You make me Happy- a card by Guest Designer Adam

Hi All,

Adam here with another super fun card made with a Your Next Stamp – Humming By stamp set.  All my supplies are readily available at White Rose Crafts.  They are promoting summer themed cards for the month of June. I chose to create with a hummingbird and sunflower because I know summer is upon us when I see my first hummingbird.

I like to start by letting you all know what supplies are needed to create the card I am working on today.  They are:

     Your Next Stamp –Humming By

     Masking tape/sheets/post-it notes

     Tim Holtz Oxide ink – background colors of choice (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced      
     Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon)

     Black ink for image stamping such as Memento Dye Ink in Tuxedo Black

     Copic Markers/coloring medium of your choice in colors of your choice

     White, green and black cardstock

     Glue and Double sided tape

     Sequins – Doodles Paper Playground Limited   

First, I stamp images to be colored on white card stock. I cut out the images and color them using Copic Markers.

The next step is masking the layer one (4” x 5 ¼”) white card stock in preparation for ink blending.  I like to use the upper 2/3rds of my design space on the card because this follows the rule of thirds. With this in mind I taped off two thin stripes and a larger strip.

Using three colors of Tim Holtz oxide that felt like summertime to me, I blended light to dark onto the card.  (Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon)

Now it is time for the assembling of the card.  I used double sided tape to adhere the sunflower and foam tape to pop the hummingbird to the blended area.  Using black ink I stamped the sentiment from the stamp set under the blended area. Added a few Doodles Paper Playground Limited   sequins and thought I was finished only to decide it needed a grounding effect for the sunflower. I decided to add a thin strip of black cardstock at the bottom of the blended area. I glued the card layer to a green card base to complete the project

Hope everyone enjoyed this clean and simple summer project. Make sure you check out White Rose Crafts when looking for creative crafting supplies.