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CUTIE Zipper Makeup Bag 5″ X 7″ Card
For the Maker’s Mix Release Instagram Hop, I am sharing this card which features so many new products. I wanted to share more details on how I made this one here. I’m using the Honey Bee Stamps following products:
For the basics… my featured project below is made from Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock for the card base and card front panel. All of the black ink stamping was done using Honey Bee’s Bee Creative Intense Black Ink. I use Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Precision Glue and for when I want more dimension, Bee Creative Foam Dots With Tab for adhering my elements together. My blender brushes (large and small) are a must for ink blending color on the background, too. For white highlights, I use my white Gelly Roll pen. My card is 5″ X 7″ in size.
To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I started by cutting out all of my elements using of the zipper bag dies. I cut one back layer from a teal cardstock. I cut two of the front layers in light aqua and pink and sliced them with my paper cutter to make the front two-colored. I also cut a 1/8″ strip of a fuchsia color to add another accent shade and to cover the front layer seam between the two colors. I used my white Gelly Roll pen to add faux stitching to the strip. Next, I die cut the letters to spell “CUTIE” using the Varsity Letters Alphabet Honey Cuts dies. I die cut two sets, one in pink and one in a darker shade to use as a shadow layer. I offset the top layer over the bottom layers and glued each set together.
TIP: I placed the letters on the top layer of the zipper bag, aligning them to fit the space and then added a piece of highlighter tape over all of them once they were neatly aligned. I flipped the tape over, added glue the backs of the letters and flipped the tape again to secure them in place. Doing this saves times and ensures that they will be properly aligned.
I added some fuchsia rhinestones on the accent strip to add a touch of sparkle to the bag. I also added a gingham button to the zipper tab mechanism on the side. How cute is that?!
All of the beauty necessities were cut out using the Lovely Layers: Zipper Bag Makeup Add-on Honey Cuts dies. I highlighted the handles and tops to make them rounded. I added the items to the zipper bag.
Tip: Shade the handles of the brushes to make them appear round. I used Copics in RV10, RV55, and RV09 to shade them to a highlight in the front. That is, from dark to light, you shade the brush handles to make them darker on the sides to the lightest pink shade in the front of the handle. They now appear rounded like a real brush.
Tip: I added Mirror Cardstock to the blush compact for a more realistic look.
To make the background, I used paper from the Happy Hearts Gingham Paper Pad and one sheet of striped paper from the FREE BEE paper pack (see below). Because my card, is 7″ tall, the striped paper covers 4-1/4″ vertically, leaving 1 -1/4″ below in white (a sentiment will be added to this space) and a 1-1/2″ strip of gingham at the top. I added 1/8″ white strips between the rows for a more polished look.
Next, I die cut the In Stitches: Daisy Honey Cuts Dies – flowers and centers and adhered them together. I added a few more rhinestones for some glitz. I stamped and die cut the sentiments using the Flawless Friend Stamps and Flawless Friend Honey Cuts dies and assembled the card. Additional rhinestones were added to the front, around the sentiments to finish the card.
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