Striped Peony Card with Gold Overlay and Drop Shadow

A project from our live show CATCH UP with Toni for ANYTHING GOES WEDNESDAY in the HTCN studio broadcast 20th Oct 21 · 20/10/2021 · watch it from 26:30

Design a clean and elegant card featuring peonies on a black and white striped background, enhanced with a gold overlay that creates a subtle drop shadow effect. This card showcases both inky texture and clean, simple styling.

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Step by step

1. Cut six strips from the black and white striped paper pad to use as your background elements. ▶ watch 26:45
2. Apply glue to the back of each striped piece, leaving a tiny gap to create a black drop shadow underneath. ▶ watch 27:15
3. Layer the gold-covered strips over the black and white stripes, aligning them carefully to show the black lines as a shadow effect. ▶ watch 27:30
4. Trim the edges of the layered strips with scissors to create clean lines. ▶ watch 29:45
5. Stamp and heat-emboss the peony design onto the prepared background. ▶ watch 30:00
6. Die-cut the peony design using the coordinating outline die. ▶ watch 30:30
7. Apply foam pads around the top and right side of the die-cut design to create dimension. ▶ watch 32:15
8. Adhere the padded peony design to the card base, positioning it to overlap the striped background. ▶ watch 33:45
9. Apply clear glitter sparkle pens to the flowers for added embellishment. ▶ watch 35:15
10. Mount the card onto a pink folding note card base. ▶ watch 34:00

Tips from the show

• Use the printed lines on the striped paper as a guide to keep your gold overlay straight.
• The black drop shadow effect makes the gold stripes pop and prevents them from disappearing into the background.
• You can replicate this technique using any striped or patterned paper from your stash.

More from this show

• Red Peony Heat-Embossed Card with Bleached Effect
• Layered Sentiment Card with Letterpress Die

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