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Starry Basket Bouquet Card with Cheshire Background

A project from our live show Join Toni for A WEDNESDAY LAUNCH in the HTCN studio broadcast 26th Jan 22 · 26/01/2022

A handmade greeting card featuring a stamped basket of flowers with a starry background created using stencils and sparkly paste. The card combines white-on-white die-cutting with colourful accents and sequins for a cheerful, dimensional design.

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8:00in the show
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  1. 1

    Cut the Cheshire cover plate die from white cardstock using your die-cutting machine, angling it slightly for interest.

    ▶ watch this step 8:00
  2. 2

    Place a piece of mirror card or coloured cardstock behind the white die-cut to make the design stand out.

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  3. 3

    Secure the 7x7 star stencil onto white cardstock using tape to hold it in place.

    ▶ watch this step 10:45
  4. 4

    Apply the silver Izink Diamond 24 Carats paste through the stencil using a spatula, working sporadically across the design.

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  5. 5

    Fill in the remaining star spaces with the orange Izink Diamond 24 Carats paste, creating a mixed colour effect.

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  6. 6

    Allow the paste to dry for a couple of minutes, then carefully lift away the stencil to reveal the sparkly star background.

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  7. 7

    Stamp the basket image from the new stamp set onto white cardstock using black memento ink.

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  8. 8

    Fussy cut around the basket stamp carefully with scissors.

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  9. 9

    Colour the basket using alcohol markers in brown tones, applying lighter shades first and darker shades along the woven lines for dimension.

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  10. 10

    Stamp the sentiment 'You are amazing' onto white cardstock in black ink and fussy cut it out.

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  11. 11

    Mount the starry background panel onto black cardstock, then attach to a white card blank.

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  12. 12

    Adhere the coloured basket image to the card using 3D foam pads for dimension.

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  13. 13

    Attach the sentiment strip to the card.

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  14. 14

    Add purple sequins in clusters of three around the design for sparkle and embellishment.

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