Good Monday Morning!
I'm starting the week off with Polka Dot Orchard's Digital package Lollipop Love by designer Crystal Minkler.
Here's my completed card and then the directions
on how I made it.
I printed the trio of lollipops and the two sentiments onto a piece of Neenah 110# card stock, then duplicated the lollipop layer twice so that I had three sets of that image across the page. I placed the two sentiments with enough room around them to allow for die cutting, then printed this page. I colored both of the lollipop images exactly alike and fussy cut as close to the outer edge as possible; then used my craft knife to cut in between the stems of the lollipops.
Next, I wanted to make a piece of background paper. I carefully laid the three sets of colored images in a staggered row on the printer glass (colored side down) and scanned them in as a jpg image. Then I was able to open the scanned document and duplicate the three images, continuing to arrange them in rows down the paper, until I'd covered the entire page. I lightened the opacity to 75% so the main image would remain the focus point of the card.
On the 5 1/2" square card base, I added a navy mat, then a bright red mat, and then the copied image mat. I added several large foam squares between the two layers of the candy part of the image and glued them together at the base of the lollipop sticks. Then I added the narrow ribbon around the sticks and through the "I Love You" fish tail banner. I used a Book Mark Page die for the top sentiment and added a ultra thin piece of sparkle washi across the top edge. Now that everything looks complete, it's time to add glossy accents and glitter glue. I used diamond Stickles to fill inside the heart on the center lollipop. Then I carefully covered both the heart on the left and the purple lollipop on the right with Glossy Accents to give them a high gloss. After checking to be sure I didn't have any air bubbles, I set this to the side to dry overnight.
There sure is a lot of different occasions this image
could be used for. I hope you will check out all the new products on Polka Dot Orchard.
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this card in the following challenges:
Thank you for
stopping by today. I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to
visit my selling site ~ “Not Just Scraps” on Facebook ~ where you can purchase
my cards and other crafting items.
Serving a Risen
Savior,
Pam
Cute card. Love the card and the background. [Bunny]
ReplyDeleteLove the way you explain each step. Including changing the opacity, which I never knew. Your blogs are very tutorial
ReplyDeleteThis is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteHugz Tinz
Really cute card! Thank you for joining our Challenge at Crafty Cardmakers. x
ReplyDeleteFabulous card and such a great image to use. Thanks for joining in at Daring Cardmakers. x
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