Nature Cards-Page 9

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Pink Apple (N43H)
  1. Stamp swirl on size H white card in pink ink
  2. Corrugate piece of hot pink card two times, once straight, and once on an angle, and tape to white card
  3. Cut strip of lime green card and tape as shown
  4. Tap or brayer pinks, yellows and greens to shadow stamp and stamp on white card. Trim and layer to medium green card. Attach to card with foam dots
  5. Tap few colors of pink and green ink on apple and stamp on white card. Stamp outline in black ink and cut out, leaving small white border. Attach to shadow stamp piece with foam

    Stamps: Posh Impressions Apple Duet; Hand Carved Eraser Shadow Stamp (This was so easy to do - just cut a 3" square from eraser material, draw a line 1/2" in from edges, and use #2 carving tool to dig "trench.")

Apple-Quick Version (N44Q)
  1. Stamp swirl on folded quarter size white card in pink ink
  2. Corrugate piece of hot pink card two times, once straight, and once on an angle, and tape to white card
  3. Cut strip of lime green card and tape as shown
  4. Tap or brayer pinks, yellows and greens to shadow stamp and stamp on white card. Trim and layer to yellow card. Attach to card with foam dots
  5. Tap few colors of pink and green ink on apple and stamp on white card. Stamp outline in black ink and cut out, leaving small white border. Attach to shadow stamp piece with foam

Wired Flowers (N45H)
  1. Stamp flowers around the edge of size H purple card (about 1" in) in purple ink
  2. Cut piece of coral card 7 1/2" x 4 1/2" and stamp flowers all over in coral ink
  3. Ink rose stamp with green leaves and purple flower and stamp on white card. Reink and stamp on another piece. Do the same with a third flower, using pink for the flower.
  4. Color in the flowers with watercolor pencils or chalk
  5. Cut pieces as shown on sample
  6. Punch small holes in top of flower pieces and weave purple Artistic Wire through - roll edges in a spiral, and repeat for bottom.
  7. Put small foam dots in corner of each flower piece and attach to coral card.

    Stamps: Rubber Stampede Scattered Roses; Hero Arts Artistic Rose

    Based on a card that I saw but I don't know who to give the credit to.

Resist Leaves (N46H)
  1. Cut glossy white card to 7 3/4" x 4 1/2"
  2. Using clear embossing ink, stamp leaf all over paper
  3. When embossing ink dry, brayer with rainbow DYE ink (pigment will not dry on glossy)
  4. When dye ink dry, wipe card with tissue to get excess ink off of leaves
  5. Tape piece to size H purple card and set aside
  6. Stamp solid leaf in purple ink on 2 1/2" sq. piece of mat board. Stamp leaf outline in black, and lightly sponge purple ink around the image
  7. Wipe clear embossing pad over tile and clear emboss 3 times.
  8. Outline edge with purple gel pen and spray with clear sealer
  9. Twist green Artistic Wire into shape shown and glue to card.
  10. Attach leaf tile with foam dots

    Stamps: Posh Impressions Leaf Duet

Pink Pears (N47H)
  1. Cut strips of light green, light pink and dark pink card in uneven shapes and tape to size H white card
  2. Ink pear with two shades of pink and two shades of green and stamp in center of piece of vellum. Repeat twice
  3. Punch holes on sides of vellum and thread pieces of pink cord through side hole and knot.
  4. Punch hole in upper left and bottom right, and curl one piece green and one piece pink artistic wire. Put ends of wire through the holes.
  5. Turn vellum face down, and put a foam dot in center. Using E6000 glue, put a small blob of glue on top of each pink knot, and along each piece of wire
  6. Attach vellum to card, weighing down until glue dries

    Stamps: Posh Impressions Pear

Domino Dragonfly (N48H)
  1. Domino:
    • Sponge green and purple pigment ink on lightly sanded mini-domino and heat set
    • Stamp images with black memories ink and heat set
    • Outline with gold krylon pen and heat set
    • Top with a coat of Future Floor Finish and let dry
  2. Tag:
    • Stipple purple and green pigment ink on cream card and cut into tag shape
    • Stamp images, masking where necessary
    • Tape to slightly larger lilac card, and punch hole in top
    • Tie ribbon through hole
  3. Card:
    • Cut a piece of dark purple card, corrugate, and tape to size H cream card
    • Using clear embossing ink, stamp butterflies on right side of card.
    • When ink is dry, rub purple chalk over top with cotton ball
    • Stipple with purple ink
    • Using E6000 glue, attach domino to tag, and attach tag to card with foam dots

      Stamps: Hero Arts Italian Poetry, Writing stamp from Sculpey Stamplets set, Anita's Large Dragonfly; Inkadinkado 8422-L Sm. Dragonfly, Vickie Enkoff's UM butterflies.

CD Pin Dragonfly (N49H)
  1. Card is made the same way as above, except purple corrugated piece is attached at the top rather than the right side.
  2. Instead of domino, prepare CD pin (instructions here) and clip to card.
  3. Using E6000 glue, attach domino to tag, and attach tag to card with foam dots

    Stamps: Hero Arts Italian Poetry, Writing stamp from Sculpey Stamplets set, Anita's Large Dragonfly; Inkadinkado 8422-L Sm. Dragonfly, Vickie Enkoff's UM butterflies.

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