Belated Birthday Card!

Here's a belated birthday card created with Lost Coast Design's new Pokey Pidgeon stamp for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's September Animal Challenge! 

I googled "pigeons" and decided to make Pokey Pidgeon into a Rock Pigeon whose plumage is black, grey, purple, and teal/green. They really are rather handsome birds. 

I love Pokey's expression. He either looks surprised or guilty. I decided he was guilty of being a birdbrain and forgetting a birthday. He's kind of like me in that regard.

Here's my card!

Products Used:

Pokey Pidgeon Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Design

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (Black) Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Nocturne VersaMark Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Ink Drops - Midnight 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium *

Copic Markers:

Feathers: C6, C6, C4, C3, C2, C0, BV20, BG23, BG49, BG45, BG57, V04, V01

Beak: BV20, C2, C0

Eyes: YR16, YR12, Y04, N7

Feet/Legs: RV95, R14, R12, T7, T2

Ground: N7, N5, N3, E77, E74, E71

Outlines: BG11

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Label Maker by Brother

Label Dies: Source Unknown

Copic Airbrush System by Copic

Stamping Platform

Please Note: You can purchase the products marked with an asterisk at Topflight Stamps!

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Raven cardstock to 9" x 6.25". Score at 4.5", and fold to form an A6 card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp Pokey Pidgeon onto white cardstock. 
3. Use Copic markers to color the image.
4. Use a N7 marker to enlarge Pokey's pupils just a bit, then add use a white gel pen to add highlights to them. 
5. Trim the image panel and mat with black cardstock cut .25" larger than the panel.
6. Choose patterned paper for the background from the Ink Drops - Midnight 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad,.
7. Trim the patterned paper  to 4.25" wide and edge with Nocturne VersaMark Clair Ink.
8. Use the YR12 Copic marker to make the yellowish veining in the patterned paper match Pokey's eyes. 
9. Use a label maker or computer generate your own sentiment. I opted to use my label maker to create both sentiments.
10. Use an airbrush or inks to color the sentiments.
11. Cut black cardstock with label dies and use to mat the sentiments.
12. Adhere the image panel and the sentiment die-cuts to the background panel as shown.
13. Adhere the background panel to the card.

You still have time to play with us, create something for the September Animal Challenge, share it with us, and be entered for the chance to win some Lost Coast Designs Cash! I hope to see you there!

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Coffee & Cuss Words Card Tutorial

I love coffee and I love penguins. Therefore, I have a large collection of penguin and/or coffee themed crafting products. Here’s a somewhat snarky card using the wonderful VersaMagic Inks.

Here's the card!

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Canteloupe, Dandelion, Summer Sky, Angel Pink Memento Dew Drop Inks 

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink *

Oasis Green, Jumbo Java, Spring Pansy VersaMagic Dew Drop Inks 

Moonlight White Brilliance Ink

Sponge Daubers

On Point Glue

Tear It! Tape

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Avalanche White Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Grumpy Penguin Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft *

Coffee Cup Extension Clear Stamp Set by Gina Marie Designs

Coffee Bean Stencil by Paper Rose *

Coffee Cup Die Set by Memory Box

Majestic Border Die Set 51 by AALL and Create *

Passe Partout Rectangles Die Set by Studio Light *

Lavender and Midnight Blue Chalk Pencils by General’s

White Dimensional Glaze Gel Pen by Sakura of America

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Low-Tack Tape

Post-It Notes by 3M

Stamping Platform by Tim Holtz for Tonic Studios

Misti  Stamping Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Please Note: Products marked with asterisks (*) can be purchased at Topflight Stamps!

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the smallest penguin from the Grumpy Penguin Red Rubber Stamp Set onto a panel of Bristol paper.

Steps 2A - 2D:

Smoosh the Cantaloupe Memento Dew Drop Inkpad onto a piece of acetate packaging. Dip a paint brush into water, pick up some ink off of the acetate sheet, and paint both side sides of the penguin’s beak (2A). Repeat the process with Dandelion Memento Ink and paint the center of the penguin’s beak, blending the two colors of ink (2B). Clean and dry the acetate sheet.

Smoosh the Tuxedo Black Memento Inkpad onto the acetate sheet. Dip a paintbrush into water, wipe off the excess water, pick up some black ink, and paint the dark parts of the penguin. Repeat the process using more diluted ink to add some greyer tones to the penguin (2C). Clean and dry the acetate sheet.

Smoosh the Angel Pink and Summer Sky Memento Dew Drop Inkpads onto the acetate sheet. Use a damp paintbrush to add some color to the penguin’s belly (2D). Heat set.

Step 3:

Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the stamped penguin and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

Step 4:

Use low-tack tape to secure the coffee cup cutting die over the masked panel. Run through a die-cut machine.

Step 5:

Place a Post-It Note horizontally .25” from the bottom of the coffee cup die-cut. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Moonlight White Brilliance Ink over the Post-It Note onto the coffee cup die-cut. Remove the low—tack tape and the penguin’s mask. Heat set.

Steps 6A - 6B:

Cover the base of the coffee-cut die-cut with low-tack tape. Place the coffee-cup cutting die so that the body of the coffee cup is slightly outside the coffee-cup die-cut. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Oasis Green VersaMagic Ink fairly heavily along the outside edges of the coffee-cup die-cut (6A).

Remove the cutting die and continue to apply VersaMagic Ink to the rest of the coffee cup (6B). Heat set.

Step 7:

Use a lavender chalk pencil to add detail and shading to the outside of the coffee-cup die-cut. Use the White Glaze Pen to add highlights to the coffee cup. Sorry that there are no photos.

Step 8:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Oasis Green VersaMagic Ink over a piece of Bristol paper to create a background panel. Heat set.

Step 9:

Use low-tack tape to secure the inked panel to the back of the coffee bean stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink over the stencil onto the background panel. Remove the panel from the stencil. Heat set the panel.

Step 10:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Spring Pansy VersaMagic Ink to two strips of Bristol paper. Heat set.

Step 11:

Use one of the cutting dies from the Majestic Border Die Set to cut the both strips of inked paper. 

Step 12:

Repeat Step 10 using Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink, heat set, then cut with the same cutting die. (No photo)

Step 13:

Use On-Point Glue adhere one of the Spring Pansy inked die-cut atop the Jumbo Java one. (No photo)

Step 14:

Use the scalloped rectangle die from the Passe Partout Rectangle Die set to cut the stenciled background panel from Step 9. Edge the panel with Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink.

Step 15: 

Apply Spring Pansy VersaMagic Ink with a Sponge Dauber to the outer .5” of a panel of Bristol paper. Heat set then cut the panel using the largest plain rectangle from the Passe Partout Rectangle Die set.

Step 16:

Place a leftover scrap of the Spring Pansy VersaMagic inked paper onto the base of a stamping platform. Ink the stamp with Jumbo Java VersaMagic ink, then stamp onto the scrap. Remove the scrap and heat set the ink. Use a Ribbon Slide die to cut the sentiment then edge the die-cut with Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink.

Step 17:

Use a Ribbon Slide Die to cut the sentiment. Use Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink to edge the die-cut. Sorry that there's no photo.

Step 18:

Create an A6 card from a piece of textured white cardstock. Use a sponge dauber to apply Jumbo Java VersaMagic Ink around the edges of the card as shown. Heat set.

Step 19:

Thread the reserved border die from Step 11 through the sentiment die-cut. Use On Point Glue to adhere both the sentiment/border strip die-cut and the stacked die-cut to the background panel as shown.

Step 20:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the layers of the card.

Here’s the finished card!

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