Gel (Water) Card
by Beate Johns
This is a wonderful touch and feel card. No one can resist to play with it for a bit! You will definitely WOW the recipient of this card.
Supplies
- Cardstock
- Patterned Paper (optional)
- Ziploc™ bag ( 3" square bag used here)
- Hair gel
- Circle Nestabilities™ die or other circular die or punch
- Scor-Tape™, or other strong double sided adhesive
Step-by-Step
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Step 1
Squeeze some hair gel into your ziploc™ bag. Only add enough to cover the inside of the bag. Too much gel might cause the bag to "pop" later on.
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Press excess air out of the bag, close it and spread the gel evenly over the entire inside of the bag.
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Step 2
Adhere and decorate your card front layers.
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Step 3
Cut a window into your layers with your circle die.
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Step 4
Turn your card front around and add Scor-Tape™ around your window.
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Step 5
Adhere your gel bag over the opening.
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Step 6
Create a scene for behind your gel bag window.
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Step 7
Adhere your scene behind the window..
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Step 8
Adhere the layers to your card front with dimensionals and finish decorating the card.
Tip:
If you plan to send a gel card through the mail, use a padded envelope to prevent the gel bag from popping.
Video!
Variations
A whole different hole
As an alternative to punching or cutting an oval-shaped hole, you can also cut out the inside of an image of a container, such as the bag or jar stamps from the SU! "All Wrapped Up" set.
Small stuff
Place small items inside the gel.
Your Turn
You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Gel (Water) Card. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!
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Questions and Comments
We'd love to get your feedback or questions. Leave your comment below.
I bought them at Walmart and Michaels before. Check the Jewelery section of the stores.
Maybe you used too much gel in your bag? Did you try adding dimensionals behing your image to level the layers out? If you do that, use brads instead of eyelets to hold the layers together.
Hugs and smiles
http://raquites.blogspot.com/2008/06/birthday-fishes.html#links
you can buy these smaller bags in the jewelery department of Hobby stores.
I have done this on the scanner bed only with a little water in the plastic bag. It worked good.
I think that would work as well as long as it has enough air bubbles in the gel. Those make the card more interesting.
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