The Wilderness Awaits - duck - Card #4

I used the Circle Card Thinlet for the duck in this, the last card of "The Wilderness awaits" stamp set.  The duck just seemsed to fit in there so nicely.

• The circle thinlet card was die cut with Old Olive cardstock
• The two front pieces were Whisper White layered with Pretty Petals DSP stack.  They were replaced in the thinlet to notch out the edges for the circle.
• The duck, coloured with markers and an Aqua painter (with the sky sponged with Marina Mist) was die cut with the scallop circle that is part of the kit.  The edges of the circle were sponged with Soft Suede ink and each scallop was pierced with a paper piercer.
•  On the right edge of the card I placed 1/2 of a Burlap ribbon with its edge frayed

• Flip the circle over and the sentiment appears.  The scallop circle was die cut in Whisper White and the edges sponged. On a scrap piece of paper the sentiment (from Petite Pairs) was stamped  then punched with a small oval punch and layered onto an Old Olive modern word label punch.
• I placed a piece of Whisper White on the back of the card - for messages, and to hide the ribbon ends.

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The Wilderness Awaits - card 3 - dog - a Swing Card

Card #3 of the series of stamps made with The Wilderness Awaits stamp set is a tilt card and features the dog.
I used a You Tube tutorial to make the tilt card, and it was fairly easy to make.

• The base card is Crumb Cake cardstock whose edges have been sponged with Chocolate Chip ink.
• For both the DSP along the left side, and on the front panel, I used the background stamp "It's Wild" and Crumb Cake ink.  I made one big piece and then cut the pieces to fit both areas.  Again the edges were sponged.
• On the left side, I cut a piece of burlap ribbon in half and frayed the edges.  I then wrapped some vanilla/gold Baker's twine around it three times and tied it into a bow in the middle.
• For the front panel, the stamped DSP was matted with chocolate chip cardstock and adhered to the panel.
• The dog, which was coloured with ink and a blender pen, was die cut using the oval framelit die and the edges sponged. A frame was made using 2 sizes of the oval framelets using Crumb Cake cardstock.  The frame was well sponged with chocolate Chip ink and adhered to the front panel using tombo glue.

• Flip the panel, and there is the sentiment.  Whisper White cardstock was matted with chocolate chip ink and the sentiment stamped with the same ink.  I found some paw prints that I also stamped with the sentiment, as well as on other parts of the card.

I don't know if this is the best picture, but I wanted to show you how the card swung back and forth.

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The Wilderness Awaits - Card 2 - The Fox - a Window card

I just love this card set, but then Nature stamps have always appealed to me.
For the second card in this series, I decided to use the fox - plus I decided to make the card a little bit different.  By different I mean putting a window in the front of the card and seeing the fox through it.

• The base card is Crumb Cake cardstock, layered with Pretty Petals DSP stack
• After adhering the two layers together, I used the new Lots of Labels framelits to create a window in the middle of the card.
• To make the Basic Black frame, I used 2 sizes of the Lots of Labels, the one used to make the original window and the next larger one.
• At the bottom and top I placed strips of Basic Black card stock with the edging made using the smaller Lots of Labels framelit (the small end) and die cuting it all the way across the top edge.

• The image was coloured first with a Crumb Cake ink and aqua painter, and then Cajun Craze mainly with the blender pen.  I emphasized the eyes with a black marker.  It was stamped with Black Memento on Whisper White card stock.  The grass was coloured with Old Olive and Always Artichoke markers.
• The image was die cut with the same size Lots of Labels framelit as used to make the window, and a Basic Black frame was made around it in a manner similar to the front of the card.
• Using the stamp set "Teeny Tiny Wishes", the sentiment was stamped under the fox.
• To attach this image to the inside of the card, I used the front window as a guide.

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The Wilderness Awaits - card 1

Over the next few days I am going to be posting cards made with the stamp set "The Wilderness Awaits".
This is the first card, and features the Elk?

• The base card is Chocolate chip cardstock, layered with Crumb Cake.
• The DSP is from the Go Wild DSP stack.
• The image itself was stamped with Black Memento ink on Whisper White cardstock, and coloured with Neutral markers and a combination of Aqua painter and blender pen.
• The clouds in the sky were formed using scallop circles and sponging on Marina Mist ink.
• After sponging the edges with Chocolate Chip ink, it was matted with Chocolate Chip cardstock and adhered to the left side of the card.
• At the upper right, two banners were made, one in Crumb Cake and Chocolate chip and they were attached to the image panel.
• The sentiment was stamped using the stamp set "Amazing Birthday".  Markers were used to colour the stamp.
• Two neutral buttons were attached with glue dots between the banners and the sentiment. Early Espresso baker's twine was formed into a bow and attached with a glue dot.
• Crystal Effects was applied to the word "Happy" in the sentiment, and 2 dots on each of the banners.

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You Did It - The Paper Players #251

Another cool, rainy day today.  My sister in Vancouver called and they're experiencing a heat wave there - with temperatures in the 30's.  I was at a craft show and nearly froze to death.

This card is for the sketch challenge with The Paper Players  I used some left over background I had made using the blendabilities before they were discontinued.  The image was stamped on that using Black Stazon, and was coloured with some of the blendabilities that still work.

• The Base card is Chocolate chip cardstock, layered with Crumb Cake.
• First I stamped 3 images of just the duck taking flight (I stamped off first so the images are faint).  Then I used the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set to stamp some small chocolate chip dots in the background.  The background looked too "blah" for me, so I embossed it with the Zig Zag folder.
• The image of the duck taking flight was stamped on a blendabilities background, and as I mentioned, coloured with some still workable blendabilities. The image was die cut using the Circles framelits.  The same framelits was used to die cut a mat in chocolate chip.  They were adhered to one another using dimensionals.
• Before adhering the circles to the Crumb Cake layer, I looped 2 pieces of Early Espresso Baker's twine behind and above it.
• A strip of Old Olive was adhered at the bottom of the circle, with a smaller  banner of Soft Suede DSP above it.
• The sentiment is from "Bravo"

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