Hello and welcome to Craft with Sarah. In this video, we're making
this gorgeous mandala card. You can see all the different layers in there, and then it's
got these corners cut out of it for even more intricacy. It's a really, really pretty card.
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Let's take a look at what this card looks like when we open up the project in Cricut
Design Space. Here's the project all opened up in Cricut Design Space. You can see all
the different layers, and then you've got the draw layer in the middle of the mandala.
If you want to, you can re-size it, and because it's all grouped, you can resize it all in one go.
I wanted to cut the main card out of A4 paper, and I did find that I had to re-size
it a little bit smaller to get it to cut, so I had to change the height to 5.6 inches, and
then when I clicked ‘make it’, I was able to change the card front to be cut out of A4.
When you first open the project, the size is 5.75 inches, and it was a little bit too big.
If you're using A4 cardstock, you will have to re-size it like I’ve just done.
Go ahead and cut everything out. Your Cricut will draw that lovely mandala, and then you've got all
of the different colours on it. You don't have to stick to red - you can cut it out in whatever
colours you want. Get your materials ready and I'll show you how to stick it all together.
Here's everything cut out and ready to be stuck together. Before I start sticking
though, I'm going to colour in my mandala. I’m doing that because if I make a mistake,
I can then cut it again and I haven't already stuck it onto my card, so it isn’t too late. I've
got some Nuvo alcohol markers, and these are brand new to me - I have never used them before. I've
never even used alcohol markers before! So please forgive me if I am not very good at them. I'm
guessing they're super fancy felt tips. I probably insulted a lot of people, but I'm saying that.
Here we go, I'm just going to colour this in. I've got five different shades of red
to match the red in my card, so let's give this a go.
Here it is all coloured in, and it's now time to get my card put together.
Firstly, I'm going to fold this in half, and because of the cut-outs, I find it easier to
fold the blank half on top. You get a bit of a crisper
look. Let's do that and get it down that score line.
There we are. Push it down to make sure you've got a good fold on it,
and before I do anything else, I'm going to stick this on the inside.
You can either use double-sided tape or you can use glue. I'm going to use
tape because it is then instantly in position. I've got this tape runner, and it's called the
Easy Runner Grand, and it is amazing. I love it! I've tried so many tape runners over the years,
and this one is by far the best. I'll drop a link to this in the description of this video.
Let's add some tape between the cut-outs. You want to make sure you don't go over the cut-out.
I'm also not going all the way to the edge, because this square is a little
bit smaller than the front of the card, and I don't want you to be able to see the tape.
Now I’m sticking some bits across the diagonal - I think that should be enough. I can now line this
up to try and get it straight which is the number one thing I struggle with when making cards.
I think that's pretty much spot on though!
There we go. Now that we've got that nice red going through the holes, let's put our
mandala together. For that, we're going to need some 3D foam pads. I'm using these foam pads,
and they're actually quite big so I'm going to cut some smaller so that I don't have to use as many.
Assemble your mandala layers in size order, with the biggest at the bottom,
and then we're going to get the big one and the next biggest one in hand.
Turn the slightly smaller one upside down and add some foam pads.
There we are. Then, peel the tops off to reveal that stickiness underneath.
I'm going to stick this into the middle and push down to seal those foam pads.
I'm just debating whether I want to add foam to the white bit, or if I'm going to glue it.
I'll come back to that in a minute. Take the smallest coloured piece that
you've cut out, and we're going to add foam on the back of this one too. I've just noticed that I
managed to get the pen panel over my thumbnail and finger! I think I need more practice.
Let's peel these off, and then I'm going to make sure that this
is positioned the same way as that bottom layer - with the spiky bits in the same place.
Then we need to stick that into the middle too.
For this last bit, you can either use foam or glue or double-sided tape. I think I'm going
to do it flat, because I don't want this to become so thick that I have to use a large
letter stamp to post it - I want it to have a normal stamp so it's nice and cheap to post.
Let's turn this over…oh. You can see that'll blend through. That probably means I've got
it all over my craft mat. Although it looks really pretty as it's like a watercolour effect.
I'm going to glue this onto the rest of my mandala. I'm using this glue - I think it's
Collall. I've just started using this and I love it because it doesn't warp the card
when you put it on, unlike regular glue, which can cause the card to bend and bubble, but this
one doesn't do it. It is a solvent, so you need to use it in a ventilated area,
but it's really, really good and it looks like it's going to last a long time.
I bought this on Amazon and I also bought these teeny tiny little bottles to put it in
to use it. I got 12 in a pack I think, and these are really good because the nozzle is super thin,
so when you're doing intricate projects, it's really easy to apply the glue. I'll drop the
links in the description of this video if you want to check this out, but it's definitely
a great glue to use for paper crafts. Let's put some glue on the back here.
Then I'm going to line this up, and again, I'm going to make it so that the sticky pointy bits on
the edge of the shape are going the same way. I've just managed to put glue on my finger, and it's
taken the felt pen off my nail and put it onto my design. That was very annoying!
If you get felt pen on your fingers, then wash them! Oh dear. Oh well,
I'll think of something to fix that later on. This is ready to go onto my card,
and because I don't want to add any more depth to it at this point,
I'm going to use some more glue. Glue will also help me stick this right in the middle,
because it means I've got that little bit of wiggle room whilst the glue dries.
Let's give this a go. I
think that's in the middle. Push it down a little bit,
and there we have our card. I think I'm going to embellish it a little bit more. I've got these
Nuvo crystal drops, and these create little domes of colour on your design. They’re little 3D drops,
which is why it's called Nuvo drops. This is the red berry which I think will work really well.
I'm going to add this to some of the edges, so that I can cover over that little
speck of ink that I smudged. I've just got a scrap bit of card here, and I'm just going to
do the first couple to make sure it's coming out okay.
Then I'm going to put some little drops of this onto my corners.
As it settles after you've put it on the card, it goes down into a perfect dome shape,
and it will dry with a 3D effect. It's like adding the sticky back gemstones, except you've got a
whole range of colours to choose from. With these, you can make them as big or as small as you want
them to be. I love using these on my cards and can I also colour in that middle with a really big
drop, and then if I like how it's looking, I might find another colour to go in those other circles.
I've got these two ones, and I've got a white, or ‘Morning June’ it says. This one dries clear,
so I think I'm going to try this because then it might show some of the red through. I’m
going to put some onto my test bit just to make sure it's all coming out. Then put some
onto all of these circles, so that's all of those added, and I'm going to leave this for a while to
dry. It does take a while to dry. It becomes dry to the touch in a few minutes, but to be properly
dry you want to leave it a few hours. Especially if you put really big bits in the middle,
but I just love how much extra dimension that gives it. It's like adding little gems on
there, I think it's really, really pretty. So, there we have our finished
mandala card with the cut out corners. Don't forget, to get this design go to
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