Gather your supplies:
- Cardstock: Thick Basic White 8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; Mossy Meadow 3-3/4" x 5"; Beauty of the Earth DSP " 3-1/2" x 4-3/4" (if desired, 1/2" x 4-1/4" for the inside); Gold Foil 1-3/4" x 5"; Basic white 1/2" strip for sentiment
- Stamp Bundle: Quiet Meadow
- Ink: Mossy Meadow
- Banners Pick a Punch
- Gilded Leafing
- Adhesive (including Multipurpose Glue) and Tools
I must warn you that this technique can be a little messy. The Gilded Leafing has the lightest flakes of gold you can imagine. The slightest breath or air movement will cause the flakes to go all over. I like to keep a small portion of the flakes from the jar (which has enough to last a lifetime!) in a large container with a flat bottom. This allows me to place my card panel into the flakes rather than try to apply the flakes to the card.
Start by putting scrap paper onto your work surface. Add thin lines of glue, making sure you go all the way to the edges of your DSP. This is where you decide how many "breaks" you will have in your design. I kept this one fairly simple, but you could add more lines. Now, you need to allow the glue to almost dry completely, but not quite. It needs to be tacky so the Gilded flakes will adhere. Add your flakes to the glue lines and press them into the glue. When this is good and stuck down, brush off the extra pieces of gilding with either a brush (I like a toothbrush) or your fingers or a wedge of a sponge.
The messy part is done! Add the DSP layer to the Mossy Meadow layer. Cut out a flower silhouette from Gold Foil using one of the dies and the Stampin' Cut and Emboss machine. I like to cut tiny strips of adhesive from the edge of the dimensionals to pop up this flower. Trim the bottom even with the Mossy Meadow layer. Pop this up on your card base of thick basic white.
Stamp your sentiment on the basic white strip with Mossy Meadow ink. Trim the end with the Banner Triple Punch. Pop this up by using Mini Dimensionals.
Since I loved how Penny combined techniques to make a gorgeous card for me and Greg (our first card congratulating us on buying a new home), I wanted to make a similar one using some of our new In-Colors. I chose Polished Pink, Pale Papaya and Fresh Freesia to color on vellum. I dotted alcohol to get more of a mottled look. Then I used glue to go around the borders of the colors. I mounted it onto a larger white panel and popped it up on a card base of Polished Pink. I used Hand Penned Petals bundle to add a floral sentiment and to decorate the inside.
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