Wildlife Wonder - great Masculine birthday cards

 I decided to take a bit of a break from Valentine's Day, (although I will be making a video later), and making a couple of cards using the Wildlife Wonder stamp set.  It's a distinctive stamp set, so a perfect stamp set for those who don't like to colour.

Both cards are birthday cards.

The first card is a fun fold card.  I don't recall what the name of it is.

As I mentioned, the card is a fun fold.  To make the card, score a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" piece of Misty Moonlight cardstock, and score at 2, 3, 5 1/2, and 6 1/2".  Fold the two side pieces (2" and 6 1/2" score lines) as a valley fold ; the other two score lines a Mountain fold. The two side pieces can actually tuck behind the front piece so that it fits into an A2 card.

One of the main animals in the set is a bear, but there is a wolf and an owl as well. I stamped the bear on a 3 3/4 by 3" piece of Basic White card stock using the Stamparatus.  I had to stamp him twice with Basic Gray ink to get the depth of colour I wanted.  But before I stamped him, I stamped the ground twice using Cinnamon Cider ink. You could stamp the ground after stamping the bear but you would have to mask the bear legs.

The sentiment was stamped using Misty Moonlight Ink below the bear, and then this art piece was matted with a 3 7/8 by 3 1/8" piece of Cinnamon Cider card stock.

Measurements for card stock and DSP:

Misty Moonlight card stock:  5 1/2 by 8 1/2"  -card base

Cinnamon Cider card stock:    5 1/4 by 1 3/4"  (2 pieces) - side panels

                                                  5 1/4  by 2"  (1 piece) - middle panel

                                                  3 7/8 by 3 1/8" - mat for Basic White art piece

Basic White card stock: 3 3/4 by 3"

Beauty of the Earth DSP : 5 by 1 1/2"  (2 pieces) - add to Cinnamon Cider 

                                           5 by 1 1/4" (1 piece) - on Cinnamon Cider on middle

And finally, here is a side view.

after I stamped the ground

Calendar Card Tutorial and a Video

 I realize it is early to think of Christmas presents although I have already started my Christmas cards.  However I wanted to share the idea of the Calendar card and make a video tutorial showing you how I made it.

Front

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The Mossy Meadow card base is 4 1/4 by 11" scored at 5 1/2" to form a top folding card. A 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Beauty of the Earth DSP was add to the card front.

At the bottom of the card, I insert an ease -like reinforcement so the card could stand up independently. The insert is made by scoring a 4 1/4 by 3" piece of the same colour of cardstock at 1/2, 1 1/2. and 2 1/2" on the 3" side. Burnish the folds well by first folding it in the middle, and folding the outer 1/2'" Tabs in the opposite direction.  I used tear and tape adhesive to adhere it to the bottom of the card.

Tip:  Remove cover of tape on one side only and add this to the back of the card and then remove the cover of the other tab and adhere

Below is the video tutorial I made .  You can also watch the video on You Tube here.  Because I'm new at making videos, please leave a comment to let me know if you found the video helpful.

    

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

I purchased the small calendars from Frog's Whiskers Ink in Campbellford, Ont. This was matted with a 2 1/8 by 3 1/8" piece of Mossy Meadow card stock. 

                                                                                                                                    

To decorate the calendar card, I first die cut a piece of Basic White card stock using the Scallop contour die.   I laid the calendar at the bottom to determine where to stamp my images.

I used the tree tops from he Beauty of Friendship stamp set to stamp small trees.  The two trees were stamped first in Old Olive ink, and then with Mossy Meadow.  Because the trees did not have trunks, I used an Early Espresso marker to draw some trunks. And underneath the trees I stamped some grounding using Smokey Slate ink.   The sentiment was stamped above the trees and the calendar was added below the trees.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

                                                                                                                

                              The two Real Red die cut  birds were made to look like cardinals by using a Basic Black marker and adding black markings around the neck and head.  

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beauty of Friendship

Inks:  Mossy Meadow, Old Olive, Basic Black marker, Early Espresso marker, Smokey Slate

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Real Red , Beauty of the Earth DSP 

Accessories:  Scallop contour dies, Beautiful Tree dies, Genial embellishments   

More calendar cards are below:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

What??? Colour DSP??? A Case plus a tutorial

 What do you get when you add colour to some already spectacular DSP?  Even more spectacular paper.

When I saw cards made with this altered DSP on Pinterest I tracked down Tina Wardell,  the demonstrator who made them. I will provide a link to her video tutorial at the bottom of this post.                                                                

So Tina thank you!  I love your cards so much I cased them exactly as you made them.  

               

Don't you just love what Tina has done to the DSP?

I provide a brief pictoral tutorial below the pictures.  

A tree die cut in Early Espresso card stock was added to the card front along the edge of the altered DSP.  The canopy was die cut from another pattern of this DSP and added to the tree top using dimensionals. Two birds die cut from some Basic White which had some Pacific Point and Cajun Craze added were added to the tree top. 

The second card depicts more of a fall scene:

The only difference between the two cards is the colour of the canopy and the colour of the birds.  I also changed the sentiment.

Below is a pictoral tutorial showing the process of colouring the DSP:

Supplies Needed:  

• Pacific Point, Mango Melody, Cajun Craze inks
• 3 blender brushes
• Piece of DSP 4 by 5 1/4"

 

Start by adding Pacific Point ink to the top of the DSP.  Add darker at top edges and lighter towards center of DSP

Add Mando Melody ink below the Pacific Point colour, blending with Pacific Point ink above it.

