Critters Or Insects Theme!
Welcome to Create With Stamping Friends Creatively Simple! Connie and I create simple cards with a theme each week. This is our new theme for the month of March:
My Critters or Insects this week are those adorable ladybugs from the Terrific Toadstools stamp set:
I stamped the boy in Melon Mambo Ink first, and added the second part of the body with Memento Black Ink:
Stampin’ Up! Products Used:
- Stamps: Terrific Toadstools
- Inks: Melon Mambo. Old Olive, Memento Black
- Cardstock: Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Basic Black, Basic White
- Designer Paper: Weekend Adventures
- Tools & Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals, Paper Snips
Card Recipe:
- Card Base: Basic Black Cardstock 8-1/2 x 5-1/2. Score and fold at 4-1/4.
- Layer 2: Weekend Adventures Designer Paper 5-1/4 x 4. Glue to card base.
- Layer 3: Basic Black Cardstock 3-1/4 x 1. Trim both ends into a banner shape with Paper Snips. Glue to the bottom left corner of the designer paper.
- Layer 4: Old Olive Cardstock 3-3/4 x 2-1/2. Glue over the banner.
- Layer 5: Melon Mambo Cardstock 3-1/4 x 1/2. Trim both ends into a banner shape with Paper Snips. Glue centered over the black banner with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Layer 6: Basic White Cardstock 3-1/2 x 2-1/4. Add the following:
- Stamp the sentiment at the top with Memento Black Ink.
- Stamp the mushroom head below the sentiment with Old Olive Ink.
- Stamp the stem on a scrap piece of Basic White Cardstock with Melon Mambo Ink. Cut with Paper Snips. Glue to mushroom head.
- Stamp the leaf image to the left of the mushroom with Old Olive Ink.
- Stamp 3 ladybugs with Melon Mambo Ink.
- Stamp the ladybug top layer with Memento Black Ink.
- Glue layer to olive layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
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