Hey everyone! I couldn’t resist but come back with another card featuring the amazing new Grip Mats from Waffle Flower. They’re so cool and my first crafting session left me with lots of goodies to create fun cards with! So today I’m back using some of their new Christmas in July release along with the grip mats.
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OMG! How freaking cute is this pupper!?! I’m in love with him and had a blast creating this card specifically to use him on! Let’s check out the process again, shall we?
Add your grip mat to your work surface. Any surface will do that I can tell so far. I have a self healing mat but I’ve tried it on a glass mat and a regular desk too. All stuck great!
This time we’re going to ink blend the super cool Multiple Presents Die-n-Stencil combo. Both times I did this (you can see my first attempt at the top of my panel…quality control to see if my brain was processing this properly) I started at the top and worked my way down one line at a time. Leave your cardstock in place and move the stencil, inking each layer.
It’s really just that easy. I didn’t even clean the stencil until I was completely finished with the last layer.
Keep going, we’re almost there. Remember, especially things like these presents, are great for all celebrations…not just Christmas. Mix and match your colors for birthdays, just for fun, celebrate everything!
Okay, my gifts are inked, looking super adorable and my panel peeled off the grip mat flawlessly. It doesn’t curl or anything. I lined up the die and cut these out. Now I have 8 separate gift images inked and ready for crafting!
Another fantastic use of the grip mat is to hold images in place. For this card, I used it to play with arrangement of my presents. I mixed and matched things deciding how I wanted them layered. Then I used a strip of post-it tape to pull them off and set them aside until I was ready to add them to my card.
I forgot to photograph it but I also used the mat to hold the pieces of my pup while I ink blended them too. They didn’t budge a millimeter even with the blending brush pushing on them.
So I assembled my pup and his sweet Santa hat, gluing everything together with liquid glue. But when I was arranging everything on my card, I thought the background was lacking. So I grabbed my grip mat and Paw Print stencil duo and inked it up two two different green inks for some texture.
For assembly, I popped the green panel up on a white card base with foam tape. Then liquid glue for my pup and finally foam tape for the gifts. I even saved one to add to the puppy’s paws too. It’s so cute!
Last, I added a preprinted sentiment strip with liquid glue and some Touch of Gloss to the pup’s eyes and nose.
Products used today:
Be a Dog dies
Be Christmas Accessories dies
Multiple Presents Die-n-Stencil
Paw Prints stencil duo
Grip Mat – 6×6
Subsentiments Gift die cuts
Liquid glue
Foam tape
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
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