The starburst technique is a fun way to display patterned papers on a card, scrapbook page or other flat surface. One of my favorite cards showing this can be found in my February 27, 2022 blog post. And a few of my earlier projects can be found at my September 14, 2013 post, my October 7, 2013 post and my November 16, 2013 post.
These are my latest projects with this technique!
The new Metallic & Shimmer Specialty Paper is perfect for this, too.
I wasn’t quite in the mood for Christmas which is what most of us think of when we see this new paper in the July-Dec 2022 Mini Catalog. But I had the celebrations of 4th of July and Father’s Day (since I was working on gathering up a belated gift to my dad), on my mind. So I paired the papers up with images from the Brewed for You set from the 2022-23 Annual Catalog.
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For all my cards I started by cutting my three 6×6 sheets of Metallic & Shimmer Specialty Designer Paper into four 1-1/2” x 6” pieces. And then I sliced each of these diagonally as shown giving me four similar triangular strips from each color – eight altogether from each color.
I took all the triangles with the sparkle pattern at the pointed end and added them to one card base. The others I added to another card base. And because I had lots of pieces (many that are very big) that got trimmed off from the first two cards, I created a third card.
I marked a point about 1-1/2″ in at the bottom of my base card. Then I covered this white cardstock with adhesive and added the triangular pieces one at a time (starting from the lower right) with the points all ending at that pencil dot.
As you can see from the photo below, you might not end up adding each at that exact spot. But it’s a starting point. You’ll also see I was short one piece. So I added some black cardstock there.
Here is the end result of my first card.
Measurements…
- Basic White Cardstock
- 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to short side at 4-1/4”
- Scrap for die-cutting 3″ diameter circle
- Scrap for stamping and die-cutting two beverages
- Basic Black Cardstock
- Scrap for filling in extra section
- Metallic & Shimmer Specialty Designer Paper
- (cut as explained above)
This is my second card.
Measurements…
- Basic White Cardstock
- 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to short side at 4-1/4”
- Scrap for stamping and die-cutting bottle
- Basic Black Cardstock
- Scrap for die-cutting 2-1/2″ diameter circle
- Scrap for filling in extra section
- Metallic & Shimmer Specialty Designer Paper
- (cut as explained above)
And this is my third made with the scraps.
Measurements…
- Basic White Cardstock
- 4-3/4″ x 8-1/2″ scored parallel to short side at 4-1/4”
- Scrap for stamping and die-cutting beverages
- Basic Black Cardstock
- 1-3/4″ x 4-1/4″
- Scrap for filling in extra section
- Metallic & Shimmer Specialty Designer Paper
- (cut as explained above)
Tips…
- The sentiments on the black pieces are stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with White Emboss Powder.
- The beverage in the bottle is not a stamped image. It’s colored in with Blends Markers.
- To get the lighter Crushed Curry color in the non-handled glass, stamp first onto grid paper then onto the image.
- The drink images are all covered with packaging tape before die-cutting. You can see that they are shiny because of this.
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