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2 Masculine Drink Cards with Shine & Copic Markers

Hi friends, it’s Gaylynn.  Today, I am sharing 2 masculine drink cards with shine and with Copic marker coloring.  These were made similarly with patterned paper.


For ease, I kept the designs and layouts simple with a focus on the drink glasses.

Sentiments:
Hope your birthday rocks.
Cheers, beers and many more years!!!
Thanks for being the very best DAD.

Helpful tips:
In summary, to make these 2 masculine drink cards with shine, begin by preparing two A2 size card bases.  I simply chose kraft and white colors to coordinate with the patterned papers.  Then, stamp the drinks and the sentiments onto white cardstock panels.  Also, cut backgrounds and frames from solid and patterned paper.  Next, color in the drink glasses.  I used Copic markers and stamped using alcohol friendly ink.  Then, add a bit of shine to the glasses using a gloss medium of choice.  Finally, adhere all of the dry layers in a wonky manner onto the card bases, to finish.

 

Also, here is a look at the second card for Dad.


Finally, this is a closer look at the glossy shine details up close.

See how this card was made.

Don’t forget, you can find my other Unity Stamp Co. features and supply links below:

Technique Time and
Watercolor Wednesday.

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely day.
Gaylynn


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Birthday Donut Recipe

Happy Friday, Unies!  This is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules and today I’m creating a tasty border using the new Birthday Donut stamp set.  This stamp set comes with two different sized donut stacks and two wonderful sentiments.  I’ll be going over all of the ingredients for this sweet birthday card!

Ingredients:

Recipe:

  •  First put one piece of white card stock into the corner of your Misti.  Using your larger donut set, stamp the image about 3/4″ from the left side.
  •  Without removing the stamp, stamp the second piece of white card stock in the same spot.
  •  Next, stamp the same large donut image on masking paper and fussy cut it out.
  •  Now, remove the stamp from the Misti, clean it and place it 3/4″ from the right side of the card stock and lower it a little so they aren’t at the same high level. Repeat this on the second piece of white card stock.
  •  Remove the large donut stamp.
  •  Apply the donut mask over the stamped large donut stack on the right.
  •  Line up the smaller donut stack stamp on the left of the image and stamp it.  Do the same on the second piece of white card stock.
  •  Leaving the mask on, remove the small donut stack stamp and move it to the right side of the larger donut stack.  Again, repeat on the other white card stock.
  •  Now, make a mask of the small donut stack stamped image.
  •  Remove the large donut mask and place it on the large donut stamp on the left.  Apply the small donut mask on the small donut stamped image that will laps over.
  •  Stamp the small donut stack on the left and right of the large stack to fill in the border.   Repeat this on the white card stock.  You should have two matching donut bordered pieces.
  •  On one of the pieces, stamp the sentiment where it fights in between candles.
  •  Using the border dies, die cut one with the larger scallops and use the smaller die on the second piece.  This will create a layered look.

  • Using Festive Berries distress Ink, color in the edges of the scalloped edged card stock. You only need to color the edges that will show.
  • Using Copics, color in the donuts.  This can be simple by coloring the same donuts the same colors, or you can get creative and color each stack differently.  Colors used:
    • RV23, RV21, E31, E53, E59, E29, E25, E23, E11, YR20, E50 , Y19, Y06 & Lady Bug Red Memento Marker
  • Using Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, lightly blend around each candle flame.
  • Using Spun Sugar Distress Ink, lightly blend the edge of the image to bring a little color to the piece.
  •  Use foam tape to adhere the colored image on the scalloped piece.  Then adhere to A2-sized card base.
  • Once done, using Nuvo Crystal Drops, cover the icing sections of the donuts to give them a glazed look.  I also added the Crystal Drops on the flames too.
  • Let clear gloss dry and send with love.

Thank you so much for cooking up some crafty goodness with me.  I hope you found some inspiration with this fun new stamp set.  And make sure to check out all the newly released stamps for more crafty goodness.

Until next time!  Happy Crafting!

Find more ideas like this in our full collection of birthday stamps.

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Say It With Love

Happy Friday, Unity friends!  This is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules back on the blog to set your weekend off with lots of Love using the Say It With Love – January 2020 Sentiment Kit.  These big word stamps are great to make bold statements, but today, I’m using it to create a fun background for some more Valentines.

I stamped the LOVE stamp over and over in the same color in different directions to create a fun background.  Then using the new Scallops and Rectangles Nesting Dies, I die cut the background.  Using the same soft pink paper.  Next, I stamped One Crazy Bird onto Copic friendly paper and that same stamped background. I colored in the bird on the Copic friendly paper and fussy cut the bird cutting out anything outside of the body.  Then I glued that onto the stamped background.

This adds a hint of dimension without any bulk, but also allows you to color in the cute bird without losing any of the fun details of the image.  Last I stamped the sentiment and die cut it using a fun speech bubble with a heart in it.

Pretty much did the same thing here using the Sweet Sprinkled Donut stamp set.  This time I added foam tape behind the donut and created a little shadow under the donut.

To give this donut a realistic look, I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to give the icing a glossy look.  Almost makes you want to take a bite of it!

I hope this fun background technique inspires your Valentines or any other cards you may be working on.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Until next time…

Happy Crafting!