I haven't made any gel prints recently, and one of the reasons is because I have a whole pile of prints I need to use. So I pulled out the pile, gathered some dies, and got to work. Today's gel print cards, which are pretty meow-velous, are made with the Feline die from Penny Black.
Both this first card and the next one are the same layout, just different gel prints for the backgrounds. I wanted to make birthday cards, so I chose two prints that were fun, bright colors. For each card, I cut the print using a stitched rectangle die to cover the entire front of an A2 card and glued it onto a white card base. I cut the Feline die out of black card stock and adhered it in the middle of the card. I found a small party hat die in my stash (this one is from the No Drama Lies from Taylored Expressions -- it's the perfect size) and cut a hat out of five different card stock colors that coordinated with the gel print. I added a little Wink of Stella to the hats and then glued them on the die-cut cats. I finished each card with a few coordinating sequins.
I thought about adding a "happy birthday" sentiment to the front of these cards, but I couldn't find a style or layout that I really liked. So I decided to leave the sentiment to just the inside of the cards. (I think the one I used said "Live it up on your birthday and all year long.")
I had the negative pieces left from the first two cards, so I layered them together and made one more card. For this card I used a smaller stitched rectangle die to cut the gel print background. Then I glued the die-cut pieces to the remaining part of the same gel print and trimmed it along the edges of the black card stock. I attached the focal piece slightly above the middle of the card and added one tiny white clay heart between two of the cats. Finally, I stamped the sentiment on a scratch piece of white card stock, cut it into a strip, and added it near the lower right corner of the card.
Stayed tuned for more gel print cards. Thanks for stopping by!
Party cats in party hats!! These are so cool Andrea! That hat die is a perfect size for those cute cats! Or should I say, Purrfect! Lots of fun!
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Thanks, Sunshine! I was so excited when I realized how well that hat die worked. :)
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