Autism Awareness Blog Hop

April is National Autism Awareness month. The Stampendous Design Team and I are joining up with lots of other crafters for an Autism Awareness Blog Hop. 

Here's my card with Stampendous' adorable new Everyday Chicks Perfectly Clear™ Stamps and Cutting Dies Set, Big Words Happy Perfectly Clear™ Stamps, Fitted Frames B Die Cut Set, and the Spring Borders Cutting Dies Set.

Supplies:

Stampendous products used:

Everyday Chicks Perfectly Clear™ Stamps and Cutting Dies Set

Big Words Happy Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Fitted Frames B Die Cut Set

Spring Borders Cutting Dies Set

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other products used:

Copic markers: R17, R29, YR04, YR16, YR27, Y02, Y13, G05, G16, B05, B16, B121, B63, B66, FB2, V09, FV2, C4, C6, E23, E35, RV0000, RV000, BV0000, YR03, YR13, YR17

Solar Crest White cardstock by Neenah

Black and Blue My Colors cardstock by My Mind's Eye

Puzzle Die by QuicKutz

Clear Glaze Gel pen by Sakura

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 12x12 blue cardstock to 10" x 7", fold, and score to form a 5x7 card. 
2. Cut a piece of black cardstock to 4.75" x 6.75".
3. Using a hand-held stamp positioned and Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, stamp the smallest chick from the Everyday Chick set to create a pyramid. 
4. Color the chicks in ROYGBIV to create a rainbow of chicks. Use Cool Grey and Violet to color the bottom row of chicks as shown. 
5. Color the sky and grass with Copic marker.
6. Add little hatch marks around the chicks' feet and wings to make them look as though they are fluttering in place.
7. Use Clear Glaze pen to add dimension to the chicks' beaks.
8. Trim the image panel and mat with black cardstock.
9. Die-cut the puzzle and the floral border from the Spring Borders Cutting Dies Set from white cardstock, then color with the same markers used for the chicks.
10. Cut a piece of black cardstock to 1" wide. Adhere the colored floral border to the black strip.
11. Adhere the matted floral border to the base of the large scrap of blue cardstock left over from when you created the card and then trim to 4 5/8" x 6 5/8".
12. Stamp the sentiments from the Big Words Happy Perfectly Clear™ Stamp set onto blue cardstock, then die-cut with one of the dies from the set.
13. Adhere the sentiment and image panel to complete the card.

Thanks for visiting today!