Let's Celebrate

Greetings! Saturday is my day to share a project for Funky Fossil Designs and since it's the first day of March, I was inspired by the adage "March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb". I googled the saying and apparently it goes back centuries. 

Here's my card created with the lion from the Steampunk Safari Clear Stamp Set from the Steampunk Menagerie Collection by Belinda Basson for Funky Fossil Designs. 

Funky Fossil Designs Products Used:

Steampunk Safari Clear Stamp Set ON SALE!

Cogs and Gears Mask

Rust and Relics 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad ON SALE!

Mixed Media Compendium 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad

Sentimental Sticker Stack

Specimen Slides Die Set ON SALE

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Grey Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink by Gina K Designs

Hoodie Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Rusty Hinge and Fossilized Amber Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Persimmon, Rusty Hinge, and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Lightning Black Brilliance Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic and Olo Markers:

 Lion's Fur: E57, E56, E55, E53, E51, Y28, Y26

 Lion's Eye: Y28, Y26, Y21, Y08

 Lion's Monocle: BG96, BG93, BG90, C4, C2, C1

 Lion's Vest: T7, T5, T4

 Lion's Tie: YR24, YR18, YR14

 Lion's Watch: YR31, Y000, N5

 Lion's Goggles: YR24, YR18, YR14, BG96, BG93

 Lion's Jacket and Hat: T7, T5, T4 and BG2.7, BG2.4 (Olo)

 Lion's Shirt: B52 and BG2.3, BG2.1 (Olo)

Rectangle Die: Source Unknown

Tiny Gears Die by Memory Box

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Stipple Brush

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studio

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from grey cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Black Amalgam Ink to stamp the lion from the Steampunk Safari Clear Stamp Set twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use alcohol markers to color the lion.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the lion and place it over its counterpart on the image panel.
5. Use a rectangle die to cut the image panel.
6. Brush Hoodie Ink over the masked image onto the die-cut image panel to color the white background. 
7. Randomly brush Rusty Hinge and Fossilized Amber Distress Ink over the masked image onto the die-cut image panel to add rusty touches.
8. Secure the die-cut image panel to the STAY-tion with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
9. Position the Cogs and Gears Mask over the die-cut image panel and secure with magnets. 
10. Brush Hoodie ink over the Cogs and Gears Mask and the masked image onto the die-cut image panel.
11. Reposition the Cogs and Gears Mask and brush Hoodie ink over the mask to add additional gears to the die-cut image panel.
12. Remove and clean the Cogs and Gears Mask, but keep the mask over the lion.
13. Use stipple brushes to pounce Persimmon, Rusty Hinge, and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Inks over the to the die-cut image panel.
14. Edge die-cut image panel with Rusty Hinge Distress Ink.
15. Heat set the die-cut image panel.
16. Remove the mask from the lion so he can see again and set the die-cut image panel aside.
17. Cut a piece of rusty/teal patterned paper from the Mixed Media Compendium 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad so that it's .25" larger than the die-cut image panel,  edge with Lightning Black Brilliance Ink, and heat set. This will become the first mat layer.
18. Cut a piece of teal/blue patterned paper from the Rust and Relics 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad so that it's .5" larger than the first mat layer. This is the second mat layer.
19. Edge the patterned paper (Step 18) with Lightning Black Brilliance Ink, and heat set.
20. Cut a piece of rust/grey/white streaked patterned paper from the Rust and Relics 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad so that it's .25" larger than the 2nd mat layer. This is the third mat layer.
21. Edge with Lightning Black Brilliance Ink, and heat set.
22. Adhere the image panel die-cut with the first mat layer (Step 17).
23. Adhere the matted image panel with the second mat layer (Step 18), which will create a .25" mat.
24. Adhere the double matted image panel to the third mat layer (Step 20).
25. Set the triple matted image panel aside.
26. Cut a piece of patterned paper (with light blue and numbers) to 4.75" x 6.75" to create the card's background.
27. Place the patterned paper onto the STAY-tion.
28. Place the Cogs and Gears Mask over the patterned paper panel and secure with magnets.
29. Brush Lightning Black Brilliance Ink over the Cogs and Gears Mask.
30. Move the Cogs and Gears Mask and brush Lightning Black Brilliance Ink over the mask again to add additional gears.
31. Remove the Cogs and Gears Mask and heat set the background panel.
32. Use Lightning Black Brilliance Ink to edge the background panel. Heat set.
33. Use the window nameplate from the Specimen Slides Die Set to cut a piece of rust/grey/white streaked patterned paper from the Rust and Relics 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad left over from Step 20.
34. Use the closed window nameplate from the Specimen Slides Die Set to cut black cardstock.
35. Use a black pen to edge a sticker from the Sentimental Sticker Stack, then adhere the sticker to the black cardstock nameplate die-cut.
36. Adhere the patterned paper window nameplate die-cut over the black nameplate.
37. Edge the nameplate with Lightning Black Brilliance Ink. Heat Set.
38. Color white cardstock with the YR18 and YR24 Copics.
39. Use the tiny gears die to cut the colored cardstock twice.
40. Adhere the background panel to the grey card.
41. Adhere the matted image panel die-cut to the card as shown.
42. Adhere the sentiment nameplate die-cut as shown.
43. Adhere the two tiny gear die-cuts to finish the card.

Thank you for visiting today!