Colourful Cards and Polka Dot Tutorial with Lauren
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Hi Canaries and Happy Monday! Lauren here! If you live in
certain parts of Australia today is the Queen’s Birthday public holiday – so I
hope that you are taking the opportunity to get creating with the May ScrappyCanary kits. There are still some in store, so head on over and snap one up before they are gone!
Hubby and I are still in the midst of moving (but we move
into our new house and new scraproom this week) so I have been crafting with
limited supplies and tools – therefore this week I have whipped up a couple of cards
using the May Pocket Life Kit YUM! Don’t worry though; I will be back with a
yummy Pocket Life spread soon, so stay tuned.
The first card and coordinating gift tag I made for my
Uncle’s birthday. I wanted to show you that you can make cards for men with
pink. I used the Dear Lizzy Fine & Dandy 4x6 Project Life card with the
candles – perfect for a birthday.
I then created the sentiment used the SNAP mint letters
using a text message style as my uncle is notorious for his strange text speak.
I decided to stitch around the title box in a coordinating orange thread, to
bring out the candle colours.
To further embellish the card I used the heart from the
Elle’s Studio Let’s Eat Bits and Pieces pack and also the hot pink Seven Paper
Phrase Stickers, along with a couple of enamel dots from my stash.
I also created a coordinating gift tag using one of the
journaling cut out tags from the Fine & Dandy paper, some cardstock, dots
and thread from my stash, the cheers tag from the Let’s Eat pack and finished
it off with a phrase sticker.
For my next card I decided to play with the Mix & MatchGelatos Colours Tropical Pack, which is available in the store (it's currently sold out but if you contact Manda she can order things in for you).
The Mix & Match packs are a great introduction to Gelatos and also give you a chance to try out new tools. In the Tropical pack you
also get a stipple brush (for splatters) and a dot dabber, which is perfect to
make polka dots.
To create the polka dots I coloured a piece of thin plastic
with the gelatos and I then rubbed the dot dabber on the plastic to pick up the
colour.
You then can transfer the colour to the paper, creating
polka dots.
I layered the four different colours to create almost a
confetti or bokeh effect on the paper. I then fussy cut out the gold hello
circle from the Fine & Dandy paper.
To finish it off I added three of the Seven Paper Phrases
and some enamel dots from my stash.
So there you have it – a fun and vibrant card. I want to
encourage you to think outside the square with your kits – just because it is a
Pocket Life kit, it doesn’t mean you can’t create other things with them. I
find the kits perfect for card making.
Scrappy Canary is almost one and to celebrate there will be
lots of fun specials happening, including FREE SHIPPING for orders over $30 and
don’t forget to use the code LAUREN10 to get 10% off your order.
Happy crafting, Lauren xx
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