Making a card in 3 steps.
- Type of project: Card
- Occasion: Celebrate, Birthday
- Style: Artsy, whimsical
- Techniques used: Rub-ons, Distress Oxide, smooch technique
- Decoration: paper elements, phrase stickers, rub-ons
- Main colour: green, white and black
READ ALSO: HOW TO ADD YOUR OWN EASY TEXT ART TO YOUR CARDS
I do not make many cards but when I do I often build them up the same way as I build up my layouts. 
First I build up a cluster of decorations around the sentiment. I often glue all of the pieces together but I do not glue them down on the card base. 
Then I make the background. This time I used distress oxide on a stamp block and added som water and smooched it to the card base. When dry, I added some rub-ons. The position of the rub-ons are easy when the decoration cluster is already made. 
The last thing I add are a few small item like washi stickers and perhaps a few stains. 
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Petra Offrell is from Sweden. Petra has been writing for TPC since 2021. Petra started paper crafting in 2004 and she mostly makes cards, layouts and Art Journals. Her paper projects are often made in Clean and Simple style with some Artsy details.