Toucan Love Valentine's Day Card

Happy Valentine's Day! It's Tuesday which is my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week's theme over at the Topflight Stamps blog is "Anything Goes". I've made a card with the Strange Birds Clear Stamp Set 464 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. the Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set by Studio Light, the Palm Fronds Stencil by Craft Emotions, the Foliage Stencil by Lavinia Stamps, and six colors of VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts.

Here's the card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Strange Birds Clear Stamp Set 464 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set by Studio Light

Palm Fronds Stencil by Craft Emotions

Foliage Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Verdant, Green Oasis, Shady Lane, Rainforest, Acorn, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Patch, Lime, and Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics 

Core'dinations Black Magic Cardstock by Darice

Heart Die by Spellbinders

Mini Alphabet Die by All Occasions

Twig Dies By The Stamp Doctor

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts

Copic Markers: Y02, Y04, Y06, Y15, YG00, YG05, YG21, YG23, YG25, YR16, YR68, R22, R24, R27, B32, B34, B45, C7, C7, C8

Black MultiLiner by Copic

Clear Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Removable Scotch Tape by 3M

2" Sookwang Two-sided Tape

Instructions:

1. Cut, score, and fold a piece of Patch cardstock to form an A6 card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the toucans from the Strange Birds Clear Stamp Set 464 by Janet Klein onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut and color them with Copic markers. 
4. Use a white Gelly Roll Gel pen to add a white highlights to their eyes.
5. Edge them with a black pen then set them aside to canoodle.
6. Tape the Palm Fronds Stencil to the black side of a piece of black/green Black Magic cardstock.
7. Use magnets to secure it to the STAY-tion.
8. Sponge Verdant, Green Oasis, Rainforest, and Shady Lane  VersaFine Clair Inks over the Palm Fronds Stencil onto the Black Magic cardstock. 
9. Pour Clear Detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump off the excess, and heat set.
10. Use the largest scalloped rectangle die from the Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set to cut the embossed panel. 
11. Use the largest plain rectangle die from Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set to cut black cardstock, then mat the embossed scalloped rectangular panel.
12. Use a large heart die to cut another piece of the black/green Black Magic cardstock. 
13. Mist the heart lightly with water and place the Foliage Stencil by Lavinia Stamps over the heart.
14. Crank the heart and stencil through the Big Shot to dry emboss the foliage onto the stencil. 
15. With the stencil still in place, gently sand the surface of the cardstock.
16. Remove the stencil and sand the edges of the heart to reveal the green core.
17. Use a smaller plain rectangle die from the same die set  to cut another piece of black/green Black Magic cardstock. 
18. Apply Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink the green side, heat set, then randomly sand to reveal the underlying color. 
19. Lightly brush Verdant, Green Oasis, Shady Lane, Rainforest, and Acorn VersaFine Clair Inks onto the sanded areas to enhance the color. Heat set.
20. Cut a piece of plain black cardstock was cut .25" larger and use to mat this piece.
21. Cut a piece of the green/black Black Magic paper with the twig die two times. 
22. Gently sand the twigs to reveal the core color, then brush the twig die-cuts with Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink.
23. Cut a piece of Lime cardstock to the size of the alphabet die. 
24. Apply Sookwang Tape to the back of the cardstock, then use the alphabet die to cut it. 
25. Adhere the matted base layer to the reserved green card.
26. Adhere the small matted rectangle was adhered to the card.
27. Adhere the heart in the center of the card. 
28. Adhere the twigs.
29. Perch the toucans on the twigs.
30. Adhere the alphabet die-cuts to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!