Deco Foil Plush Paper Succulents + Transfer Gel

Hello crafty friends! Lauren here, (Sonoran Starfish Designs on social media) and I'm thrilled to be writing my first big post as a member of the Therm O Web design team! I'm located in Arizona, so for my project today I thought I'd share a card with some succulents.

I started this project by stenciling Duo Transfer Gel onto a piece of pink cardstock. While that was drying, I die cut pieces of the Screamin' Green, Hello Yellow, and Poppin' Pink Neon Flock Transfer Sheets into the pieces of the succulents.

Using a solid toner card front, I created a solid piece of the Woodgrain DecoFoil to die cut the pieces of the little pots. I did the same with a scrap of the Gold Shattered Glass DecoFoil so that I could die cut the “Happy” sentiment.

Once the Duo Transfer Gel was dry on the pink cardstock, I ran it through my Fuse Foiling Laminator with Gold Shattered Glass to finish off the background. Since the “birthday” sentiment was printed on my laser printer, I was able to foil it in the laminator with Gold Shattered Glass foil as well.

Before assembling my little planters, I used Distress Oxide inks to add shading on the flock plants. On the Hello Yellow pieces I used “Cracked Pistachio”, on the Screamin’ Green pieces I used “Mowed Lawn” and on the tips of the long leaves I used “Seedless Preserves”.

All that was left was the assembly of the pieces with a little help from some Ultra Bond Adhesive and foam squares!

Any other desert-dwellers here? Looking forward to sharing more projects with you!

Other materials:

Scrapbook.com “dashed” stencil
Lawn Fawn “build a succulent” dies
Distress Oxides: Cracked Pistachio, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn
Antique Frames dies from Penny Black Stamps

By Lauren Lovato