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Striped Peony Card with Gold Overlay and Drop Shadow

A project from our live show CATCH UP with Toni for ANYTHING GOES WEDNESDAY in the HTCN studio broadcast 20th Oct 21 · 20/10/2021

Design a clean and elegant card featuring peonies on a black and white striped background, enhanced with a gold overlay that creates a subtle drop shadow effect. This card showcases both inky texture and clean, simple styling.

10steps
26:30in the show
Step 1 of 10

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  1. 1

    Cut six strips from the black and white striped paper pad to use as your background elements.

    ▶ watch this step 26:45
  2. 2

    Apply glue to the back of each striped piece, leaving a tiny gap to create a black drop shadow underneath.

    ▶ watch this step 27:15
  3. 3

    Layer the gold-covered strips over the black and white stripes, aligning them carefully to show the black lines as a shadow effect.

    ▶ watch this step 27:30
  4. 4

    Trim the edges of the layered strips with scissors to create clean lines.

    ▶ watch this step 29:45
  5. 5

    Stamp and heat-emboss the peony design onto the prepared background.

    ▶ watch this step 30:00
  6. 6

    Die-cut the peony design using the coordinating outline die.

    ▶ watch this step 30:30
  7. 7

    Apply foam pads around the top and right side of the die-cut design to create dimension.

    ▶ watch this step 32:15
  8. 8

    Adhere the padded peony design to the card base, positioning it to overlap the striped background.

    ▶ watch this step 33:45
  9. 9

    Apply clear glitter sparkle pens to the flowers for added embellishment.

    ▶ watch this step 35:15
  10. 10

    Mount the card onto a pink folding note card base.

    ▶ watch this step 34:00

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