How To Make A Card Fit For A Princess

Is there someone you know that loves glitz and glam? Learn how to make beautiful cards that are fit for a princess in this article.

Steps To Make Cards That Are Fit For A Princess

These cards are so fun to make! And, because we’re watercoloring no two turn out alike. They are inspired by Altenew’s Polychromatic class.

We’ll begin with the background and we’ll stamp the floral images onto a piece of watercolor cardstock using watermark ink. We want to move the stamp around so that we apply the image in different directions. And we’ll stamp just enough so that the card panel is covered but there is some space between the images.

Now we’ll sprinkle embossing powder over our images and use our heat gun to melt it until it’s smooth.

And next, we’ll begin adding color to our card panel using watercolor brushes beginning with the lightest color. Then we’ll spray it with water to move the color. We will let that dry before adding the mid and dark tones.

While the background is drying we’ll work on the butterfly. We’ll use the same techniques except we’ll use a watercolor brush to blend the colors out rather than spraying. Then we’ll use the coordinating die to cut out the butterfly.

We’ll heat emboss the sentiment onto a piece of black cardstock using white embossing powder this time. There is a die that coordinates with the sentiment and we’ll use it to cut it out.

Assembly

Assembling the card is where it becomes magical. We’re going to attach an A2-size piece of black cardstock to our card panel using a glue runner. Then we’ll trim down the background to 3 3/4″ x 5″ and attach it to the center of the card base using a foam adhesive sheet.

Next, we’ll slightly bend the butterfly on each side of its body and then attach it to the card panel using liquid glue. To pop the sentiment up we’ll use a scrap of foam sheet. And then we’ll add some glitter glue and sequins to give our card that bling that every princess loves.

The first card we did was in pink tones, however, it’s just as beautiful in oranges.

Tips For Making Cards That Are Fit For A Princess

1. 9 x 12 pads of watercolor paper provide four card panels per sheet that can be cut down to A2 size.
2. Don’t forget to brush anti-stick powder over the cardstock before stamping with watermark ink.
3. Heat embossing will catch and hold color when watercoloring.
4. Heat up the heat tool for 15-20 seconds so that it is nice and hot and will reduce the chances for warping our cardstock.
5. White satin pearl embossing powder isn’t as stark as white and gives kind of a shimmery look.
6. Adding color in layers provides variation.
7. The Hero Arts Sentiments (Messages) stamp and die set are perfect for adding a sentiment that doesn’t take away from the beatuful images and designs we’re using in the card.
8. I like to use a die to trim my card panels down because I want to ensure that they are square and perfect.

Supplies To Make Cards That Are Fit For A Princess

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• Cardstock: Card base – Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Solar White, Card Layer – Lawn Fawn Black Licorice; Card panel – Canson XL
• Stamp: Altenew Bejeweled; Altenew Doodle Blooms; Hero Arts DC286 Messages Stamp & Die
• Die: Altenew Doodle Blooms; Hero Arts DC286 Messages Stamp & Die; Gina K Designs Master Layouts 1
• Embellishments: Gina K Disco Ball Sequins; Dress My Craft Fairy ix DMCS3316 Sequins
• Glitter Glue: Ranger Stickles
• Watercolor Brushes: Zig Clean Color
• Embossing Powder: Altenew Transluscent Pearl
• Adhesives: Gina K Designs Adhesive Dot Runner; Scrapbook.com Double-sided adhesive foam sheets

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