Just For Easter | Silhouette Cameo

Hello all, well with Easter just around the corner nearly I'd thought that shared with you what I've made for my friend's grandchildren. I wanted something that was spring like and used the spring colour scheme.

On with the card, started with A2 (US size) tent fold card, using the silhouette cameo software I created stitched rectangle that I then cut out with green linen card using cameo and attached some funky foam to the back of the stitched rectangle with double sided tape, then adhere the matt to the card blank with the same double sided tape.   

Again using a tag from the silhouette store, I added "Happy" to the bottom right of the tag and cut out using yellow linen card using the cameo, next I cut two ovals to act as Easter eggs also cut cameo using blue and pink linen card. Next used my Homemade stamping tool I stamped the eggs with bold diagonal stripes rubber stamp by MFT, using perfect medium and poured over Wow clear gloss embossing powder and heat set with heat tool.

Then stamped Easter from the Clearly Besotted Mini Messages stamps with Versafine onyx black ink pad and poured over the same Wow clear gloss embossing powder and heat set with heat tool. To assemble the card, I tied some wax cord to the top of tag and applied some double sided foam tape to the back of the tag and placed on the card just to bottom right of the card.
(Top tip for embossing is to use ladies pop sock with some cornflour inside and tie a knot at the top, this makes a inexpensive version to anti static bag)

Adhering the two eggs to just above the "Happy" using double sided tape and finally adding a few clear enamel dots and adhering them with Zig fine glue gel, this is where the reverse tweezers and the pokey tool comes in handy lol. ( The clear enamel dots, I created by squeezing some Anita's 3D gloss gel on brown craft mat and peel them off when they're fully dry.)   As you can see I made two of the same cards for the children in question. I don't usually make two of the same cards but thought on this occasion it would save time. 

I decided to whip up some Easter treats for them as well, So I remember what I use to make near Easter when I was child, so made some chocolate cornflake cakes...oh it did bring some memories back for me that's for sure. 

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How to make your own enamel dots?

Hello there, hope you are having a lovely day? where ever you are in the world, today I'm bring you tutorial of a little experiment, that I've been trying out over the past few days. 

I love the enamel dots look, but can't really afford them quite yet, so I set about seeing if I could create something similar to enamel dots but are a little cheaper.

First you will need craft sheet or baking sheet which are  available in most discount stores for as little as £1 in the UK, and some docrafts Anita's 3D gloss gel or even glossy accents should work the same. 

Squeeze the bottle slightly and make little droplets of  gems to the size you require, this could be big or tiny little ones. 

(If you appear to have some air bubbles just pop them with cocktail stick whilst it's still wet)

Once you have enough, you now have to leave them to dry and this can take about four hours but I recommend you leave them overnight.

The next day they should be perfectly hard by now, so you now it's time colour them and I used Spectrum noir Alcohol markers to colour these. I found they took the colour so well and dried so quickly. If you have Ebrush you could use that as well to achieve the same look.

As you can see the dots are just as shiny as the enamel dots, the only difference is that it's costed you a lot less then buying them. One small bottle of Anita's 3D gloss gel will make many hundreds of these enamel dots, so its certainly good value for your money.

Shown on A4 white paper so you can see what they look like, they have that soft look that would suit any card you wanted to make.

Store them in container or box to keep them in perfect condition, I've left some clear so when I've created a card, they can be coloured to suit the theme. You could even use them clear on your cards to look like dewdrops or raindrops. When adding them to your card just pop a little glue on the back and there you go..

I hope you this tutorial is of some interest to you and it's made you want to create some enamel dots too.

Supplies  

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Anita's 3D Gloss Gel  available at Cutting edge crafts

Craft sheet or baking sheet - available at most discount stores.

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