Hello Everyone!
Welcome back to the Seashore Stamper's Monthly Blog Hop. This month, we're featuring Canada Day cards (or something red.)
One of my favourite things to do with a new stamp set is to try and create something no one else would think of doing. It's a way of challenging myself. And lord knows, I love a challenge. But with this one, the moment I did my first test punch with the Ice Cream Cone Builder punch, I saw an animal head. It could be a teddy bear, a bear and much more. This card is designed for the experienced or avid stamper.
Start with a standard Poppy Parade card base (8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"). Trim a piece of Basic White to 5 1/2" x 5 1/4". Centre the rectangular Picture This die in the middle of the white piece (which should be in landscape) and run it through your Cut & Emboss Machine. Keeping it in landscape, using the Brick & Mortar 3D Embossing Folder, run this piece through the Cut & Emboss Machine. Still, in landscape, score at 1/4", 1/2" and 3/4" on each 5 1/4" side. From the centre of the card burnish the first score out (towards the back), then next one
in (towards the front) and the last one out (towards the back.) When you look at it from the side, it should
look like an "M". (While these steps may be done in a different order, I found this order gave the best results.)
With the Sweet Ice Cream stamp set, stamp the beaver's face, arms and body in your Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad. The nose, from the Pansy Patch stamp set, was stamped in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, along with the eye dots, from the Dressed to Impress stamp set. The eyes were punched out with a standard office hole punch. I drew the smile and teeth with my Stampin' Write maker. The teeth were fussy cut. Use Multipurpose Liquid Glue for the assembly and then set your completed beaver aside.
Use the streamer die from Birthday Chick on your Ombre Specialty Paper to create the decoration in the middle of the card. I used three.
The sentiment and flag were printed. I attached the 2 1/8" x 3/4" sentiment to a 2 1/4"" x 1" piece of Soft Suede Cardstock. The flag was attach to a toothpick coloured with a black permanent marker.
For assembly, attach the beaver to the bottom window. I put a drop of liquid glue under his head and once he was positioned, I added more glue to his body, attaching it to the underside of the white. Use your Paper Snips to cut off any parts of the beaver that are hanging over. Mini Glue Dots were used on the back of the white to hold the streamers in place (against the back of the white piece.) Attach the white piece to the card base with liquid glue. The sentiment was attached with Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. When it came to the flag, I put a mini dimensional under the part which is outside the window and used liquid glue in the beaver's paw. Finally, I added some silver diamond shapes from the Silver & Clear Epoxy Essentials a an embellishment.
Please feel free to message me with any questions. I'm always happy to help. :)
Remember the Mini Catalogue retires on June 30th. There are a LOT of Last Chance items to be had, many of them on sale. Items are while supplies last.
Visit my store. On orders under 200, please use the current host code, found under the image of the catalogue (to the right of this post.) If your order is around the 100 mark, consider becoming a member of this fabulous card sisterhood! (That said, we have a few brothers too.)
Follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. If you need any premade items, my new website is here. It is still a work in progress but you can see some examples of what I have for sale. Custom orders are always welcome.
We are still accepting registrations for The Silver Sister's "Sweet as a Peach" Online Stamp Camp. Visit my June 18th blog for all the details.
Be sure to visit the other blogs and we'll see you next Saturday. (We are missing a few this month but hope to have the group back in full next month.)
Cheers,
Adrienne
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