Create a card that Celebrates Singing After the Storm

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencils I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Border Layer: 5 x 3.75

Card Face:  5 x 3.75

White Cardstock to create window panels and window frame.

Acetate:  5 x 3.75

Card Face:

• I laid the card face onto the Grip Mat and positioned the  MultiShadow stencil.  I applied teal ink with a light hand.
• After removing this stencil,  I positioned the Message Bird stencil, using a dark blue ink for the bird.   I repositioned the stencil and added the branch with brown ink.
• Setting both stencils aside,  I lightly spritzed water onto the card face to soften the lines and add depth.

Other:

• I used a “plaid” die to create the window panes.
• I didn’t have a rectangular die in the correct size to create the window frame:  to get around this I cut 4 pieces of card stock,  each ¼” wide and 5” long.
• I used a couple of dies to cut the foliage for the window and then brushed on a couple of different green inks.
• I brushed teal ink around all borders of the card base, allowing it to fade as it moved away from the edges.
• I found a great sentiment in my binder, ready and just waiting to be put to use.

Assembly

• I glued the card face to the card base, centering on all sides.
• I secured the acetate to the back of the window pane die cut and then secured this to the card face.
• I added the strips of cardstock to the outer edges of this, trimming to the correct size.
• I glued the foliage to the window as shown.
• I added the sentiment.

Final Thoughts:

I wanted to include acetate behind the window for the realistic shine it would provide:  securing this to the card face and then the window proved very difficult and I would not include it another time.

I wanted the scene to have the look of being viewed through a window during a rainstorm,  and I think I succeeded!

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencils:

    MultiShadow , a Colorful Life Designs

    Message Bird,  A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

Card Base & Card Face: Accent 100 lb., Amazon

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