Happy Easter! You'e got Kathi here today because the 7th Birthday Hop took place on Tuesday, my usual day to share a project with you. However, before I get to my Easter card, let me remind you that Topflight Stamps birthday sale ends at midnight tonight, March 31st. Second, if you have not done the 7th Birthday Blog Hop, you'd better hurry and finish so that you have the chance to win a great prize. Start on Topflight Stamps' Blog and/or Topflight Stamps Instagram - @topflightstamps !
Here's my Easter card!
As per my usual method of creating a scene, I did a whole lot of stamping and masking using a variety of stamps. Using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko the trolley from the Versi Trolley Clear Stamp Set 1059 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create was stamped twice —once onto white cardstock and a second time onto repositionable sticker paper, which was fussy-cut, and placed over its counterpart on the image panel. The Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs from the same stamp set was positioned so that the elements would be on the trolley, then stamped twice using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, again once onto the image panel and once onto sticker paper.
Low tack tape was placed on the image panel horizontally below the trolley's wheels. One of the acetate masks from the Mini Hills Masks/Stencil Set by Lavinia Stamps was placed across the image panel then Copic-friendly blue ink was brushed over the mini-hill mask and the masked images to create the sky.
I traced the mask onto a piece of cardstock, fussy-cut along the traced lines to make a homemade mask to cover the blue sky. The acetate mask used to create the sky was placed right below the homemade mask. Copic-friendly green ink was brushed over the top of the acetate mask. The acetate mask was moved down the image panel and the green ink was brushed over the top again. This process was repeated until the hill was mostly completed. Lighter green ink was brushed over the area to fill in the grassy hill.
The acetate mask from the Mini Hills Masks/Stencil Set was placed over the top-most hill and the homemade mask was set aside.
Using a stamping platform, foliage portions from the large tree from the Let's Play Shop Clear Stamp Set 1044 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create were positioned so that they'd sit on the crest of the hill behind and around the trolley. Green Copic-friendly ink was used to ink and stamp the foliage/bushes.
Small grass tufts from the Let's Play Shop Clear Stamp Set were stamped with Copic friendly ink. Longer grass tufts from the Sugar Delights Clear Stamp Set 1045 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create was stamped with the same green ink.
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink was used to stamp the birds from the and butterflies from the Fresh Air Clear Stamp Set 1048 by Autour de Mwa onto the sky.
The low-tack tape used to ground the trolley was removed, a ruler was placed over the grassy area, then Copic-friendly grey ink was brushed over the ruler onto the image panel to create a roadway. The ruler was removed and the rocky road stamps from the Versi Trolley Clear Stamp Set 1059 by Autour de Mwa were positioned between the grass and the road. inked with grey Copic-friendly ink, then stamped.
All the masks were lifted and the elements were all colored with Copic markers.
A 4.75" x 6.75" piece of grey cardstock was cut with the largest die from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create to create a window to frame the scene on the image panel.
Black cardstock was cut with one of the borders included in the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create, then adhered to a thin strip of grey cardstock.
Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the "Happy Easter" sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Hefty Doodle onto grey cardstock. Black detail embossing powder was poured onto the stamped sentiment, the excess was dumped off, and the sentiment was heat set. A nameplate cutting die was used to cut the sentiment. Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink was used to edge the grey-cardstock frame, the border strip, and the sentiment.
The border was adhered across the bottom part of the grey card front. The sentiment die-cut was adhered to the center of the border.
The card front was adhered to a 5" x 7" card. Two black gemstones were used to adorn the sentiment die-cut to finish the card.
Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for complete supply lists and step-by-step instructions.
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