Hello everyone! I’m so excited to be here with you all for another Technique Tuesday! This week I’m incorporating large acrylic gems into my card designs! I’m so thrilled to share with you these 4 sparkly cards and I hope you like them just as much as I do!

[TT Video] Large Gem Cards by Channin

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Card 1

For this first card I stamped and heat embossed in silver the shoes and a sentiment from the First Step Stamp Set on an A2 top-folding black card base. Next, I colored in the shoes with a Kirarina Wink Pen (emerald green, 013).

I then adhered 7 emerald tear drop gems onto each shoe using glossy accents as an adhesive. And with that, this card is done!

Card 2

For my second card I started by stamping the individual gem stamps from the First Step Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black on an A2 top-folding black cardbase. Using a MISTI, I stamped each gem 3 times to make sure the images showed up on the black cardstock.

I then stamped a bowtie from the Bowtiful Stamp Set in Tuxedo Black 3 times on the card. Next, stamped and heat embossed in silver a sentiment from the Bowtiful Stamp Set. I then adhered pink and purple gems of various sizes with in the outline of the stamped bowtie using glossy accents.

Card 3

Alrighty for card number 3, first I diecut 2 of the Magical Butterflies on a 4.125 x 5.25 black panel. I then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Purse-nality Stamp Set in silver on the panel. I then centered the panel onto an A2 black cardbase and traced the butterflies with a pencil.

I then removed the panel and adhered a variety of gems over the traced butterflies. Lastly, I doubled up foam tape and added it to the backside of my panel and then adhered the panel onto the card front.

Card 4

For my last card I repeatedly stamped a gem image from the First Step Stamp Set in Memento Tuxedo Black. Like I did on the second card, each gem image was stamped 3 times consecutively so the images would show up on the black cardstock.

I then stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the Gemstone Stamp Set in silver. Lastly, I created a gem design by adhering the gems with glossy accents around a center gem creating a radiating pattern. And that's it!

I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for stopping by!

~Channin

PRODUCTS:

271000 Bowtiful Stamp Set (bowtie) 

271036 Gemstone Stamp Set (sentiment - card 4) 

271068 First Step Stamp Set (shoes, gems, sentiment - card 1) 

271069 Purse-nality Stamp Set (sentiment -card 3) 

310123 Magical Butterfly Die (butterflies)