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Gerbera Decoupage Birthday

We have an additional card designer now – Jill. This is Jill’s first design for Glitter Monster Crafts and has been made using a design from a die-cut decoupage sheet from our decoupage range. Keep your eye out for more of Jill’s designs coming soon.

Gerbera Decoupage

To make Jill’s card you will need the following items:

  1. A white 7″ x 5″ card blank
  2. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Floral 119
  3. Silver Happy Birthday wording peel off sticker
  4. Silver decorative wavy border peel off sticker
  5. Sticky foam pads
  6. Double sided sticky tape

How to make this card:

Fold the top right hand corner of the front of the card blank forward so the fold runs from the top left hand corner and ends 7.75cm down on the right hand side. This creates a triangle flap and an interesting shape to the front of the card blank. Stick the corner of the flap down to the front of the card blank using a small section of double sided sticky tape.

Stick a length of the silver decorative wavy border peel off sticker to the right hand edge of the card blank beginning just under the bottom corner of the triangle flap and running all of the way down to the bottom edge of the card blank. Then stick two more lengths of the same border to the edges of the triangle flap.

Press out all of the Gerbera flower image sections labelled ‘A’ from the floral 119 die-Cut decoupage sheet. Layer these in the correct order onto the card blank with sticky foam pads so that the picture overlaps the bottom corner of the triangle flap.

Finally take a silver Happy Birthday wording peel off sticker of your choice and stick this centrally on the card blank below the Gerbera flowers. Of course you can use a different wording sticker to make the card for another occasion if you like.

The picture below is taken to show a different perspective and the decoupage layers.

Gerbera Decoupage Flat

Card Idea by Jill

Glitter Christmas Tree Card

Sticking with the Christmas theme, here is a really bright glittery Christmas Tree card.

Glitter Christmas Tree Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. A6 Luxury Pearl White Card Blank
  2. Pearlised white card or Plain white card
  3. Dreamweaver Stencil – Christmas Tree
  4. Stickles Glitter Glue – Green
  5. Stickles Glitter Glue – Red
  6. Gold metallic marker pen
  7. Season’s Greetings Peel Off Sheet – Gold
  8. Double Sided Sticky Tape
  9. Light box, masking tape & embossing tools
  10. Craft knife, pencil, ruler & cutting mat

Instructions how to make:

Measure and cut a 120mm x 85mm rectangle from the pearlised white card. Place the stencil on the light box and secure in place with some small pieces of masking tape. Place the card rectangle over the stencil lining it up so the image will be central and secure that in place with more masking tape. Switch the light box on and trace around the stencil design with the appropriate size embossing tools for each section pressing firmly but taking care not to slip. When finished carefully remove the masking tape and turn the card over for your embossed Christmas tree design.

Using double sided sticky tape on all four edges of the embossed card rectangle stick it to the front of the card blank leaving a space at the bottom for the peel off sentiment.

Place the Season’s Greetings gold peel off sheet onto your cutting mat and using your craft knife carefully make small cuts to separate the word Season’s from the word Greetings so they can be used separately. Remove the separated wording from the peel off backing sheet and stick along the bottom of the card blank as shown in the picture.

Using the gold metallic marker carefully colour the star and pot sections of the embossed image. Allow to dry.

Using the green stickles glitter glue carefully colour the tree sections of the embossed image and using the red stickles glitter glue carefully colour the baubles on the embossed image. Leave the card flat in a safe place to dry for a few hours.

Card Idea by Janine