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:
- Cut brown cardstock to 8.25" x 6.25". Score at 4 1/8" and fold to form an A6 card.
- Cut patterned paper to 3 7/8 x 6" and edge with a brown marker.
- Adhere the patterned paper card front to the brown card.
- Use Toffee Crunch Memento ink to stamp the Tree Branch on the upper left.
- Placed the image panel onto a stamping platform and secure with magnets.
- Use the stamps to figure out the placement for the elements of this little scene.
- 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.
- Press the platform lid into the back of the stamps, lift, and ink the stamps.
- Stamp the images onto the image panel. Repeat if necessary. It wasn't! Yay!
- Remove the stamps from the platform and clean.
- Figure out where to position the hanging peanut feeder in relation to the tree branch and the squirrel stack.
- Repeat steps #7 - #9.
- 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.
- 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.
- White cardstock was cut with one of the banners in the die set.
- The banner was placed onto the stamp platform and secured with magnets.
- The sentiment was positioned face down atop the banner.
- The platform's lid was pressed onto the stamp, lifted, and the sentiment was inked with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink.
- The sentiment was stamped and the banner was folded.
- The image panel was trimmed, then adhered to the card.
- The sentiment was adhered using glue dots and a dimensional foam square to finish the card.
Thanks for visiting today!
Adorable!
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