Hello crafty friends! Today I have something a bit more than just a card! I've used the awesome Lovely Layers: Tin Palette to make a mini card to go with a paint set gift! Check out how I made it below!
The first thing I did was use my Classics Prima Watercolor set to paint a swatch of each color onto watercolor cardstock. Then I die cut each color with the paint tray dies in the Lovely Layers: Tin Palette Honey Cuts.
Next I die cut the tin palette first from white cardstock and another time from glossy black cardstock. Before I glued the two layers together, I needed to cut the black piece into three pieces. If you've ever layered two pieces of cardstock together and then tried to fold them, you know that it's difficult to get a good fold. The top layer needs more room for those folds. Just use your paper trimmer to cut each section of the palette to make three pieces.
Glue each black piece to the back of the white cardstock tin palette. I put a large stamp block over the palette to keep it flat while the glue dried.
Next glue each paint color in place as well as the three pieces for the wells of the Tin Palette. I stamped a sentiment from the Don't Worry, Be Crafty stamp set in black pigment ink. After I cut it out with the coordinating die, I used a thin foam piece to adhere it to the palette.
While I had the Don't Worry, Be Crafty stamp set out, I stamped another sentiment with black ink. This time I cut it out with a tag die from the Tag Builder Honey Cuts.
To decorate the outside of the Lovely Layers: Tin Palette I stamped an image from the Work of Heart stamp set with Intense Black ink onto 80# white cardstock. Then I colored it with some Copic markers and die cut it with the coordinating die. I used thin foam tape to attach it to the outside of the palette.
I used my bone folder to carefully reinforce the folds of the tin palette. My tin palette would not stay totally closed so I used a removable glue dot to hold it closed. Just place the glue dot under the top flap. Problem solved!
What I love is that you could make this into an adorable card at this point! Just adhere the finish Tin Palette to a card front and add the tag sentiment to the card.
Next I tied a piece of white and black polk-a-dot ribbon around the Prima Watercolor set. I attached the sentiment tag with black and white twine. Then I slid the colored Work Of Heart image under the ribbon.
You may notice from the photo above that the watercolor set has been used! Haha! I don't have a new set and had to use my own for the prop. I would definitely purchase a new set to gift!
What do you think? Would you like to receive a gift presented like this? I'm sure I would! Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a great one!
Sidenote: Just thought I'd share with you, my blog friends, why I've been quite here and on social media. On the last Saturday of July, I went for a bike ride in the morning in our neighborhood. Long story short, a pit bull dog escaped from its leash and chased me and attacked me. I am so thankful to God that it wasn't worse than it ended up being. I was taken to the ER and had to have 18 stitches in my lower left leg. Aside from the physical part of this, the emotional part has hit me hard. If you pray, please pray that I will overcome the terror I felt. Thank you, friends.
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