CAMOUFLAGE

CAMOUFLAGED CARDS 

AND CRITTERS

Last Saturday my husband was out by our garden when along the fence row he saw this!

He took the picture, texted it to me along with a message stating the critter is a wild rosebush death adder! Of course I needed to go see this death adder for myself. I had no clue such a colorful snake called Indiana home. Most of the snakes around here are various shades of brown and black.  This particular snake is actually a rough green snake, not a wild rosebush death adder. Honestly, it matters not  what one calls it, if I came across one of these guys in my garden I would let out an ear piercing scream, and hightail it to the house faster than I’ve run in years! All that aside, the snake is non- venomous, and is a nice shade of green. To me he looks Granny Apple Green! I still do not want him in my garden!

Seeing this snake and how well he blends in with his environment reminded me I had yet to ink up my Camouflage background stamp. The background stamp made its appearance in June as part of the Stampin’ Up! 2020-21 Annual Catalog. 

I know a little boy who likes camouflage and dinosaurs. So I pulled out the Dino Days stamp set and the coordinating Dino Dies.

A couple of years ago Eclipse Cards were all the rage, and I thought this type of card might work well with the whole idea of camouflage. For those of you not familiar with an eclipse card it consists of a card base, a focal panel usually made of a lighter color cardstock, and a darker background panel (for the “eclipse”) the same size as the focal panel.The focal image is usually, but not always a word (such as hello, love, joy, etc) cut from the focal panel. The focal panel is adhered to the darker panel, then the die cut letters or images have dimensionals on the back side and are put back into their original positions. The focal panel may also have a design stamped on it prior to die cutting the layers or images from it. This focal panel is then adhered to the card base. 

For this particular card I used the same color focal panel and background panel to stay true to the camouflage theme. Here is the card:

I used a Crumb Cake card base that measures 5 1/2” x 8 1/2”, scored at 4 1/4”; two pieces of Garden Green cardstock cut at 5 1/4” x 4”; a scrap piece of Crumb Cake for the greeting. 

I stamped one piece of Garden green with the Camouflage background stamp using Garcen Green ink. Next I die cut the brontosaurus and pterodactyl  from the stamped cardstock. I adhered the camouflage panel to the other garden green panel. I attached dimensionals to the die cuts and adhered them in place on the camouflage panel. I stamped the Happy Birthday on the scrap of Crumb Cake cardstock with Garden Green ink. I used the Stitched Rectangle dies to cut out the sentiment, and adhered it to the card. The Happy Birthday comes from the Rustic Retreat stamp set. 

This card took very little time to make, and I am certIn it will bring a smile to a camo-wearin’, dino lovin’ little guy I know. An eclipse card is just that easy! I hope this card gives you with greatinkspirations.

Until next time...

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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