folks' golden anniversary is coming up towards the end of the year. With this in mind, I have started experimenting with cards for the occasion.  To make today's card, I have used the Gelli Plate to pull a print to the card, I used my fondant cutters to create the image, and I used stamps to add some feint finishing touches at the end. I walk you through the steps for creating this card, in today's blog.

I start the project on these index cards.

I will be using the Gelli Plate to pull a print onto the card.

I start on a dirty Gelli Plate, as I have been working with it already before starting this project. In the past I have found that this doesn't affect the projects negatively, but rather adds more interest to the final product. I place a dollop of Bianjo Acrylic Paint on the Gelli Plate and spritz it with water to thin it.

I brayer the paint onto the Gelli Plate.

I will be using one of the images from my fondant cutter set.

I lightly press the image onto the wet paint and wiggle it a bit to make the lines bolder.

I looks like this when I pull the cutter away.

I brayer the index card onto the image.

The index card looks like this when I pull it away from the Gelli Plate.

I find a quote in a tiny book I have, titles Die Klein Aanhalingsboek. I cut this from the book.

I ink the quote with Tim Holtz Distress Ink.

I then ink the index card with a sponge dauber, using Crystal Craft Ink.

I create a dotted border, using a Rolfes Metallic Marker.

I put a small line border around the quote as well.

I mount the quote to the index card with 3D tape.

The index card looked like this when I was finished and it was time to mount it to a proper card.

I matted the index card on green paper, which I cropped with a Dala craft knife and a metal ruler.

I used double-sided tape to adhere the pieces together.

I used a bone folder to fold an A4 sheet of cardboard in half, to form a card.

The index card was taped to the card.

I decided to use these Timbres Clair stamps, along with the Crystal Craft Ink Pad, to stamp some images onto the card.

I use a Chiswick base to mount the clear stamps on.

I used yet another Timbres Clair stamp set to add more images.

These hearts were used to form a feint border around the card.

The completed card looked like this.

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

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