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Just To Say - 10/06/2025

PRODUCTS USED
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WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

6 x 6 Black Journal or card blank

A4 cream card

Sweet Serenity 5 x 7 Vellum

Sweet Serenity 7 x 7 Paper Pad

Elegant Rose Embossing Folder & Stamp

Sepia Washi Tape Tabs & Dies

SBM Dye Ink Pad: Heather

Blending Tool

Washi Tape

SBM A3 Magnetic glass mat

Paper Trimmer

Glue

Red liner tape

Die Cutting machine



How To Guide - Step 1

Trim your chosen decorative paper to 6 3/4" square, ideally with a printed design down the left side. Tear a sheet of the decorative vellum 6 3/4" in length and as wide as you wish, allowing a 2cm overlap down the right side, scoring this with a ball tool. This will be used to adhere your vellum to the paper in a later stage. 

How To Guide - Step 2

Place the vellum inside the Elegant Rose embossing folder and run it through your machine. 

How To Guide - Step 3

Fold the scored edge over the right edge of the paper and secure on the reverse with tape/glue. 

How To Guide - Step 4

Blend around the edges with Heather. 

How To Guide - Step 5

Apply random pieces of washi tape around the edges of your journal page (or card blank). 

How To Guide - Step 6

Adhere your artwork onto your page. 

How To Guide - Step 7

Add more random bits of washi tape where desired. 

How To Guide - Step 8

Using the dies as a guide, cut ONE drop from the Sepia washi roll. Lift up the backing sheet along one end of the tape and adhere across the top of an A4 sheet of white card. Slowly peel away the backing, as you use your hand to smooth the washi tape down on to the card. Once the backing has been fully removed, you can burnish the washi to ensure there are no air bubbles or creases.

How To Guide - Step 9

Line up the second die, secure in place and run through your machine. 

How To Guide - Step 10

Once all elements are die cut, pop out the sentiments, pick out the one you are using for this project and keep the rest in a tub for future projects.

How To Guide - Step 11

To finish, add your chosen sentiment tab in the lower right area of the journal page/card.