Measurements: Image panel – 2 5/8 x 4 3/8” plus 1/16” border, Designer paper – 3 3/8 x 4 7/8” plus 1/16” border, the sentiment is a pre cut piece that came with the designer paper and it is approx 1 7/8” across the hello area x ¾”
-Stamp the elephant and mask off; I used post it notes for the mask and will store it to use again. Stamp on the tall grass. Using a torn piece of paper mask off the sky area and sponge on the ground color. Stamp on the short grass.
-Now switch to the other piece of torn paper and mask off the ground area.
-For the sun I punched 3 sizes of circles (1/2”, 1” and 1 ¼”) and layered them on top of each other. With the last step of sponging I removed one at a time as I continued to sponge and got three depths of color.
-Now back to the sky sponging, I started sponging at the bottom with the lightest color, medium in the middle and darkest at the top.
-For the streaks in the sky I used a post it notes. The streak lines were cut out of the paper. In all it took about five minutes for this step, just a few streaks will do because you can move in different locations on the panel.
-The elephants and tall grass were colored with Prismacolor pencils, baby oil and paper stumps. Any areas that showed a bit of white after removing the mask were touched up with the pencils.
-My faux brads were cut with the small tags die from Cuttlebug and glued to the card. I like the die because it rounds the edges and you would not know they arenÂ’t real especially with this extra thick cardstock.
Tools: ½”, 1”, 1 ¼” circle punches, Cuttlebug tag die, sponge, scrap paper, post it notes, paper stumps
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Wed, Mar 10, 2010 @ 3:27 AM
Too funny, Rox!!! I just about TORE my whole stamp room apart yesterday looking for that exact dp that you have behind your elephant (no luck here, but lotsa wasted time!!). It is perfect for your precious scene and WOW, what a scene of your own you've created behind those perfect pachyderms.
------------------------------ Michele
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