Betsy the Bird Card

It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! This week the team is focusing on the Stampotique Stamps being released by Katzelkraft. 

Here's my card created with the Betsy Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Stampotique Stamps for Katzelkraft.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Betsy Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Della Blue, Blue Lagoon, Confetti, and Sundance Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Ink Drops - Candy 6x6 Essential Craft Papers by Craft Consortium

Uplifting Stickers by Lavinia Stamps

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV01, RV02, RV91, B000, B00, B01, B02, B60, BV000, BV00, BV01, BV02, BV11, BV13, BV20, BV23, Y000, Y23, BG10, BG11, BG70, BG72, BG90, T0, T1, T2, C00, C0, C1 C2

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Arches Die Set: Source Unknown

91% Isopropyl Alchohol

Clear Acetate from packaging

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Stamping Platform

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 by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the bird from Betsy Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft twice –– once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Fussy-cut Betsy's body and the ground from the sticker paper version and place them over their counterparts on the image panel.
4. Smoosh Della Blue, Blue Lagoon, Confetti, and Sundance Elements Inks, one at a time, onto a piece of leftover packaging acetate,
5. Mist the inked acetate with a Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir filled with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol, then press it facedown onto the image panel over the masked areas. 
6. Be sure to clean and dry the acetate between colors to avoid contaminating the ink pads with another color. Continue this process until you're happy with the background. Heat set the image panel.
7. Remove the masks from the image panel and use Copic markers to color Betsy and the ground with Copic markers. 
8. Use Copic markers to fill in any open areas on the background.
9. Use arch dies to create a frame from black cardstock. 
10. Use an intermediate-sized die to cut the image panel. 
11. Adhere the frame over the image panel die-cut.
12. Trim a piece of patterned paper from the Ink Drops - Candy 6x6 Essential Craft Papers to 4" wide to create a background panel. 
13. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair In to edge the patterned paper background panel.
14. Adhere the arch-framed image panel to the patterned paper background panel, then adhere to a black A6 card. 
15. Add the selected black sentiment stickers from the Uplifting Stickers by Lavinia Stamps to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!