What:
A masculine birthday card for a radio-loving friend.
How:
After mocking up the layout, I started out by cutting the window for the shaker element. Then I stamped and fussy cut the radio from masking paper so that I could apply the embossing paste through the stencil and still leave space for the radio. The stencil also needed quite a bit of masking to get a neat cone of radio waves out from the window. While the embossing paste was drying I paper-pieced the radio, stamped the microphone on the shaker background, die cut and stamped the sentiment, and prepped a piece of fun foam to mount the panel on. Then it was just a case of assembling it all. Luckily I used a liquid glue to stick the fun foam to the card base, because I forgot to put the window background in place first… oops… After agonising over which colour sequins to use — and opting for brown to match the radio — I stuck the front panel on and popped the radio and sentiment up on foam pads.
Supplies:
- stamps:
Lawn Fawn – stay tuned
Paper Smooches – boob tubes
Neat & Tangled – time warp - dies:
Sizzix – framelits – circles 2
Clearly Besotted – you said it - stencils:
Memory Box – modern – radio waves - colour:
Avery Elle – pigment ink – fog
Versafine – onyx black - texture:
Dreamweaver – embossing paste – metallic silver - embellishments:
Doodlebug – sequins - paper and card:
Papermill Direct – plain navy
Hunkydory Crafts – heavyweight acetate
Lawn Fawn – paper pad – beachside (back of shaker window)
Bo Bunny – paper pad – very vintage double dot (paper pieced radio) - miscellaneous:
Funky foam
Crafty Rat 