Learn to use your punches to create a faux embossed background, a layer around the greeting that perfectly fits and decorate the inside!
Measurements
Calypso Coral
- Card Base: 5 1/2” x 8 1/2″
- Score at 4 1/4″
Coastal Cabana
- Front Punched Layer: 4” x 5 1/4″
Basic Black
- Front Strip: 4” x 3/4″
- Scrap for punch
- Cut punched piece in half
Basic White
- Inside Layer: 4” x 5 1/4″
- Scrap for punched Greeting
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Choose any punch that has small or detailed images. Choose some fun colors and get creating!
Use the pieces that are punched out of the front of the card to decorate the insides!
Punched Background
Use a punch to create that great texture on the front of the card by punch out images from the cardstock layer and then gluing it to the front of the card base. The color of the card base with show through creating a really interesting background!
TIPS for creating a punched background:
- Choose a punch that has detail like the Bough punch or the Dragonflies punch.
- Make sure to punch some partial images to make it look more interesting.
- Do not punch out the corners. For the best look, preserve all four corners of the punched layer.
Helpful Diagrams
Create a Framed Greeting
#1 Punch out a white and colored cardstock at the same time. Stamp on the white. Cut the colored cardstock in half.
#2 Place glue on one half of the Greeting and then layer that on the top half of the colored cardstock leaving a border.
#3 Now glue place glue on the bottom of the Greeting.
#4 Layer that on top of the remaining piece of cardstock to create a perfect layer for your Greeting from the same punch!
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