- Vicky Hattingh
- 1 day ago
- 4 min read
Hi friends! Today I’m sharing a Father’s Day card with you that I created utilizing products from Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts, and a host of other company’s products – sort of a “shop your stash” extravaganza. Let’s get started!
The supplies used:
Simon Says Stamp – Friend Like You Stamp Set
Waffle Flower – Cloudy Stencil
Spellbinders – Precision Layering A2 A Die Set
Simon Says Stamp – Love Garden Greetings Stamp/Die Set
Hero Arts – Butterfly Confetti Die
Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz – Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad
Ranger Ink/Tim Holtz – Unchartered Mariner Distress Ink Pad
Simon Says Stamp – Field Pawsitively Saturated Ink Pad
Lawn Fawn – Jet Black Ink Pad
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
Brutus Monroe – Alabaster White Embossing Powder
Taylored Expressions – Anti-Static Powder Tool
Scrapbook.com – Heavy Weight Mixed Media Paper
X-Press It Blending Cardstock
Spellbinders – Oceanside Cardstock
Altenew – Mini Ink Blending Tool
Scrapbook.com – Foam Ink Blending Tool
Copic Alcohol Markers: E37, E35, E33, E31, E44, E55, E42,
YG45, YG23, BG09, BG53, B00, R20, R00, R0000, E04, R32,
R11, W3, W1, W00, E34, E43, E40
Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares
Sakura Black Glaze Pen
Sakura #431 Moonlight Gelly Roll Pen
Sakura Black Pigma Micron 03 Fine Liner Pen
Ranger Ink – Glossy Accents
Altenew – Instant Dimension Foam Tape
Winsor & Newton White Designers’ Gouache
Altenew – Carbon Black Artists’ Gouache
WOW! Dual Speed Heat Tool
My Sweet Petunia - MISTI Original Stamping Tool
Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine
Creating the Background Panel
To create the background, I used a sheet of Scrapbook.com’s Heavy Weight Mixed Media Paper and smooshed Tumbled Glass Distress Ink onto my work surface. I used a mister to spray a generous amount of water to the ink and used a scrap piece of plastic packaging to dip into the ink and place it in random locations onto my mixed media paper. I repeated this step until I was satisfied with my results. Utilizing the Spellbinders Precision Layering A2 A die set, I used the second largest die to die cut the inky, mixed media panel and used the largest die in the set to die cut an A2 matting layer from Spellbinders Oceanside cardstock. I used the Waffle Flower Cloudy Stencil and an Altenew Mini Blending Brush to ink blend clouds across the top two-thirds of the background panel. Next, I grabbed a foam ink blending tool and Uncharted Mariner Distress Ink to ink the edges of the mixed media paper panel to add depth and interest. To add the grass, I used grass cling stamp from Simon Says Stamp’s On the Ground stamp set to stamp a row of grass along the bottom edge of the inky panel using Simon Says Stamp’s Field Pawsitively Saturated ink and my MISTI Stamping Tool. Lastly, I used Winsor and Newton white gouache and Altenew’s Carbon Black Gouache to add spatter across the inky panel and placed Altenew Instant Dimension Foam Tape to the back side of the background and adhered it to the Oceanside cardstock panel.
Creating the Focal Point
I chose the cute critter scene on the Simon Says Stamp Friend Like You stamp set as my focal point. I stamped the image onto a piece of X-Press It Blending Card using Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink since I will be coloring the image with Copic alcohol markers. The Copic colors I selected for the stamped image were:
Tree Stump Bark: E37, E35, E33, E31
Tree Stump Top: E44, E55, E42
Leaves: YG45, YG23
Grass: YG45
Bird: Blue Tail - BG09, BG53, B00
Belly - R20, R00, R0000
Head/Back - E04, R32, R11
Chipmunk: W3, W1, W00, E37, E34, E31, E43, E42, E40
Once the coloring was completed, I fussy cut the image with scissors and placed Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares on the back side of the image.
Creating the Sentiment
For the sentiment, I chose to go with a the “sending love” greeting from Simon Says Stamp’s Love Garden Greetings stamp set. I used VersaMark Ink to stamp the sentiment onto a scrap piece of Spellbinders Oceanside cardstock that I coated with anti-static powder, then applied a coating of Brutus Monroe’s Alabaster White embossing powder. Once heat set, I wiped off the excess anti-static powder with a microfiber cloth and used the coordinating die to die cut the sentiment and die cut two additional blank sentiment die cuts to glue behind the heat embossed one for dimension.
Assembling the Card
I removed the adhesive backing paper from the focal point image and adhered it to the bottom of the card front panel. I used a black Sakura Glaze pen to color the bird and chipmunk’s eyes and added Glossy Accents to the chipmunk’s nose. I used liquid glue to adhere the sentiment to the card front. For the embellishments, I decided to die cut the Hero Arts Butterfly Confetti die from pink shimmer cardstock that I found in my stash and cut it from a piece of black cardstock from my scrap bin. I selected three sizes from the pink die cut butterflies and selected three of the black ones that were the same size. I trimmed the middle/body portion from the black butterfly die cuts and glued the body parts to the center of the three pink butterflies. For the butterfly decorating, I ran a bead of Ranger’s Black Enamel Accents on all the black bodies, used a black fine liner pen to draw antennae on the butterfly heads, then used a Sakura #431 Moonlight Gelly Roll pen to add small dots on the butterfly wings. Once the Enamel Accents had a chance to dry, I adhered the card front to a white A2 card base.
Thank you for stopping by and checking out today’s blog post, I really appreciate it. Until next time, happy crafting!
