Clear and Simple Stamps - March/April Release

Good morning!  I am just SO thrilled to share my project today.  It is release day over at Clear and Simple Stamps, and once you see the new stuff, you will probably want to buy it all!  The theme (as you likely figured out by now with the sneak peeks) is "baby"- perfect for baby showers, announcements, thank you's, gifts, etc.  Alright, enough blabbing- onto my project:

I think that this would be a really fun way for a couple to announce the gender of their baby.  In each card is a scratch off ticket, as seen below:

I would include the coin in the envelope too, so the recipient knows exactly what to do:

Fun, huh? Here's how I did it (sorry for the yucky photos below):

1.  Adhere packing tape onto a slick surface (I used the back of an old sticker sheet- but I'd bet waxed paper would work too).  Die cut image:

Take the positive image (in this case, the giraffe), peel it off the sheet, and apply it to your card over the stamped sentiment:

I also die cut the same image from some masking paper I had, and matched it up with the packaging tape:

Now, paint a mixture of silver (or any color) acrylic paint and a tad of dish soap over the tape.  I'm glad I put the mask there, because I certainly did not paint within the lines!  This it what it looked like after one coat:

After I let it dry, it only needed one more coat to cover the sentiment completely (I was surprised, since the first run was so transparent!).  Carefully peel off the mask, and you're done!  Here it is again, so you can see how well the 2nd coat covered:

This was my first try with this technique, and I kind of figured out how to do it as I went along....if you have a better way, please let me know!  It was a bit time-consuming (especially with the dry time), but if you mass-produced them it would be a lot easier, and wouldn't take much more time than it took me to do the one.

Here are the goodies I used:
Baby Sentiments
Party Elements Baby
Baby Shower Die

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