Spring is in the air!

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. Our theme this week is "Anything Goes". I'm so happy that Spring is finally beginning to show her colors that I've created a card to celebrate its arrival with Katzelkraft's Meerkats, Funny Accessories, and Water Wall Unmounted Red Rubber Stamps. 

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Meerkats Unmounted Red Rubber Unmounted Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Funny Accessories Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Water Wall Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft 

Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREAlies

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Mini Hills Acrylic Mask/Stencils by Lavinia Stamps

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Other Products Used:
Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Textured Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

Meerkat's Fur: E49, E47, E44, E35, E34, E33, E31, E30, E21, R000, R0000

Meerkat's Eyes: BG13, BG1, BG000, N7

Meerkat's Tongue: E04, RV42

Umbrella: R17, R14, YR07, YR04, Y08, Y06, G07, YG06, B06, B05, B39, B28, V09, V06

Outline: T1, T0

Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Stormy Sky, Weathered Wood Distress Inks by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Clear Dimensional Gloss Glaze Pen by Sakura

Small Talk Occasions idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the dancing meerkat from the Meerkats Unmounted Red Rubber Unmounted Stamp Set twice — once onto a piece of Bristol Paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Heat set the Bristol Paper version.
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 
4. Position the umbrella stamp from the Funny Accessories Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set facedown on the image panel so that its handle is on the Meerkat's hand and the umbrella is over his head. 
5. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
6. Ink the umbrella stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice— once onto a piece of Bristol Paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Heat set the Bristol paper version.
7. Remove the the mask from the Meerkat and set it aside to re-use in a little while.
8. Use Copic markers to color the Meerkat and his umbrella. 
9. Use a black pen to increase the size of his pupils. 
10. Use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add catchlights to his pupils.
11. Place the sticker paper mask back over the Meerkat.
12. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the umbrella and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 
13. Use the second largest die from the Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set to cut the image panel. 
14. Place the image panel die-cut onto a magnetic craft mat. 
15. Position one of the hills masks from the Mini Hills Acrylic Mask/Stencils so that it's covering the Meerkat's feet and part of his tail. 
16. Secure the mask in place with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
17. Brush Stormy Sky and Weathered Wood Distress Inks over the the Mini Hills Acrylic Mask and the masked images onto the image panel die-cut to add a gloomy sky. 
18. Use a water-filled Fine Spray Misters to mist the image panel to add white splats and splatter. Heat set the image panel die-cut.
19. Trace the Mini Hills Acrylic Mask onto a piece of scrap cardstock. 
20. Cut the cardstock along the tracing line to create temporary homemade masks.
21. Place the top section of the cardstock mask over the sky and the masked Meerkat. 
22. Brush Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks over the paper stencil onto the imamge panel die-cut to create a grassy hill background. 
23. Tear a piece of scrap cardstock. 
24. Brush the Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink over the torn edge of the cardstock to add shading and shadows below the Meerkat. 
25. Retain the two pieces of the traced Mini Hills Acrylic Mask for another use.
26. Position the image panel die-cut onto the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
27. Position the Water Wall Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp facedown along the right side of the image panel die-cut. 
28. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
29. Ink the Water Wall stamp with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
30. Remove the image panel die-cut and use Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink to edge it.  Heat set image panel die-cut.
31. Use a Clear Gloss Glaze Gel Pen to highlight the grey-stamped waterdrops, the white spots created when the panel was misted, and areas of the grassy hill.
32. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the reserved black A6 card. 
33. Choose the sentiment stickers you'd like to use and edge them with the black Pigma pen, 
34. Add the sentiment stickers to finish the card.

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