Hello
Everyone, welcome to my first DT project with Auzz Trinklets n Krafts – I am
thrilled to be sharing projects with you over the coming months!
The card I
am sharing today features the fabulous stamp set Trouble in a Tutu, by Clearly
Besotted. These hippos are so fun with their leaping, twisting and twirling
ways!
I love a
sturdy card base when creating dimensional cards, so I tend to use a heavyweight
cardstock.
This card
uses Neenah Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Paper for the base which is
cut at 4 ¼" x 11" and scored at 5 ½" to make a top folding card of 5 ½" x 4 ¼".
I cut a
layer from Strathmore Bristol cardstock using a die from Blueprints 27, by My
Favorite Things. Bristol has a perfectly smooth surface which makes it great
for stamping and handles Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers very well.
I placed
the cut piece into my (Original) MISTI stamping tool, fitting it snugly into
the bottom left hand corner and arranged the three Clearly Besotted hippo
stamps at the bottom and two hippo stamps at the top onto the cardstock, before
closing the lid of the MISTI to take up the stamps.
The stamps
were then inked with Simon Says Stamp black dye ink. I stamped twice with the
MISTI to ensure the outline of the images were precise and then stamped these
images onto Inkadinkadoo Stamping Mask Paper and fussy cut each hippo closely
against the image. After placing the masks of each hippo over the images stamped
onto the Bristol cardstock, I placed the piece back into the MISTI stamping
tool and inked up a background stamp, Tiny Birthday Cling Background, from The
Ton with Lawn Fawn ink, Merman. Again, I stamped this twice for a darker
impression.
I stamped
the sixth hippo onto a separate piece of cardstock and after removing the masks
from the hippos (tadaaa!), I coloured them all with Zig Clean Color Real Brush
Markers. I then stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set onto the layering
piece and also stamped the banner with Simon Says Stamp black dye ink onto a
piece of textured cardstock from my stash, which matched nicely with the Lawn
Fawn Merman ink.
The sixth
hippo and banner were die cut with the co-ordinating dies from the Clearly
Besotted Trouble in a Tutu die collection with my Sizzix Bigshot Machine. I
placed the banner onto the layering piece and then the layering piece onto the
card base using 3M Scotch Double-Sided Foam Tape. The sixth hippo was adhered
onto the banner with Ranger Multi Medium Matte as was the sweet tiny heart I
pulled from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards, in Phosphorescence. As a finishing
touch, I added Tsukineko-Irresistible Shimmer Pico Embellisher to the bow of each hippo to add some glitter and shine.
Thankyou
for following along with me today. Please feel free to ask questions if anything needs clarifying. If you cannot find the items I have used (listed below) in the Auzz Trinklets and Krafts store, be sure to drop Neha a message via email or Facebook and she will do what she can to order the product in for you.
Happy
crafting and have a great day!
Teresa
Products:
Neenah
Classic Crest 110lb Smooth Solar White Paper
Strathmore
Bristol cardstock
Simon Says
Stamp black dye ink
Tiny
Birthday Cling Background, from
The Ton
3M Scotch
Double-Sided Foam Tape
Little
Things from Lucy’s Cards, in Phosphorescence
Tsukineko-Irresistible
Shimmer Pico Embellisher
Zig Clean
Color Real Brush Markers used:
No. 026
Light Pink
No. 036
Light Blue
No. 091
Light Gray
No. 095
Dark Gray
