Happy Birthday Glimmer Card

This fun birthday card was the Card of the Month this month for my monthly card club members. Each month I try to do something totally new and different and try to use different tools and materials. Last week I took a fantastic class with my local scrapbooking store using a new technique/tool called Glimmer Mist. Actually I don’t know how “new” it is, but I’ve never seen it or heard of it before, so it’s new to me! This card is made almost entirely using this new technique. Notice the glimmer in the paper and the slightly mottled effect. All the paper I used in this card was a white felt weave cardstock!

Happy Birthday Glimmer Card

The design and makeup of this card is pretty simple, but the Glimmer Mist takes a while to set and dry. It is a spray-on dye with a metallic shimmer and must be dry before you work with it or you will get the dye everywhere and will not be able to adhere anything (trust me I know from experience!).

Materials

• 2 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11″ felt weave cardstock
• Bronze metallic shimmer cardstock from The Paper Company
• Copper, Sea Glass, Gold and Blue Skies Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels
• Tag cutout with birthday balloon from We R Memory Keepers Embossible Designs
• Chestnut Roan chalk ink
• Adhesive and large pop dots
• One large silver brad
• “Happy Birthday” acrylic stamp from Imaginesce
• Black Staz On ink
• Black string (will end up being about an inch or two in length, but start out with more so you can tie a knot easily!)

Instructions

1. Cut a piece of 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 of white felt weave cardstock. Score and fold to make a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ card. (The card will have a portfolio orientation) Unfold the card and in a cardboard box spritz Blue Skies Glimmer Mist over the card (front and back but not the inside of the card). The spray will spit out darker bits of dye (nature of the spray) – it actually looks really cool to let it dry like this so it has a mottled effect. Set out to dry on a piece of paper towel.
2. Cut a piece of 3 1/2 x 4 1/2″ bronze metallic shimmer cardstock. Set aside.
3. Cut a piece of 4 x 3″ of the remaining felt weave cardstock. In a cardboard box spritz Gold Glimmer Mist over the entire piece. Set out to dry on a piece of paper towel.
4. Cut out the embossed tag with orange balloon on it. Cut out the balloon and the blue part of the tag. In a cardboard box spritz Sea Glass Glimmer Mist over the blue tag and (separately) Copper Glimmer Mist over the orange balloon. Set out to dry on a piece of paper towel.
5. Of the remaining piece of felt weave cardstock cut one piece measuring 2 1/4 x 1 1/2″ and one measuring 2 x 1 1/4″. Spritz the larger piece with Blue Skies Glimmer Mist and the smaller with Gold Glimmer Mist. Set aside to dry.
6. Cut a piece of 5 1/4 x 4″ of the second piece of felt weave cardstock. Spritz with Copper Glimmer Mist. Set aside to dry.
7. When everything has dried, distress the edges of all pieces with chesnut roan chalk ink.
8. On the front of the card center and adhere the Bronze metallic shimmer paper. Then center and adhere the piece of gold glimmer paper on top.
9. Attach the silver brad to the top of the blue tag cut out. At an angle, center the blue tag cut out and adhere to the gold glimmer paper.
10. Tie black string in a double knot around the end of the orange balloon leaving about an inch to two inches of length at the end. Adhere the orange balloon to the center of the tag cutout with a large pop dot.
11. Inside the card, center and adhere the copper glimmer paper.
12. Stamp “Happy Birthday” in black ink on the small gold glimmer piece of cardstock. Adhere to the Blue Skies glimmer piece. Center and adhere the entire piece to the inside of the card (just remember the card is in a portfolio orientation!)

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