Hello, it's Dips here and I'm back again with a new video in my creative card making
tutorials series. I'm going to show you how to make this pretty mosaic-style birthday
card, with no rubber stamping required. It just uses some lovely patterned paper and
pretty embellishments combined with simple matting and layering featuring scalloped circle
and bevelled square die cuts. I'm using Tonic Studios layering die sets for this but
I'm also going to show you how to adapt this card making idea using Spellbinders labels
dies too. Also, although this is a no-stamp required card layout, you could use stamped
images instead too if that is your preference, you be you!
Ok, let's get started with a quick run-through of the dies and materials I used to make this
card. First off, I picked a couple of sheets of
patterned cardstock. I chose these ones in particular as they feature several small motifs,
which are the perfect size for this project and they are also double-sided with a repeat
pattern to the reverse which will come in handy too. For my backing mats and layers,
I used a sheet of old gold metallic paper and a sheet of rusty red glitter card.
Finally, for my card base and for the scallop circle and bevel square frames, I have an
A3 sheet of Opal Stardream cardstock, plus a leftover offcut, as the A3 sheet alone is
not quite enough. I'm going to use two die sets and these
are by Tonic Studios. This is not a sponsored video, but I did use to blog for Tonic Studios
and I received these dies from them during that time. For my toppers, I used a circle
die from Tonic's Scalloped Circle Layering Dies and this specific one cuts out a 4½cm
or 1¾inch circle plus 2 dies from Tonic Square Layering Die set, which have an elegant bevelled
edge and the larger square is 6cm or just over 2¼inches.
However, you can use any similar shaped and sized dies for this card style. For example,
here you can see that I've made a slightly different frame with a Spellbinders Labels
die along with a Spellbinders scallop circle, and if I pop it onto the card, you can see
that this would work very nicely too. And I'm going to use a butterfly die to
cut an embellishment and this one is from Tonic's Ringlet Rest Butterfly die set.
My other embellishments include a coordinating pair of handmade hat pins, and I do have a
step-by-step tutorial video on how to make these, I'll link that below, plus a small
satin ribbon bow. I've sewn a mother of pearl heart button
onto this crochet flower and I have a few stems of pretty mulberry paper flowers including
cherry blossoms and rosebuds. As well as the paper flowers, I will also
use some flatback pearls and a crystal swirl to decorate the finished card.
You'll find a list of all the dies and materials I've used for this card in the description
box below. Please do subscribe to my channel for more
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So, to start, I scored the A3 card in half and folded it over, then I also used my score
board to work out where to trim the folded card to create a base that's 29.7cm or 11.7"
square. And I prefer to use my guillotine when cutting through a double layer of card
like this. Set aside the card base and trim the offcut in half along the score line.
So for this card, instead of creating a set of mats and putting different toppers onto
them, I used my dies to create a set of identical mini frames with apertures. Can you see, I
placed the circle die centrally within the larger of the 2 square dies. My tip for making
sure that each frame and aperture is identical is to use low tack tape to secure these together,
and keep this in place for each of the nine frames.
Once I was happy that the 2 dies were spaced evenly, I popped them onto my first piece
of offcut card and the low tack tape kept them in place.
You don't need to die cut the backing papers for each aperture, but as you can see, you
do have space on the cutting mat to be able do this. The advantage to this, is that you
can position smaller square die over the most interesting elements of the patterns, just
like this. Now a quick whizz through the Grand Calibur
to die cut and then another with the embossing sandwich, and I've got my first aperture
frame and focal point. You just need to repeat this process 8 more times but I won't bore
you with that! So once I'd cut all my frames, I could work
out what size I needed to cut my two mats to layer underneath them. To do this, I layed
out 3 of the frames on top of my card base and measured the gap at the edge, I could
then work out the size of the two mats that I needed to cut.
You can see that I like to use a ruler and my guillotine, so let's quickly fast forward
with the cutting of the first mat from the old gold metals paper.
Followed by the base mat from the glitter card.
And you can see that they all layer very nicely. Finally for the die cutting, I use a die to
cut out a butterfly embellishment from an offcut of the glitter card.
So to layer up the mini-frames, I turned the frame over so that the upside was facing down
and attached 4 foam sticky pads around the edge of the aperture. Once I'd removed the
backing, I positioned the frame right side up over the patterned paper, making sure I
was happy with the positioning and then I sandwiched them together. You can see that
I also ran a pro-marker pen around the edge to help give the frames definition.
Once I'd finished all 9 frames and layered my mats onto the card base, I marked the centre
of the card lightly with pencil. Before sticking anything down, I popped the frames onto the
card and worked out the mosaic pattern that I wanted for my final card layout. You can
see that I'd embellished one of the frames with a crystal swirl and another with the
crochet flower. There, I was happy with that arrangement so
I was ready to stick them in place. I'd popped more 3D foam onto the back of the frames
to raise them up and you can see, I've already stuck down the central frame.
I used a little bit of wet glue onto my sticky pads as this gave me a bit of time to reposition
things if necessary. Then I stuck each of the frames down, doing the central row first,
followed by the central column. Doing the frames in this order helped me ensure that
the frames were evenly spaced. Now to film this, I made the card upside down,
so I do check a couple of times off camera that things are straight, but you won't
have that issue. Finally, I filled in the four corners.
Now for the finishing touches. I'd shaped the butterfly with my bone tool and I'd
added a line of crystals along the body and to form a trail that matches with the swirl
I used earlier. Next came the mulberry paper flowers. I'd
already snipped the stems from the back of these. Then I started by sticking the cherry
blossom into the corner of the frame using some 3D gel glue on the back. Followed by
the other flowers working them into a pretty arrangement around the frame. I tucked in
my two homemade pin embellishments, sorry I'm working upside down to you, but I couldn't
get the bow right working upside down from me.
Finally, I popped on 3 flatback pearls to embellish the card base too, then I left it
for about 20 mins to allow the glue to set up.
So let's take a look at my finished card. Plus a quick peek inside too.
If you've enjoyed this video, please do give it a thumbs up. As well as card making
and papercrafts, I also love cake decorating and sugar craft, so please do subscribe to
my channel for more video craft tutorials, like these. I'm absolutely thrilled when
you take the time to comment and ask questions. And can I ask you, is there any other of my
cards from my blog that you'd really like to see as a step-by-step how-to-make video?
Thank you for spending your precious time with me and bye for now!
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