Life's a Hoot Card Tutorial

I have another card tutorial for you today. This one is a star shaped card with a cute owl.

Materials:

- heavy-weight cardstock for the cardbase (I used Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock)

- lighter-weight white cardstock for stamping on (I used Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock)

- heavy-weight yellow cardstock (I used My Favorite Things Heavy-Weight cardstock in Lemon Drop)

- pattern paper with a night sky or dark blue cardstock will also do

- star-shaped stackable dies (I used Lawn Fawn's Puffy Star Stackables, the two largest dies in the set)

- a die cutting machine (I used the Sizzix Big Shot)

- a stamp of an owl (I used one from The Greeting Farm)

- a sentiment stamp saying "Life's a Hoot" (I didn't have one so I used Avery Elle's Lovely Letters stamp set to stamp the sentiment a letter at a time, that really tested my patience, lol!)

- a banner stamp (I used Lawn Fawn's Bannerific stamp set)

- Copic markers

- fine glitter glue, this is optional (I used the Wink of Stella Brush in GL Clear)

- black ink (I used Versafine ink in Onyx Black)

- clear embossing powder and a heating tool, these are optional if you want to heat emboss the owl and sentiment (I used Recollections Clear Embossing Powder)

- adhesives: liquid, foam, and double-sided (I used Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Scrapbook Adhesive 3D Foam Squares, and Sookwang Score Tape)

- scissors for fussy cutting

Step 1:

Stamp the owl image on cardstock. I usually heat emboss all of my images before I colour them with Copic markers, but this step is not necessary if you use Tsukineko's Momento ink.

Step 2:

With the die cutting machine cut out four outlines of a star using the two largest star dies in the Lawn Fawn Puffy Star Stackalbes die set. These will become the boarder around the card.

Step 3:

Glue the four star outlines together into a stack to create a chipboard-like boarder.

Step 4:

With the die cutting machine cut out two more stars using the largest star die. One out of the night sky pattern paper and one out of heavy-weight cardstock.

Step 5:

Make a score line (on the heavy weight cardstock) about half way down one of the points of the star. This will allow the card to fold open once it is assembled.

Step 6:

Use the strongest double-sided adhesive you can find, I recommend the Sookwang Score Tape. Cover the tip of the star with adhesive down to where the score line is.

Step 7:

Glue the night sky pattern paper to the back of the star boarder (sorry I forgot to take a picture of that). And then tape the white cardstock to the back of the pattern paper.

Step 8:

Stamp the banner and sentiment onto white cardstock (heat emboss it if you like). Colour the banner blue and then fussy cut it out. 

Step 9:

Use foam adhesive to tape the owl and sentiment onto the card. If you choose to make the star boarder sparkly then do step 10 before adhering the owl and sentiment.

Step 10 (optional):

Add glitter into the star boarder to give it some sparkle. I used the Wink of Stella Bursh because I love the fine glittery effect that it makes.

Finished card:

I hope you enjoyed this card tutorial and thanks for visiting,
Cheryl ~

Birthday Balloon Card Tutorial

Hello everyone, it's been far too long since I last posted. But today I have a card tutorial for you.

Materials:

- thick white cardstock for the card base (I used Neenah 110lb Solar White cardstock)

- a piece of watercolour paper (I used Strathmore 140lb watercolor paper)

- regular cardstock for stamping on (I used Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock)

- twine (I used Hemptique 10lb Hemp Cord)

- balloon stamps and a happy birthday sentiment stamp (I used a stamp set from Studio Calico)

- inks in various colours (I used Mama Elephant's pigment inks in: Lollipop, Sunshine, and Eggplant)

- watercolour paint in a light blue colour (I used Tim Holtz's Distressed Reinker Ink in Salty Ocean)

- a paintbrush for water colouring and a cup of water for washing your paintbrush

- an embossing folder with clouds on it (I used Darice's Clouds Background)

- am embossing machine (I used Sizzix's Big Shot)

- a thick opaque white paint (I used Copic's Opaque White paint)

- a couple of cotton swabs/Q-Tips

- liquid glue (I used Claudine Hellmuth's Studio Multi-Medium in matte)

- double sided adhesive (I used Sookwang's Score Tape)

- some foam adhesive (I used Scrapbook Adhesive's 3D Foam Squares)

Step 1:

Cut a 3 7/8" x 4 1/2" piece of watercolour paper and emboss it in the cloud embossing folder. Then watercolour the sky background using a diluted solution of reinker ink or watercolour paint. Try to avoid the clouds.

Step 2:

Dab the Q-Tip into the paint and then onto the clouds. Use an up and down motion to create texture and avoid streaks. I dabbed on a thick layer of paint to give the clouds added texture.

Step 3:

Stamp the balloons in different colours. And then stamp the sentiment in black (not shown in this picture). If you like you can heat emboss the sentiment in clear embossing powder as I did.

Step 4:

Cut a 4 1/4" long strip of paper. Use one of the ink colours you used for one of your balloons to colour the strip of paper. Then trim the piece of inked paper to 1/4" wide.

Step 5:

Tie the twine around each of the balloons. Cut out the happy birthday sentiment and then paint the background with the same blue paint as the sky background. 

Now gather all of your pieces and prepare for assembling. Use the double-sided adhesive to tape on the sky panel to the top of the card base. Glue the thin strip of paper directly underneath the sky background. Use glue to adhere the yellow and purple balloons onto the sky background. Use foam tape to adhere the red balloon so it sits above the other two balloons. Also use foam tape to adhere the sentiment to make it pop up and allow some space for the twine (balloon strings) to sit underneath.

Step 6: 

Tie the three balloon strings together with a little bow and then trim the twines at the bottom.

Finished card:

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and make sure to visit again, because I have a whole bunch of new cards to share with you very soon!!

Thanks for visiting!

~ Cheryl