Hello there!
I'm back with another card to share with you. This one is a fun cake card done in lovely summer sorbet shades.
I found that I didn't have any colours of card stock in the shades I had in mind. I solved this by creating my own with Promarkers. I haven't used my Promarkers for a while, so I thought I would dust them off and get them used.
Even though I have the full range of Copic markers, I find that sometimes they don't have the exact colour I'm looking for. This is where Promarkers come in, they have some beautiful colours, especially the pastel and sorbet shades. So why not mix the two brands?
This is a simple stamped image on a large white banner. I made the coloured background by die cutting strips of white card, shading them in and then arranging them onto some copy paper and sticking down. This was then cut in a panel.
Stamps:
Birthday Bash - Paper Smooches
Dies:
Horizontal Stripes - Waffle Flower
A2 Layers
Scalloped Banner Set - Avery Elle
Ink pads:
Tuxedo Black - Memento
Alcohol markers:
Pink Carnation - Promarkers
Peach
Lime Green
Pastel Green
Embellishments:
Crystal Collection-Glass - Little Thing's from Lucy's Cards
Card stock:
White
Extras:
Adhesives
Crystal Clear Shimmer Pen
Tools:
Big Shot - Sizzix
What you do...
1 Die cut the horizontal stripes in white card. Use Promarkers to colour the stripes in the four colours that you want to arrange them.
2 Add double sided adhesive to a piece of white copy/scrap paper and stick down the stripes. Die cut into a panel using the 3¾" x 5" die from the A2 Layers set.
3 Stamp the cake onto white card with the sentiment lined up underneath. Colour in using Promarkers.
4 Use the pinpoint border banner to cut out the cake image.
5 Create a 4¼" x 5½" white blank. Mat the striped panel onto it. Add the banner with foam tape. Embellish with some of the Glass gems and highlight the icing on the cake with shimmer pen.
I used one of my old Paper Smooches stamp sets here, but there are so many cute cake stamps on the market along with some adorable sentiments. Use what ever you have in your stash.
This card layout would look good for a lot of occasions. Done in masculine colours with a male oriented image/motif/sentiment would be great. I think I might do a Christmas version.
Sadly I didn't get round to starting my Christmas cards in July. Magazine work always gets hectic at this time of year as deadlines are tighter to get in the extra issue. Hopefully I should be able to get going with the Christmas cards soon. Watch this space as they say.
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