Merry for Merlot

Jun 24, 2018 | standard, Uncategorized

Stampin Up demonstrator – Crafty Little Minx – Merry for Merlot

As soon as I saw the new Merry Merlot paper in the colour revamp I instantly knew that I wanted make an Eclipse card celebrating my favourite tipple.

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This project is so quick and easy to make but I’ve added some additional time saver hints should you wish to try this card for yourself.

For this card I used the Half Full stamp set to create the background, randomly colouring the glasses with my Stampin’ blends .

TIME SAVER You could easily just use a strip of patterned paper rather than make your own to save time.

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I then spaced the Large letter Framelits W N &E on the card (leaving space for the glass of wine that I used in stead of an I) and cut out the letters using my Bigshot. I then cut a further 4 of each of the letters from card stock

TOP TIP: Use the backing card in the DSP packets to make your layers. It’s thicker than the card stock, still has a white core and is cheaper on your pocket.

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I then glued all the layers together. Stamped, coloured and cut out the wine glass and mounted it with dimensionals to form the I in my WINE!

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I then made up the card and finally added some fine tip glue to the top of the glass to create a shiny finish. Voila

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Finally, I have a couple more tips for making eclipse cards:

TOP TIP: Either use coloured card stock for the layers or before you glue the final top patterned layer onto your letters run a blend or your favourite marker around the edges like I have here. Just make sure that the glue is totally dry It really makes your letters pop.

TIME SAVER: Don’t have time to build up the letters? Then use one layer of fun foam. quick and simple but not as flexible to amend the height.

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