Hi friends! I am up on the Pinkfresh Studio YouTube channel today with a super happy and vibrant tri-fold birthday card that is so fun and celebratory… and so much fun to make! You can watch the video below or HERE on YouTube.
In case you can’t watch the video, I will give a brief summary of the techniques used to create this card below!
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To begin, I heat embossed the new Foliage Flair stamp onto some white cardstock using clear embossing ink and powder before using blending brushes to blend Raspberry Bliss, Mango Sorbet, Sunkissed, Fresh Pear, and Turquoise inks, using the emboss-resist technique to create a vibrant card front, taking advantage of that super detailed stamped image to create a beautiful and vivid background. I also flipped a plain A2 card base 180 degrees so that the opening was on the left hand side and blended the same colors in a rainbow ombré down the front, masking the edge of the back side to keep the back nice and clean.
Once I had finished my blending, I used some super strong double sided tape to adhere the thin flap on the vellum on the left hand side of the blended card base, creating a trifold card! I used the Foliage Flair die to die cut the embossed image and backed it with some vellum that I had cut to 4.5″ x 5.5″ and scored 1/8″ from the long edge, then adhered the blended die cut to the vellum panel. The vellum slightly softens the blended rainbow background in the middle panel of the trifold card, but is transparent enough to create an almost tone-on-tone background!
After I had finished creating the trifold card base, I began embellishing the front of the card. I heat embossed the super appropriate “Wishing you a bright, beautiful birthday” sentiment from the new You Are My Rainbow stamp set with some silver sparkle embossing powder, then die cut it with its’ coordinating die. I paired the embossed sentiment with a silver foil “hello” from the new Foiled Script Sentiment Ephemera pack, adhering them to the card front with foam adhesive for added dimension. The neutral metallic colors pop beautifully on the vibrant card front!
To embellish my sentiment and add a touch more shimmer and sparkle to the card front, I used some leftover Fresh Florals die cuts, which I’d cut from Pinkfresh Studio’s Silver Glitter Cardstock, tucking them in amongst the sentiment and creating a visual triangle around my sentiment components. I added some Magenta Clear Drops to the centers of the flowers for one last pop of color!
Well, that’s all for my project today! I had so much fun experimenting with this super colorful trifold card and can’t wait to make another. Thanks so much for watching, and have a marvelous day!
Love the ombre and the new take on using a tri-fold. It’s lovely!