When I found out that Diemond Dies was getting this awesome Mason Canning Jar Mini Album Die<\/a><\/span> back in stock, I knew I had to use it to share with you all about it’s availability and to make a summertime card with a fun glow-in-the-dark feature!<\/p>\n

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First folded over about an inch from the top of half of a sheet of white cardstock. Then I ran the die through my die cutting machine with just a bit of the top of the die hanging off the edge of the folded cardstock. That creates a front panel for my card with a top tab. I ran the die through my die cutting machine again, this time with just more cardstock with no fold to create the back panel for my card. To connect the panels, I just glued them together at the back of the tab.<\/p>\n

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To add some stability and a more finished look, I also cut out an inside liner for the card with pale blue cardstock — getting the general size and shape with the die and then hand fussy cutting around the sides of the liner sheet to create a border all the way around. I also ran the top of the die with some shimmery silver cardstock to create a metallic mason jar lid; I hand fussy cutting just the bottom of the lid and glued that to the top of both the front and back panels. I used Copic markers in C3, C4 and C6 on the lid along with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen to add some visual dimension to the lid.<\/p>\n

To add some much needed color and the look of a warm Spring or Summer night that could be seen through the jar, I blended on Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass,<\/a> Seedless Preserves<\/a><\/span>, and Blueprint Sketch<\/a><\/span> onto the card front.\u00a0 To soften my rough blending, I also added some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink in Broken China<\/a><\/span>. I was also able to achieve a magical look of distant lights by splattering on some water with an old toothbrush to “bleach” out the ink for a mottled light appearance.<\/p>\n

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For the featured glow-in-the-dark fireflies, I used an old Recollections clear stamp set called “Mason Jar”<\/a><\/span> that has 3 fireflies. I stamped them and used the following Copic colors to color them: B000, Y13, Y08 and YG25. Then I used a VersaMarker Pen<\/a><\/span> and WOW Glow-in-the-Dark Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> on the lighted parts of the fireflies to make them glow-in-the dark! I fussy cut out 6 of these fireflies and positioned 5 on the card front and 1 on the inside card liner.<\/p>\n

Lastly, I hand wrote out the sentiment: “Let Your Light Shine!” on a scrap of black cardstock using a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span>. I matted it with a scrap of white cardstock and cut it into a banner shape to place on the lower left part of the card front. I popped the whole thing up with some thin double sided foam adhesive to add a bit of dimension as well.<\/p>\n

The following is a process video of crafting this fun glow-in-the-dark shaped card:<\/p>\n