Mini Card with Gold Embossed Bike on Patterned Paper

A project from our live show Stamps By Me - Celebration Box - Bloom and Grow Class 1 · 11/01/2023 · watch it from 12:00

A striking mini card using the bike stamp embossed in gold on patterned paper featuring a decorative door design, layered with white card and a sentiment for a sophisticated finish.

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Step by step

1. Select a patterned paper from the set featuring a decorative door design. ▶ watch 12:00
2. Cut the patterned paper to size and layer it onto a white matted layer. ▶ watch 12:15
3. Use an antistatic bag to ink up a piece of alcohol ink-style card stock. ▶ watch 13:00
4. Stamp the bike onto the inked card stock using a white sticky ink pad. ▶ watch 13:15
5. Apply gold embossing powder to the wet white stamped image. ▶ watch 13:45
6. Heat the embossing powder with a heat gun until it melts and sets. ▶ watch 14:45
7. Die-cut the embossed bike using the coordinating die and die-cutting machine. ▶ watch 15:00
8. Take a black card blank as your base. ▶ watch 16:00
9. Layer a white card stock onto the black card blank. ▶ watch 16:45
10. Glue the patterned paper with the door design onto the white layer. ▶ watch 17:00
11. Position and glue the gold embossed die-cut bike onto the card, angling the front wheel down slightly for perspective. ▶ watch 17:30
12. Trim and glue a sentiment from the set to the top of the card to complete the design. ▶ watch 18:00

Tips from the show

• Stamping onto patterned paper creates a different, more textured look than stamping on plain card stock.
• Heating your embossing gun properly ensures better results with embossing powder.
• Angling elements slightly creates perspective and visual interest on your card.

More from this show

• Mini Card with Alcohol Ink Mount and Fussy-Cut Flowers
• Mini Card with Stamped and Die-Cut Bike

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