My tutorial today is for a Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card. I’ve CASE’d (Copy And Share Everything) this card from one of my own samples created a few weeks ago.

I did this partly because I already have a useful video showing how to put the strips together, but also to show how easy it is to take a card design and reuse it. This time I changed the colour of the base card so that the coloured mercury glass stands out against it better. (Rose on Rose wouldn’t show up the mercury glass bubbles as well).

In the tutorial below, I take you step by step through creating the Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card. I also have a supply list for purchasing anything you don’t already own.

This card also makes the most of the fact that the Love You Always Foil Sheets pack includes a Rococo Rose foil, for the skinny strips. If you don’t have this then you could always use Silver or Gold Foil instead.

Colour Combo

The colour combo mixes Rococo Rose, Blushing Bride and just a splash of Basic White.

Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card tutorial

Start with an A6 portrait card of Blushing Bride. Cut a card front layer of Rococo Rose card. Using Stitched Rectangle dies, die cut a large aperture from the centre of the layer (retain the centre for another project). Cut a panel of Hydrangea Hill Mercury Glass, wide enough to span the frame. Remove the protective backing from the acetate and cut into angled strips. Tip – Cut one piece from your panel at a time and lay the pieces out on your silicone mat as you cut them so that you can keep the pattern consistent.

Here’s a video showing how to assemble and adhere the strips behind the frame (same method, different colours). Please subscribe to my Youtube channel to make sure you see all future quick tips.

Using Rococo Rose ink, stamp a sentiment from the Oval Occasions set onto a scrap of Basic White card. Punch out with the plain oval part of the Double Oval punch. Adhere the stamped oval direct to the centre of a scalloped Love You Always Foil oval, punched with the same punch. Adhere the sentiment to the front of the framed strips layer. Add dimensionals behind the sentiment and evenly around the frame edges, before popping up on the card front.

Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card insert

On the Basic White insert, using Rococo Rose ink, stamp a sentiment from the Oval Occasions set. Use Memento Black ink to stamp the flower spray in each corner and colour with Blends.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sara xx

Buy the supplies for this Hydrangea Hill mercury glass strip birthday card in my online shop.