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 | | Made for Try Stamping on Friday Challenge #117 in which the theme was summer, and included the use of the color blue: http://tgifchallenges.blogspot.com/
I started the card by cutting a front panel 4"x 5-1/4" out of Stampin' Up! Crushed Curry cardstock. Using this as my base, I laid the Crafter's Workshop Mini-Chickenwire plastic stencil over it (hinge with a piece of painter's tape), and spread about one tablespoon of embossing paste over it that I had tinted with two drops of SU Daffodil Delight re-inker ink. Make sure the layer is thin and level. I set this aside to dry while I worked on the rest of the card elements.
The bee was created by stamping the bee from the SU Dragonfly Dreams stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto SU Daffodil Delight cardstock. I then cut this out with the bee die from the SU Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits die set. Don't worry if the cut isn't super acurate, because the next step is to use the same die and cut a plain piece of Daffodil Delight. Carefully removed the three pieces of yellow cutouts that match the holes in the bee's body you cut out of the black stamped image. Place glue dots on the BACK side of the stamped bee, and carefully remove the three yellow pieces of plain yellow that match the holes. Insert these three yellow pieces into the bee's body so they stick to the glue dots showing through the holes.
Next, using Stazon Onyx Black ink, stamp the bee image onto clear acetate. Let it dry for a while so your fingers don't smoosh the ink (Stazon takes a while to dry). When they are dry, cut them out using paper snips so that there is a saddle/bridge between the two wings holding them together. Then, cut the stamped wings off the stamped bee, and attach the acetate wings to the back of the bee in place of the stamped ones you had cut off. Now you have a bee with realistic transparent wings!
Using my MISTI, I stamped the birthday greeting in the bottom left corner of the stamp where the stencil hadn't created the honeycomb pattern. If you use a different stencil, make sure that you don't put embossing paste where you plan to stamp your sentiment.
I then stamped and punched out the blue flower (Pacific Point ink on Soft Sky cardstock). The leaves were stamped using the SU Botanical Blooms set with Old Olive ink. They were then die-cut using the matching die fro the SU Botanical Builder Framelits Dies. The center yellow "stamen" on the flower was stamped with Pacific Point onto Daffodil Delight cardstock. It was then punched out with a 1/2" punch, and hand trimmed using paper snips to separate the stamen. Both the flower and stamen were pressed using a bone folder on top of a rubber mouse pad to create depth to the flower.
The assembled flower and two leaves were attached to the front panel using Mini Glue Dots. The bee was attached using Adhesive Foam Strips to give the bee "height".
Finally, the completed front panel was glued to the card base using Tombow Multi Liquid Glue.
I rated this card as difficulty "4" because of the many steps it took for the bee, and time it took for the Stazon ink and embossing paste to dry. But don't be afraid to try a similar card... with the instructions I've provided, it shouldn't take long.
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Date: Saturday, July 22, 2017 GMT
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Additional Info
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Keywords: TCIFC117
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Stamps: SU Dragonfly Dreams, Flower Shop, Botanical Blooms, Printworks Make a Wish
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Paper: SU Pacific Point, Crushed Curry, Soft Sky, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
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Paper Size: A2
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Ink: Stazon Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Pacific Point, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight
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Accessories: Crafter's Workshop Mini-Chickenwire Stencil, SU Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits Dies, SU Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, 1/2" Circle Punch, Pansy Punch, Clear Acetate, Mini Glue Dots, Texture Paste, Paper Snips, Tombow Multi Liquid Glue, MISTI, Bone Folder
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Techniques: Colored Texture Paste, Die Cutting
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Difficulty (1-Easy 5-Advanced): 4
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