A lot of time is usually put into any of my new card designs because I tend to overthink it. I think it's because I consider each individual card as a piece of art. Can you relate? This time around, this card was created on a whim.
I was able to come up with the final design rather quickly thanks to a mystery card class by Elaine's Creations. Have you every participated in one, they are fun! She provides us a guideline of materials to come prepared with (virtually of course)... and then we jump onto a live video chat and assemble it together. There was a lot of love for this card design on Instagram, so I decided to create a template guide for you all to reference. I've included it below.
I used a retired stamp set ’Balloon Celebration’ however this card can be created with only the Balloon Duet Punch, check out Elaine's card as the original inspiration. This stamp set was a must-have for me - I bought it second-hand after it was already retired, and it worked perfectly for this project. For a full list of materials scroll to the end of this post.
I also entered this card into 2 challenges:
This is my first time creating a template guide for a card, let me know if you like this and want to see more of them!
Card Assembly Instructions
Prepare all the pieces according to the template guide above.
Fold the score lines of the Z-Card Base from left to right as Mountain Fold at 2 3/4" and Vally Fold at 5 1/2".
Fold the score lines of the Z-Band from left to right as Mountain Fold at 5 1/2" and Valley Fold at 8 1/4".
Adhere the largest mat to the right segment of the Z-Card Base. In my card example it's the floral DSP.
Adhere the left (longer side) of the Z-Band to the left (shorter side) of the Z-Card Base. Be sure to line of the bottom edges precisely as this will make a difference in how the finished card will lay flat.
Adhere the right (shorter side) of the Z-Band to the right (longer side) of the Z-Card Base.
Fold the card flat and reinforce all scored edges with a bone folder.
Adhere the medium-sized mat to the far left segment of the Z-Card Base. In my example this is whisper white card stock embossed with the Tufted embossing folder.
Adhere the three small mats to the remaining raw segments of the Z-Band. There's no particular order but from left to right, however, I adhered the matching DSP mat to the far right of the Z-Band to extend the look of the back of the card.
Next steps are up to you! How do you plan to decorate this card base? With flowers, balloons, greenery foliage? I'd love to see what you come up with!
Tips/Notes:
I stamped the balloon images from Balloon Celebrations with Blushing Bride ink, before cutting them out with the Balloon Duet Punch - turn the punch upside down and you can line it up easily.
I love to first lay out all the decorative pieces of my card before committing to gluing it down, then I used tiny dots of quick-dry liquid glue to adhere the knot of the balloon down to the card.
In a couple places I used very tiny cut pieces of dimensionals to lift some balloons for depth. (but then I had to hide those with sequins)
I used the masking technique, to stamp the balloon strings on the card so that it was only visible on the mats, and not on the card base.
Sponge daubers were used to add a hint of color on the front sentiment to add a little 'pop'.
I used partial die-cutting with one of the stitched Tasteful Label dies to create the 'you're lovely' label.
Liquid glue was used to adhere the sequins.
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Complete list of materials:
Balloon Celebrations - Retired
Happy Birthday To You - Sale-a-Bration 2020
Lovely You - new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog
Use any Designer Series Paper you have on hand :)
Embellishments
Poppy Sequins - Retired
Lovely Labels Pick-a-Punch - new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog
Tasteful Labels Dies - new 2020-2021 Annual Catalog
Tufted 3D Embossing Folder - Last chance products retiring 6/2/20!!
Paper Trimmer - Also used to create score lines in paper to make your card base!
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