Sometimes it's the finishing touches that make all the difference! Ranger Enamel Accents add glossy dimension, texture, and just the right amount of shine to Lauren Bergold's bold Make-It™ card. Paired with vibrant Archival Ink colors that pop against the striking black-and-white background, every detail stands out for a playful design that's impossible to miss.
Bold and Bubbly Enamel Accents Card by Lauren Bergold
- Materials
- Instructions
Make-It Clear Stamp Set Wild Hearts
Archival Ink™ Pads: Jet Black, Sea Grass, Sun Dazed, Wine Cellar, Mountain Lake, Emerald Green
Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool Domed Foams
Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stay-tion
Simon Hurley create. Stark White Cardstock
Scrapbook Adhesives 3d Foam Squares
I'm always amazed by how vividly colors stand out on a background of black and white; the neutrals almost super-charge the colors!

Step 1: Trim a piece of Simon Hurley create. Stark White Cardstock to 3.75 x 5.5" and apply Jet Black Archival Ink through the Make-It Bubble Mix Stencil. Round the corners of the panel, if desired. Clean the stencil with rubbing alcohol.

Step 2: Add dots of Ranger's Black Enamel Accents randomly to the smaller circles on the Bubble Mix panel. Set aside on a flat surface and allow to dry completely; ideally overnight.

Step 3: On a piece of Stark White Cardstock approximately 3 7/8 x 5 5/8" paint a thin coat of Black Enamel Accents around all four edges. Set aside and allow to dry. Wash the brush immediately with warm water and dish soap.

Step 4: From Make-It's Wild Hearts Clear Stamp Set, stamp the "Always and Forever" heart once and the five-petal flower three times in clear Emboss It Ink and emboss with Ranger Black Powder, using the Heat It Craft Tool. Use scissors to cut out just the sentiment ribbon from the heart and set aside.

Step 5: Smoosh some Archival Ink onto a palette or your Craft Sheet, and use a waterbrush full of Isopropyl Alcohol to paint the flowers in Sun Dazed, Wine Cellar and Mountain Lake; with leaves of Emerald Green.

Step 6: When the flowers are dry, cut them out with scissors and apply a dot of White Enamel Accents to the center of each. Set aside on a flat surface and allow to dry completely; ideally overnight.

Step 7: Using Jet Black Archival, stencil the Make-It Pegboard pattern on a 4.25 x 6" panel of Stark White Cardstock. Generously apply Sea Grass Archival Ink around all four sides of the Pegboard Panel with a Mini Ink Blending Tool and a Domed Foam. Ink the very edges of the panel with Jet Black, if desired.

Step 8: Assembly: Adhere the Bubble Mix panel to the Enamel-edged mat, and then to the Pegboard panel using Dina Wakley MEdia Glue. Add the sentiment ribbon to the top of the panel, using 3D Foam Squares; and cluster the flowers around the ribbon. Affix the completed design panel to a white A6 card.

Step 9: Add an interior sentiment, if desired; sign the card and mail it ASAP... you will make someone's day!
My name is Lauren Bergold, and I live in central New Jersey with my husband of 30+ years and A LOT of art supplies! My favorite medium is paper, and I especially love making cards. I teach papercrafting classes, as well as collecting and compiling vintage and found papers. You can find me on my blog,