Papercaft Inspirations - UK (2019-12)

Alison Girvan

Q Tell us about your

lovely easel card!

A I made my design from

a square card blank.

I t d l red red glitter card and

gold foil card and added a snowflake

embossed pearl panel to the front of the

easel. I stamped and heat embossed

another piece of pearl card in red and green

inks, using this as the background for my

festive topper.

Q How did you finish off your easel design?

A I finished by adding a glittered wooden

sentiment to the base of my card which also

actedasa stopperforthetopfold.

Kath Broughton

Q Tell us about your card!

A I started with a plain white

calloped card blank, then

built up my design with lots

o. I p ed baubles around the frame

and made a stained glass Christmas tree as the

central feature.

Q Do you have any tips on how to create a

stained glass effect?

A For a really easy stained glass effect, glue

strips of tissue paper onto a piece of white card

orpaper,thenmounta diecutoverthetop.

Take a look at our reader testers’ makes this month!

Letit shine!

Letthelightshinethroughyourstainedglasswindow
withthisgorgeouseasel.Stampandcolourvellum and
popa tealightbehindtheaperturefora soglow.

Q How did you achieve

your stained glass look?

A You can create a lovely

stained glass pattern with

justtwostampsand some black embossing

powder, like I’ve done. The centre panel is

acetate, coloured with inks on one side and

stamped on the other side with the same

two stamps.

Q Do you have any tips for stamping

onto acetate?

A When stamping onto acetate, you need to

use StazOn ink, then you get a nice crisp

stampedim e whichwilldr

TRY THIS!

Fill the outer

frames with

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We did it!

STAMPING

Mix and match

Use the dierent sets of stamps and dies together

for a striking result. Die cut the frame elements in

black to really make them pop!