Finally, add Cajun Craze ink at the bottom 1/3.

Cut the 4 by 5 1/4" into two equal pieces and make into cards.

Link to Tina's video https://youtu.be/EEqndfJ4wzw

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beauty of Friendship

Inks:  Pacific Point, Mango Melody, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Crumb Cake

Papers:  Thick Basic White, Beauty of the Earth DSP, Basic White, Early Espresso

Accessories:  Beautiful Tree dies, Dimensionals, Blender Brushes

Beauty of Friendship Thank You

 I have a large tree in my back yard which provides shade for my garden, houses squirrels and birds.  In some ways it is my friend.  So, when I saw the "Beauty of Friendship" bundle with its lovely DSP I was excited. I couldn't wait to make some cards!

Here is one of them:

Mossy Meadow goes wonderfully with the Beauty of the Earth DSP  so I selected this as the base colour.  Layered on this is a Basic White layer followed by that lovely DSP from which I selected the base colour.

I decided to use the Bark Embossing folder on a Basic White piece I used to offset the Art Piece. I love the texture created by this folder and is perfect for this card.

The Art Piece is the heart of the card.  On the  Basic White piece, I first stamped the tree structure using Early Espresso ink.  The canopy was stamped one on trop of the other, with two shades of green using 2 different canopy stamps.  The base (less detailed stamp) was stamped with Pear Pizzazz ink; the top stamp (detailed) was stamped in Old Olive ink. To ground the tree, the base was also stamped with Early Espresso.  I used the "splotch" stamp to randomly stamp Crumb Cake ink around the tree and then used the Crumb Cake ink to sponge the edges. 

Before adding the art piece to the card front, it was matted with Early Espresso Card stock, and some braided Mossy Meadow trim, tied into a bow, was added below the canopy.

On a separate piece of Basic White I sponged some Pacific Point and Crumb Cake in a small area and die cut the birds. A fine tipped black pen added some tiny eyes on each bird.

One bird was added at the base of the tree using a small dimensional.  The other was perched on the sentiment which I placed side ways along the art piece.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Beauty of Friendship

Inks:  Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Old Olive, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake, Fine tipped black pen.

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Early Espresso, Beauty of the Earth DSP

Accessories: Mossy Meadow braided trim, Beautiful Trees dies, Dimensionals, glue dots, Bark Embossing folder

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Enjoy Today - Paper Craft Crew Horizontal Sketch Challenge #425

 The new Annual catalogue launched yesterday, and I just love all the nature stamps and DSP, including the Campology stamp set and the Beauty of the Earth DSP.

For the horizontal sketch challenge 425 at the Paper Craft Crew Challenges I combined the elements from the Campology stamp set with the Beauty of the Earth DSP.

The Basic White card base is layered with Mossy Meadow card stock followed by the tree patterned page of the Beauty of the Earth DSP.  This paper was the inspiration for this card.

On a separate piece of Basic White card stock, I stamped the image of the tent, coffee pot and cup and binoculars.  After colouring them with Stampin' Blends they were fussy cut and mounted on a strip of Basic White matted with Mossy Meadow card stock using dimensionals.  This strip extended across the entire card front.

At the right end of this strip, an embellishment was added consisting of a piece of braided Burlap ribbon tied with Mossy Meadow Baker's twine.

The sentiment, stamped on Basic White was punched with one end of the Everyday Label punch, was inserted under this strip at the right end.

To finish the card, some Clear Wink of Stella was added to the added elements, and some Noble Peacock rhinestones added randomly on the card front.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Campology

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin' Blends (Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Soft Succulent, Daffodil Delight)

Papers:  Basic White, Mossy Meadow, Beauty of the Earth DSP

Accessories:  5/16" Braided Burlap, Mossy Meadow Baker's twine, Clear Wink of Stella, Dimensionals, Noble Peacock rhinestones

The Beauty of Friendship - another catalogue sneak peak

 Just when one gets excited about the launch date of a new catalogue, you find out the launch has been delayed by a month.  This is due to supply problems related to the pandemic. So rather than frustrate everyone by lack of availability, back orders etc, Stampin' Up decided to postpone the launch date by one month ie June 4 instead of May 4.

However, I do have some new products to create projects with, and will be showing them on this blog.

Today I made a card featuring the Beauty of Friendship stamp set as well as the Beauty of the Earth DSP, both products of the upcoming now delayed catalogue.

Soft Suede and Old Olive are the two colours used for this image.  The tree was stamped with Soft Suede with the canopy stamped twice - the first layer in Old Olive with the second more distinctive layer stamped with Soft Suede.  This actually was not something I planned.  My plan was to stamp the canopy with a darker shade of green rather than Soft Suede, but I like my 'mistake' better.

Using the 'blotch' stamp, I stamped some Old Olive and Soft Suede around the tree.

The completed image was die cut using the Stitched So Sweetly die, mounting this using dimensionals onto a piece of the Beauty of the Earth DSP. This is turn was added to a Basic White layer on top of a Mossy Meadow card base.

 A bow with the braided linen trim was added just below the canopy, fraying the ends a bit, and two left over copper embellishments were added.

The sentiment is from the stamp set, with the edges sponged with Soft Suede ink before adding to the card front below the canopy.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  The Beauty of Friendship

Inks:  Soft Suede, Old Olive

Papers:  Mossy Meadow, Basic White, Beauty of the Earth DSP

Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly die, Dimensionals, 1/8" Braided Linen trim