Hey friends! Cathy here
today sharing a sweet little panda in his stylish home who would love some
company!
I had a lot of
fun creating this living room for my panda. I started with the wall and floor
of the scene. First, I die-cut of piece of paper from the Subtle
Grey Tones Paper using the second largest Stitched
Rectangle Die. For the floor, I embossed a piece of light gray
cardstock using the Woodgrain
Embossing Folder and die-cut the piece twice using the ribbon
die from the Ribbon
& Lace Border Dies. I cut the ribbon pieces into
"planks" and adhered 2 rows to the bottom of the die-cut paper piece.
I then trimmed the excess from the right and left edges.
Next, I matted
the paper piece on black cardstock and matted it again on green cardstock that
I die-cut using the largest Stitched Rectangle Die. I adhered these combined
pieces to the center of an A2 card front.
For the window,
I die-cut the smaller window from the Wonderful
Windows Dies from black cardstock. I traced around the outside
of the die-cut window with a pencil on white cardstock, cut it out with
scissors and inked a light blue sky with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I die-cut
the Autumn
Tree Die from white cardstock, colored the branches with Copics
and adhered portions of the branches to the right side of the sky piece. I
trimmed off the excess along the right edge. I then die-cut leaves and flowers
from the Wonderful Windows Dies from white cardstock, colored the flowers with
Copics and inked the leaves with Twisted Citron Distress ink. After adhering
them to the branches, I adhered the black window frame to the sky piece and
adhered the window 2" from the bottom of the card and 1" from the
right side.
Next, I stamped
the panda from the Panda
Party Stamps and the pillows/sofa from the Cozy
Christmas Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white
cardstock, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out. I decided the
little panda needed a houseplant so I die-cut a small tag topper from the Stitched
Arch Dies from white cardstock and colored it with Copics to
resemble a basket planter. For a tall plant, I inked white cardstock with
Rustic Wilderness Distress ink and die-cut a small fern leaf from the Spring
Greenery Dies.
To finish, I
stamped the "Miss You" sentiment from the Big
Bold Greetings Stamps in Versamark ink on black cardstock, heat
embossed it with white embossing powder and die-cut it using the coordinating
dies. To add a little more color, I die-cut the coordinating
"Miss You" die from light blue cardstock and layered the sentiment
slightly overlapping it.
I hope you
enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can
also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.
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Hi friends! It’s Bobbi here with a BIG and BOLD greeting card! I am
using the Big Bold
Greeting stamps and coordinating
dies for this vibrant birthday card. This is such a quick
and easy card to make and is age-appropriate for anyone. I am using a fun paper
from the Spring
Fever paper pack that just makes
the card happy and that cute sun is from the Garden
Critters stamp set and coordinating
dies.
I stamped the “Make a
Wish” phrase using three ink
colors, stamping one color at a time. I used a Memento ink in yellow, orange
and pink. I cut out the phrase using the matching
die. I also cut three
candles from the same set and colored them using Copic Sketch markers in B05,
B02, V09, V04, YG17 and YG03. The flames were done in R17, YR07, and YR19. I
drew the wick with a fine-tip black marker. I also stamped the sun from the Garden
Critters stamp set and cut it out
using its coordinating
die. I colored the sun
using Copics in Y08, Y15, Y19 and Y38. I added white highlights to the sun and
the candles using my Gelly Roll pen.
To make the background for this 5″ X 7″ card, I cut a 5″ wide X 4-1/2″
tall piece of patterned paper and attached it to
the front of the card base. Next, I added dots of Pearl Pen in coordinating
colors to the scallop joints at the top on each of the pink strands. These dots
of color give the paper dimension and interest in a quick and easy way. Note: Pearl Pen is similar to Nuvo Drops. Either will
work for this application.
I attached the sentiment, the candles and
the sun to the white space at the top of the card, offsetting the design to the
right. I used foam tabs under the sentiment to make it stand out above
everything else for emphasis. I also added accent dots around the collage for
more festive fun. You can see from the photo above how much dimension this card
has. It’s so cute and so easy to do! This card is ready to send.
Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration
from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll
send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and
on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.
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