I made this adorable card with my Stampin' Up! Kind Koala stamp. It's another one of my favs because it's so stinkin' cute and fun to color too. I love how this turned out. The salted background looks awesome with the two shades of purple and the Koala's 3D effect's pretty cool too. Here's how to make it:
First cut a 5 3/4" x 9" piece of Stampin' Up! Elegant Eggplant card stock and fold it in half for the base, a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder for the middle layer, a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of glossy white for the front layer, a 2 1/8" x 3 5/8" piece of Elegant Eggplant for the koala's background and a 2" x 3 1/2" piece of white for the koala. Next create the background with the salted background technique. Click here for an awesome tutorial. Here's how I did it:
First press the lids of Stampin' Up! Elegant Eggplant and Wisteria Wonder into the ink pads OR add a few drops of re-inker to the lids. Then spritz the glossy card stock with water, pick up some Elegant Eggplant ink with an aqua painter and spread it around on the card stock. Repeat with the Wisteria Wonder ink pad. Next sprinkle the card stock with salt and spritz with water again. Then allow it to dry either by air or use a heat tool to speed it up a bit. When dry brush off the salt crystals with either a towel or your finger and finish your card.
Next stamp the koala on the 2" x 3 1/2" piece of white card stock in Stazon Jet black then watercolor it with an aqua painter and Smoky Slate, Pink Pirouette, and Elegant Eggplant inks. To create the 3D effect stamp the koala again on another piece of white card stock, cut it out then color it the same as the other one. Then attach it over the other one with mini pop dots. Next stamp the butterfly and flower on another piece of white card stock with stamps from Stampin' Up! Papillion Potpourri and Petite Petals stamp sets in Elegant Eggplant ink. Then watercolor the butterfly with Wisteria Wonder ink, punch it out with a Stampin' Up! Bitty Butterfly Punch and attach it to the front layer with a mini pop dot. Next cut out the flower and attach it to the front layer with another mini pop dot. Then attach the self-adhesive rhinestones, attach the koala to the 2 1/8" x 3 5/8" piece of Elegant Eggplant card stock then to the front. Next attach the front layer to the middle layer then to the base and enjoy!
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'm always happy to help. I always appreciate any comments/suggestions that you'd like to share. Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!
Linda Jensen
www.lindascreationscardsandcrafts.com
360-326-8820
lnelson0774@gmail.com
I made this beautiful card with my Stampin' Up! Flamingo Lingo stamp set. I've always loved flamingos so of course I love this set LOL! I really like how this turned out. The colors are gorgeous and I the design is cool too. Here's how to make it:
First cut a 5 3/4" x 9" piece of Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder card stock and fold it in half for the base, a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Stampin' Up! Melon Mambo for the middle layer, a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of glossy white for the front, a 2 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Wisteria Wonder for the image's first layer, a 2 1/8" x 3 1/8" piece of Melon Mambo for the image's middle layer and a 2" x 3" piece of of white for the image. Next create the background with the salted background technique. Click here for an awesome tutorial. Here's how to do it:
First press the lid of your dye ink into the pad OR squirt a few drops of re-inker into the lids of the ink pads, I used Melon Mambo and Wisteria Wonder. Then spritz the glossy card stock with water and use an aqua painter to pick up some Melon Mambo ink and smear it on the card stock. Repeat with the Wisteria Wonder ink. Next sprinkle the card stock with salt, spritz it again with water and allow it to dry completely either by air or a heat tool. Then use either your fingers or a paper towel to brush off the salt crystals and continue making the card.
Next sponge the edges of the 2" x 3" piece of white card stock with Melon Mambo then Wisteria Wonder ink, attach it to the Melon Mambo middle layer then to the Wisteria Wonder layer then to the front layer. Then stamp the flamingo, six flowers, sentiment and it's background in Wisteria Wonder and Melon Mambo inks and cut them out. Next attach the self-adhesive rhinestones to each flower's center, attach all items to the front layer with mini pop dots, attach the base to the Melon Mambo middle layer, then to the base and enjoy!
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'm always happy to help. I always appreciate any comments/suggestions that you'd like to share. Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!
Linda Jensen
www.lindascreationscardsandcrafts.com
360-326-8820
lnelson0774@gmail.com
I made this beautiful card using my Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics and Sincere Salutations stamp sets. I absolutely love how it turned out. The colors are beautiful together and I love the layered butterfly die cuts. Here's how to make it:
First cut a 5 3/4" x 9" piece of Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss card stock and fold it in half for the base, a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder for the middle layer and a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of white for the front layer.
Then create the background w/the salted background technique (click here for an awesome tutorial) using Stampin' Up! Blackberry Bliss and Wisteria Wonder inks and allow it to dry. Next stamp the ferns using Stampin' Up! Garden Green ink and the small butterfly using Blackberry Bliss ink. Then cut out all 3 butterflies using Stampin' Up! Butterflies Thinlits and Bold Butterfly Framelits dies. Next layer the butterfly die cuts as shown and attach them to each other then to the front layer with mini pop dots. Then attach the self-adhesive rhinestones to the center of the small butterfly, stamp the sentiment with Blackberry Bliss ink, attach the front to the middle layer then to the base and enjoy!
Please let me know if you have any questions, I'm always happy to help. I always appreciate any comment/suggestions that you'd like to share. Thank you for stopping by, have a great day!
Linda Jensen
www.lindascreationscardsandcrafts.com
360-326-8820
lnelson0774@gmail.com
