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Love You More - 04/29/2024

PRODUCTS USED
Main How to Image

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

White landscape card blank 7 x 5

Kraft card

White card

Vellum

Wild Sunflowers Embossing Folder 

Quattro D Christmas Is Coming

Papercraft Society Box (June 2023) sentiment die

SBM Hybrid Ink Pad: Midnight

SBM Premium Dye Ink Pad: Bittersweet, Sherbet, Limeade

Distress Ink Pad: Walnut Stain

Blending brush

Paint brush

Gold gilding Wax

Water spray bottle

Eureka 101 Watercolour Tablet

SBM A3 Magnetic glass mat

Paper Trimmer

Glue/Foam pads/Double-sided adhesive tape

Die Cutting machine

 



How To Guide - Step 1

Swipe the Sherbet and Bittersweet ink pads over the debossed side of the Wild Sunflowers folder and lightly spritz with water. 

How To Guide - Step 2

Place a piece of white card cut to 6 1/2 x 4 1/2", inside the folder and run it through your machine. 

How To Guide - Step 3

Use your inks, mixed with the Walnut Stain Distress ink, to paint the centre of your Sunflower.

How To Guide - Step 4

Once the ink is completely dry, lightly apply Gold gilding wax over the raised areas of the Sunflower centre. Buff with a soft cloth to intensify the shine.  

How To Guide - Step 5

Tear a panel of vellum and place across the bottom of your artwork. Tuck the ends of the vellum over the sides of your card and secure on the reverse with double sided tape. 

How To Guide - Step 6

Adhere your artwork to kraft card cut to 6 3/4 x 4 3/4" before adhering to your white 5 x 7" landscape card blank. 

How To Guide - Step 7

Each of the stencils in the Quattro D Christmas Is Coming collection are numbered and have hearts in the corner to help you line each stencil up, if required. 

Use your blending tool to apply ink through each stencil, on to white card trimmed to 7 x 5", as follows:

Stencil 1 Sherbet, Limeade and Walnut Stain, in whatever combination your prefer

Stencil 2 Same colours where desired, then use Walnut Stain for their shoes

Stencil 3 Tattered Rose

 

How To Guide - Step 8

Stamp over the stencilled images, in Midnight, with the stamp included in the collection, 

How To Guide - Step 9

Use the coordinating dies to cut out your Gnomes. If you are die cutting all three at once, make sure you secure the dies with low tack tape so they don't cross over each other!!

How To Guide - Step 10

Place the Gnomes inside the embossing folder and run it through your machine. 

How To Guide - Step 11

Secure two of your Gnomes in the bottom right of your card, keeping the third Gnome for another project. 

How To Guide - Step 12

Die cut "Love You More", from the Papercraft Society Box, THREE times out of kraft card. 

How To Guide - Step 13

Adhere the THREE die cut words together before securing to the right of your Gnomes, across the torn vellum panel.