I've been participating in Online Card Classes' "Spring Card Camp 2." It's been lots of fun, and Caly Person's "Vellum Overlay" lesson on Day 7 inspired this card.
I die cut my card front from Spearmint cardstock with the largest of the "Beaded Circles" dies (discontinued). I cut a second piece from Essentials by Ellen's 40 lb. vellum, and die cut a circle from the center of that. Since I didn't have much surface area on the vellum to apply adhesive without making an unsightly mess, I decided to stitch it to my card front. I offset the vellum layer on the cardstock, taped the two pieces together, and used a plastic canvas circle as a guide to pierce stitching holes. Then I stitched with a pale yellow embroidery floss.
I cut my card base from an A2 size card base I'd created previously. I positioned a circle die so it hung off the folded edge just a bit, and die cut through both layers. I also die cut a circle with the same die from yellow cardstock, to show through the little openings in the "Beaded Circles" card front. (Because of the edging on the card front, I made the base with a slightly smaller circle die.) Finally, I adhered all the layers together.
For my image, I used Pizza Crust ink to stamp the cake from "Birthday Before 'n Afters" on a scrap of Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper. I colored it with a combination of Tombow & Zig Clean Color markers, then cut it with the coordinating die. I stamped the greeting, from "Big Birthday Sentiments" (discontinued), in Guava ink onto a scrap of white cardstock. I cut the greeting into labels, and adhered them and the cake to the front of my card. (I did make sure my cake & greeting would be parallel to the surface the card stands on.) Finally, I cut a small sliver off the bottom of the card base back, so the card will stand when open.
Date: Friday, May 22, 2020 GMT Views: 130
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Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Birthday Before 'n Afters"; My Favorite Things "Big Birthday Sentiments"
Paper: Strathmore Smooth Bristol paper; Essentials by Ellen 40 lb. vellum; Bazzill Spearmint cardstock; green, white
Ink: Lawn Fawn Guava & Pizza Crust
Accessories: Spellbinders "Beaded Circles" die; We R Memory Keepers "Nested Circles" dies; Lawn Fawn "Birthday Before 'n Afters" coordinating die; Tombow & Zig Clean Color Real Brushmarkers