AECP-Seasonal Scene Building

Another wonderful class is complete & I thoroughly enjoyed this one too! I knew I wanted to make a shaker card using the Tropical Toucan. Four colors of Distress Oxide Inks were blended onto 2 different pieces of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock-Wilted Violet, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemonade, & Spiced Marmalade. On one piece, I used a small star stencil & some sparkling embossing paste for a few stars in the sky. The sentiment is from Altenew Beautiful Quotes.  The sentiment & tree branch are stamped in black ink & the blossoms are stamped in Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink.  I also stamped the toucan in black ink & colored him using Copic markers.  I fussy cut the image & adhered him with foam dots for added dimension. I cut this piece down & added several frame layers in black cardstock, adhering a piece of acetate between 2 of them. Tiny confetti stars were placed into the framed area before adhering it closed & then it was mounted onto my ink blended card front.

Below is another card using techniques from the class.  I used an old background stamp in my stash for the wood look.  I stamped the image on 2 different shades of brown cardstock using Mocha ink.  Using layering circle dies, I cut the window from the lighter one & a frame from the darker one.  I also used this piece for a plank & the circle behind my sentiment.  The seaweed is stamped using Just Green & the coral is stamped in Coral Bliss (naturally).  I colored the sea creatures using pencils, cut everything out & placed them on a piece of light blue cardstock.  A few bubbles were stamped using light blue ink. This is not a shaker card, but I did adhere a piece of acetate between the window & my "sea". This was then adhered to an A2 card front.

My last (but by far, not the least) card for today goes to a very special boy in Texas!  He loves "woof-woofs", so I hope he enjoys it.  This card utilizes a lot of masking as each image is an individual stamp.   After stamping & coloring the images with Copic markers, I again masked each piece to ink blend the wall & floor. The wall was ink blended in Arctic ink & the floor in Sand Dunes ink. I also added some print to the wall using Arctic ink on a small stamp to make it appear like wallpaper.  The sentiment is stamped in Ultramarine ink & is from the Dotted Blooms set. I cut it out in banner form & adhered it with foam dots.

Below is the inside of the card.  These images were also masked as each stamp is individual. Coloring was again done with Copic markers. In this picture you can see the shadows added under the dogs.  I did this in the card front as well but couldn't seem to capture it in the photo.

Happy Stamping!