Tuesday, November 3, 2020

You've Got This!

 It's Tuesday, which means it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps, so I've got a card to share with you today.

I've created a card using the Little Critters Clear Stamp Set by The Card Hut, which is an fabulous new clear stamp set featuring squirrels and their antics. I used the set with the Tree Branch Clear Stamp by Lavinia Stamps and a sentiment from the wonderfully versatile Classic Sentiments by Heffy Doodle.

Here's the card.


Topflight Stamps Products Used:

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Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Toffee Crunch Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers:
   Red Squirrels: E13, E15, E17, E27, E29, E97, YR31
   Blue Tit (on left on hanging feeder): Y02, Y13, B34
   Great Tit (on right on hanging feeder): Y00, Y11, B91, B93
   Robin (on top of the platform): YR18, R04, C4, E31, E33
   Long Tailed Tit (on coconut feeder): E70, R00, R01, C7
   Grey Squirrel: C1, C2, C3, W1, W2, W3
   Nut Feeders: C00, C0, C1, C3, E41, E42, E43
   Coconut Feeder: E43, E44, N0, N1, N2
   Feeder Stand: E21, E23, W1, W2
   Branch: E55, E59
   Grass: YG03, YG05, YG11, YG17
   Leaves: YR16, YR23, E97
   Sky: B21, RV000
Very Vintage 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by BoBunny Press®
Fancy Folded Banners Lawn Cuts  by Lawn Fawn®
Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Stamping Platform

A note: I was an avid bird watcher when we lived in England so I remembered the bird species and their coloration. We never had a red squirrel visit us and they're not native to New Jersey, so I had to use Google to figure out their coloration, though I could have used the packaging from the stamp set, if I had found it under the piles of detritus on my table. Oops! I have since found it. Yay!

Instructions:
  1. Cut brown cardstock to 8.25" x 6.25". Score at 4 1/8" and fold to form an A6 card. 
  2. Cut patterned paper to 3 7/8 x 6" and edge with a brown marker.
  3. Adhere the patterned paper card front to the brown card.
  4. Use Toffee Crunch Memento ink to stamp the Tree Branch on the upper left. 
  5. Placed the image panel onto a stamping platform and secure with magnets.
  6. Use the stamps to figure out the placement for the elements of this little scene.
  7. Position the stack of red squirrels and the bird feeding platform stamps from the Little Critters Clear Stamp Set face down on the image panel. 
  8. Press the platform lid into the back of the stamps, lift, and ink the stamps.
  9. Stamp the images onto the image panel. Repeat if necessary. It wasn't! Yay!
  10. Remove the stamps from the platform and clean.
  11. Figure out where to position the hanging peanut feeder in relation to the tree branch and the squirrel stack.
  12. Repeat steps #7 - #9.
  13. Use Copic markers to color the branch, birds, red squirrels, the grey squirrel, and the bird feeding platform. I also used the markers to color the grass, the few freehanded leaves, and the sky. 
  14. Since I didn't have a sentiment that said "Teamwork makes the dreamwork", I decided to use the sentiment, "You've got this", from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set since it was pretty clear that the squirrels had their treats within reach.
  15. White cardstock was cut with one of the banners in the die set. 
  16. The banner was placed onto the stamp platform and secured with magnets.
  17. The sentiment was positioned face down atop the banner. 
  18. The platform's lid was pressed onto the stamp, lifted, and the sentiment was inked with  Onyx Black VersaFine Ink. 
  19. The sentiment was stamped and the banner was folded.
  20. The image panel was trimmed, then adhered to the card.
  21. The sentiment was adhered using glue dots and a dimensional foam square to finish the card.
Thanks for visiting today!

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