Hi there! Today I am excited to share how to shade felt embellishments and use them on your cards to create a quick and easy piece that looks stunning. The embellishments that I am using are made by Hero Arts and come as a gift with some orders. However, you can easily make your own embellishments using regular felt, Stick It adhesive, and dies. I hope to create a video in the future sharing how to create your own felt embellishments.
When I am using felt on my cards I like to add dimension to it to give a bolder look and make it stand out on the card. For this, I use a variety of gray Copic Sketch Markers and fade them out into whatever color the felt is. This gives the blending a soft effect with a bold color wherever you added the darkest gray marker.
FLOWER CARD
To finish off the card with flower embellishments, I colored a background using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and Wink of Stella on bristol cardstock. Creating a colorful and bold background with varying colors like this gives a great grounding for the embellishments to stand out on. Then, I added a sentiment, some sequins, and Glossy Accents for some raised shine.
ORNAMENT CARD
To finish off the ornament felt card, I used a diamond shape stencil to create a soft blending of color that fades to the edges of the card. Then, I added the ornaments on with some string above each one. Finally, I added a sentiment and some glossy accents for extra shine and embellishments.
SUPPLIES
All of the supplies used in today’s video are linked below. I am affiliated with Ellen Hutson (EH) and Simon Says Stamp (SSS), so I do get a portion of the profit (with no extra cost to you) this is how I am able to run this blog. Affiliate links used when possible. I appreciate your support!
Great cards Simon!
Great job…………love the depth the markers made. Happy New Year!
Love the pouncing on the watercolored background with the Wink of Stella. Thanks for sharing.