As I work my way through the myriad of card making techniques, I am rediscovering some that I have not used in such a long time.
Today’s Technique Tuesday is all about the Triple Layer Card Technique.
Remember that this week I am featuring the Sentimental Swirls Stamp Set. It is great – it has 27 stamps – one major swirl image and four versatile greetings. There are two small swirls that can be used to extend the main swirl.
Then there are 20 more, small stamps – 10 are outline images and 10 are infill stamps. They include two different floral styles, five different leaf styles and a bird. This ensures an amazing range of combinations for all of your projects.
For this card I used just 5, of the 27, stamps. The images were stamped, in stages, using Versamark. Gold embossing powder was sprinkled over the stamped image and heat embossed. This process was repeated until I was happy with the overall image.
The Triple Layer Technique involves cutting the 5-5/8″x 4″ stamped and embossed panel into three, separate rectangle. I used my Stitched Rectangle Dies to do this.
I measured the two smaller rectangles and calculated the sizes of Gold Shimmer Vellum needed to adhere to the back of those two pieces. As soon as these two layers were assembled, I was able to add the three layers to the card base. The largest was adhered diectly on to the base. The next two layers were both added using Stampin’ Dimensionals to layer them up.
Before the smallest layer was added, I wrapped a length of gold Simply Elegant Trim several times around it and tied a bow.
The birthday greeting was heat embossed on a piece of Gold Shimmer Vellum using gold embossing powder. IT was secured on the card front using Stampin’ Seal+.
The small flower was stamped on the card insert and envelope, using Versamark and gold embossing powder.
The final step was to add some gold Metalic Pearls.
I think this has turned out to be a very elegant birthday card. What do you think?
Tomorrow is Wednesday and that means that it is time to share What’s Happening this Wednesday. Wednesday is my day to share blog hops and challenge projects.
Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
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