Simply Cards & Papercraft - UK (2020-01)

Heart frame

You will need● Starshine
white stamping cardstock
● cerise Gemini Foilpress
papercraft foil
● fuchsia, Chinese Red &
Honey Pot Spectrum Noir
Harmony inkpads
● heat-resistant acetate
● Collall Tacky Glue
● 3D foam tape
● Gemini Foilpress machine
● Gemini Foilpress Stamp
‘N’ Cut Elements Radiating
Superstar die

Simply make
1 Spritz an A5 piece of
stamping cardstock with
water, dab the inkpads onto
a craft mat keeping the
colours separate, spritz
with water and roll the
stamping cardstock over
the spritzed inks.
2 Allow the panel to dry and
repeat the process until
the required background
is achieved.
3 Using the cerise foil and
Superstar die, foil the image
onto the inked panel as
shown. Cut the cardstock
to size and then cut out the

star aperture, shading the

edge of the aperture

with fuchsia ink.

4 Foil the sentiment onto

If you have a lamp handy you can hold the

card up to the light with the MDF heart

behind it and see where the foiled image needs to be placed,

then carefully draw around the heart on the back of the card

and use as a guide when gluing the card to the heart

Top tip

a piece of acetate and

stick onto the reverse

of the aperture. Wrap

ribbon around the edge

of the panel, securing with

a knot and cut to size

before mounting the panel

onto the card front.

You will need

● cream cardstock

● grey board

● Aurora Crafters Companion

Gemini Foilpress

papercraft foil

● Harmony & Grasshopper

Spectrum Noir

Harmony inkpad

● Pastels Core’dinations Core

Essentials cardstock

● silver Spectrum Noir

Metallic pen

● cream mulberry flowers

● cream and green satin

ribbon

● Collall All Purpose glue &

3D glue gel

● 12x12.5cm MDF heart

● Gemini Foilpress machine

● Gemini Foilpress Stamp

‘N’ Cut Elements Radiating

Happy Birthday die

Simply make

1 Foil the Happy Birthday

radiating die onto the

green Core’dinations

cardstock using the

Aurora papercraft foil.

2 Secure the foiled card onto

the MDF heart and allow to

dry, trimming to the heart

shape and ink the edges

using Grasshopper ink.

3 Cut a piece of grey board

using the square sentiment

die and cut a picture down

to size using the square die.

Af x onto the grey board

and allow to dry.

4 Shade around the edge

of the grey board with the

silver pen and af x onto the

MDF heart.

5 Cut a piece of grey board to

measure 4x9cm and taper

2cm in at the top edge to

create the picture stand.

6 Attach cream cardstock

to the grey board and cut

to size, allowing a 2cm

overhang at the top edge.

Fold the cream cardstock

at the top and attach to the

reverse of the MDF heart.

7 Using a pokey tool, punch a

hole through the card where

the MDF hole is, cut the

ribbon, thread through the

hole and secure. Add a bow

and paper  owers to  nish.