Xyron and Gel-a-tins are partnered up to give you some creativity and inspiration. The Xyron girls have been working hard to bring you some examples of Gel-a-tins versatility and user friendliness!
I am initimidated by stamps and stamping, I'm not going to beat around the bush with you. However, Gel-a-tins alleviates this for me a bit..there's just something about their stamps.
I'm sharing a tutorial with you today about how I created a card for Gel-a-tins using Xyron adhesives.
Check it out!
Materials
needed for this card: White cardstock base, patterned papers (you could use
scraps) Jenni Bowlin, My Mind’s Eye Notable “Silly”, Heidi Swapp Color Shine in Tropicana Teal and
Mustard Yellow, Studio Calico Mr. Huey’s Mist Taxi, a precut tag or tag cut out
with your cutting system, Extra Fine Point Sharpie, Basic Grey Candy Buttons
Enamel Dots Studio Calico Neverland and Tannenbaum, Tim Holtz Stickles in
Spiced Marmalade, Stickles in Aqua, Timeless Twine Aqua Blue, Olive Green,
Pumpkin Orange, Lemonade Yellow, Hero Arts Soft Pool Blue ink, Dew Drop
Brilliance in Graphite Black, Gelatins Honey Bear Stamping Set, Gelatins
Acrylic Stamping Block, Xyron Teresa
Collins Stickermaker, Xyron Teresa Collins Megarunner, Xyron 2 inch Cheetah
Runner
Begin
with a tag and stamp your flowers in the bottom right hand corner.
Add
sentiment in the upper right hand corner.
Mist
the tag using Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Tropicana Teal.
Mist
the cardstock base using the same mist. Let dry. Once dry ink with Pool Blue
and outline with Sharpie if desired.
Trace
tag or cut out another tag using MME paper and create a shadow tag, adhere with
Xyron 2 inch Cheetah Runner. Outline with Sharpie if desired.
Cut
three strips of your patterned papers.
After inking with pool blue and outlining with Sharpie if desired. And
set aside.
Cut
a base for your card. Using yellow polkadot paper (I used some from Jenni
Bowlin’s May Kit). It should measure 3 ½ w X 4 ¾ l with a torn edge on the
bottom. Ink with pool blue and outline with Sharpie if desired. Use your 2 inch
Cheetah Runner to adhere to the cardbase.
Run
your strips through your Stickermaker.
Adhere
to the card front as shown. Slightly overlap each strip.
Adhere
tag to the front of the card base. Cut 4 equal medium to long lengths of each
color of twine. Lace through the tag and tie in knot. Trim the tails, leaving
enough to tie another knot. Make loops with all the extra twine and place in
middle of knot. Tie tightly with the tails and then cut all the loops creating
a pom-pom effect.
At
this time you can add the splotches of mist (mustard and taxi yellow). To do
this, you can open the mist bottle and lightly dab blotches onto your card with
the tip of the sprayer. Add enamel dots
right over the mist. Next color the stems with the tip of your green mist,
running the tip of the sprayer along the stems and leaves it will naturally
cling to the ink and dry with a watercolor effect. Add the orange Stickles to
the petals. Add a few glue “dots” to the card front also with orange and aqua
Stickles. Let Dry.
Voila!
