Elvis Las Vegas Card

When making men’s cards it is always difficult to come up with a new theme, this card adds a touch of old fashioned glamour while still being a masculine card, perfect for the aging rocker!

Using the clear stamps available exclusively at Simply Craft they make for perfect positioning allowing you to pre cut the layers with the confidence that the stamp will fit perfectly.

For best results when stamping it is important to choose an ink like Staz on especially on acetate to ensure it dries.

Materials used:

Elvis clear stamp exclusive to Simply Craft

Acrylic block

A4 sheet of black card

12 x 12 sheet of Sandylion ‘Vegas nightlife’ (cut into 19.5cm x 13cm)

Black card cut into size 8cm x 11cm

Linen silver card cut into size 10cm x 7cm

Acetate cut into size 10cm x 7cm

4 star shaped brads

Silver stickles glitter glue

Black Staz on ink

Die cut alphabet words – Viva Las Vegas – (I have used Cricut machine and cartridge ‘Storybook’)

Double sided sticky pads

Double sided sticky tape

PVA glue and cocktail stick

Fold the A4 black card in half, this is your base card (turn horizontal). Layer Vegas Nightlife paper onto this.
Stamp Elvis onto the acetate and use the brads to attach this to the silver linen and black card.
With double sided sticky pads attach Elvis image to the left hand side of the card.
Glue the words ‘Viva Las Vegas’ to the right hand side with PVA glue.
Add tiny little dots of silver stickles glitter glue to the letters to look like tiny lights on the wording.

Top tips

A cocktail stick is an ideal little tool for adding tiny dabs of glue to the lettering, too much glue will spoil the design. The cocktail stick is also great for adding the glitter glue if you are worried about being too heavy handed.

Before sticking down the wording place them out onto the card first, it can be all too easy to run out of space before you get to the end of the word!