Happy Hedgehogs - Hand Stamped Sentiments #386

 Where has the time gone?  I can't believe that I haven't posted since the end of March!

Today's post is a card I made using the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments #386.  It features the cute little Hedgehog and friends.

The card base of Granny Apple green is layered with a trimmed piece of New Horizon DSP. This DSP comes in 6 by 6" pieces so this piece was trimmed to 4 by 5 1/4" and then added to the card front

On the left side I added a 1 1/4" strip of Beauty of the Earth DSP which in retrospect looks like a green wall or the side of a tree.

The various images were stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with Stampin blends after which they were fussy cut. Before adding them to the card front I stamped some grass directly onto the DSP near the “Tree”, using Evening Evergreen ink.

The toadstool was added first because the Hedgehog is using this as a means to climb up to catch the butterfly.  All images were added using dimensionals.

Some garden gems were added at the base of the toadstool (mushroom).  Do you know that they glow in the dark?

The sentiment is from the stamp set, stamped using Evening Evergreen ink, and die cut using the 

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Happy Hedgehogs

Inks:  Black Memento, Evening Evergreen, Stampin' Blends (Light & Dark Stamp'n Blends (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Evening Evergreen) and die cut using the Hippo and Friends die

Papers: Granny Apple Green, Basic White, Beauty of the Earth DSP, New Horizon DSP

Accessories:  Hippo & friends die, Happy Hedgehogs punch, Garden Gems Dimensional

Eden Garden Fun Fold - card and a video tutorial

 I don't know what to call this fun fold, but in this video tutorial I explain how to make this card.

You can watch the video on my blog or on You Tube here

Dimensions and Directions:

Papers:

Thick White card stock 5 1/2 by 8 1/2"

Evening Evergreen 1 1/2 by 5 1/4" (2 pieces)   DSP 1 1/4 by 5"

Evening Evergreen 2 1/2 by 5 1/4"  (1 piece)  DSP 2 1/4 by 5"

Evening Evergreen 1 piece Scallop Contour die cut (second largest piece)

Basic White 3 7/8 by 2 5/8"

Putting the card together:

• Score a 5 1/2 by 8 1/2" Thick Basic white card base at 1 1/4, 3, 5 1/2, and 6 3/4"  Fold card as directed and burnish well.
• Adhere DSP to card stock and adhere to both end panels and the center piece
• On the 3 7/8 by 2 5/8" piece of Basic white, stamp the image of the flower and two stem leaves using Soft Succulent ink.  Use post it note to mask floral petals in order to stamp the stems behind the petals.
• Adhere the stamped piece to the scallop Evening Evergreen piece and adhere it centered to the middle fold (hint - count the number of scallops)
• Stamp the sentiment on the sentiment piece and adhere it centered on the center fold.
• Add Garden Gems

• Stamp images twice on the envelope flap