Stop and smell the roses

Now that it's officially summer and the roses are blooming, I figured that I ought to share this card created with the Rose Nap House-Mouse Designs® Rubber Stamp, the Cling Posted Script 6x6 Rubber Stamp, and the Slim Cling Woodgrain Rubber Stamp -- all by Stampendous!

Stampendous! Products Used:

Rose Nap House-Mouse Designs® Rubber Stamp

Cling Posted Script 6x6 Rubber Stamp

Slim Cling Woodgrain Rubber Stamp

Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:

Mini House-Mouse Designs Clear Stamp Set by Stampendous!®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Scattered Straw Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Ink

Yellow, black, and brown cardstock

Copic® Markers:

Mouse Skin: BV0000, BV000, E51, E50, RV91, R01, R00, R000, R20 (Cheek) R21 (Nose)

Fur: E21, E23, E25, E37

Roses: Y00, Y23, Y26

Leaves: G20, G21, G40, G43, G46, YG21

Light Blue and Indigo Chalk Pencils by General's®

Black Pitt Artist Pen by Faber Castell

Framed Sentiment Die Die-namics Set by My Favorite Things®

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of brown cardstock to 5.5" x 11". Score at 5.5" and fold to form a 5.5" square card. Set aside.
2. Cut a piece of yellow cardstock to 6".
3. Use magnets to secure the yellow cardstock to the base of the stamping platform.
4. Position the Cling Posted Script background stamp facedown on the yellow cardstock.
5. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
6. Ink the stamp with Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink and stamp. Repeat this step if needed to have a clean impression.
7. Trim the yellow panel to 5.25" square and edge with Scattered Straw Distress Oxide ink. 
8. Heat set the yellow panel and adhere to the brown card.
9. Cut a piece of brown cardstock in half.
10. Use magnets to secure the brown cardstock to the base of the stamping platform.
11. Position the Slim Cling Woodgrain Stamp stamp facedown on the brown cardstock.
12. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
13. Ink the stamp with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and stamp. Repeat this step if needed to have a clean impression.
14. Trim the brown panel to 4.5" x 3.125" and heat set and set aside.
15. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to color the images. Make sure you're happy with the coloring before preceding to the next step.*
16. Use chalk pencils to add the sky background to the image panel.
17. Trim the image panel to 3.875" x 2.5".
18. Use a Black Pitt Artist pen to edge the panel.
19. Mat the image panel on white cardstock cut to 4" x 2.625", then mat again with the stamped brown cardstock.
20. Use Onyx Black VersaFine ink to stamp the sentiment.
21. Use the framed sentiment dies to cut the sentiment and a leftover scrap of the wood-grain stamped brown cardstock.
22. Adhere the double matted image panel to the card.
23. Adhere the brown frame die-cut to the card front.
24. Adhere the sentiment in the frame to finish the card.

Notes:

• Be sure to that you're finished coloring the image with Copic markers before adding the chalk background. The chalk will damage your markers!

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