SQUIRRELS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN: QUICK & EASY CARDS MADE WITH NUTS ABOUT SQUIRRELS STAMP SET

 Hi Stampers!

I have a fun stamp set to share today. It is called NUTS ABOUT SQUIRRELS! This stamp set is featured in the STAMPIN’ UP!®️ JULY-DECEMBER 2021 MINI CATALOG premiering 3 August 2021. Let’s take a look:

The stamp set is a Two-Step set, meaning there are outline images and what I call “filler” images. The filler images allow you to add color to images quickly and easily. Of course, if you decide to color the images with Stampin’ Blends, water coloring, etc., you can do that as well!  Although the stamp set hints of autumn, it can be used year round for many occasions!

Here are two cards I made using the stamp set:

These cards went together fairly quickly. I pulled the layering pieces from my bin of larger scraps of cardstock. I always look for opportunities to use scraps! I chose autumn colors for these cards.

BRIGHT-EYED & BUSHY-TAILED CARD

SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD

* Pumpkin Pie card base 11” x 4 1/4” scored and folded at 5 1/2”

* Mango Melody cardstock mat cut at 5” x 3 5/8”

* Two Basic White pieces of cardstock for focal panel and inside card, both cut at 5” x 3 3/4” and a piece of scrap to stamp the squirrel.

* Inks - Pumpkin Pie, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Early Espresso, Balmy Blue, and Memento Tuxedo Black

* Birch background stamp

* Stitched Rectangles Dies (3rd largest)

* Gilded Gems

* Blending Brush

* Adhesive of choice and dimensionals

ASSEMBLY

* Use the Stitched Rectangles Die to die cut one piece of the Basic White cardstock

* Use the Pumpkin Pie ink to stamp the birch background on the card front

* With Early Espresso stamp the tree limb on the left side of the focal panel about halfway down the page.

* Stamp the leaves using Calypso Coral, Cherry Cobbler, Crushed Curry, and Cajun Craze - for the leaves I inked the stamp, stamped off on scrap paper, then stamped the image on the card front. I stamped the lines on the leaf without stamping off.

* Use the blending brush and Balmy Blue ink to add a bit of color (sky) to the cardstock

* Stamp the greeting in Early Espresso.

* On scrap using Memento Tuxedo stamp the squirrel, then use Pumpkin Pie ink and the filler stamp to color the squirrel. Fussy cut the squirrel

* Adhere the focal panel to the Mango Melody mat, and adhere this piece to the card. Adhere the Basic White piece to the inside (stamp a squirrel image on it if you like)

* Attach the squirrel with dimensionals

* Add the gems

HEY THERE! CARD

SUPPLIES FOR THIS CARD

* Old Olive card base

* Cinnamon Cider cardstock for mat cut at 4 3/4” x 3 3/8”

* Scrap of Mango Melody cardstock and scrap of Basic White cardstock and a piece of Basic White cardstock cut at 5” x 3 3/4” for the inside of the card

* Layering Circles Dies (largest circle and largest scallop circle)

* Inks - Cinnamon Cider, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Balmy Blue, and Memento Tuxedo Black

* Blending Brush

* Macrame 3-D Embossing Folder

*Linen thread about 18” plus 8” for the bow and Matte Decorative Dots - 3 in Old Olive

* Acorn image from Banner Year stamp set

* Adhesive of choice and dimensionals

ASSEMBLY

* Stamp the squirrel outline with Memento Tuxdo Black ink on he scrap of Basic White. Use Cinnamon Cider to color the squirrel. use Crumb Cake and Old Olive inks to add color to be acorn.

* Use the Balmy Blue ink and the blending brush to add “sky”

* Stamp the greeting with Cinnamon Cider ink

* With Old Olive stamp the acorns along all edges of the card front

* Die cut the squirrel image and the Mango Melody scrap using the circle die and the scalloped circle

* Emboss the Cinnamon Cider cardstock with the Macrame embossing folder

* Adhere he squirrel image to the mat

* Put a bit of adhesive on the back of the Cinnamon Cider mat about 1” from the bottom. Attach one end of the linen thread to the adhesive and wrap it around the card about 3 times. Adhere on the back with adhesive

* Fold the remaining piece of linen thread in half; slip it under the rows of linen thread and toe in a bow. 

* Adhere the Cinnamon Cider piece to the card base,  attach the sqirrel image to it’s mat then attach this to the card front with dimensionals, and adhere the 5” x3 3/4” Basic White cardstock to the inside of the card

* Place the Matte Decorative Dots on the card.

That is all for today! Thank you so much for stopping by. Until next time…

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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