Hi crafty friends! It’s Michelle here and I am super excited to be on the Pajama Crafter Blog today to share my latest stamp set with you! Get ready to stamp your way to patriotic fun with the Yankee Doodle Day Stamp set! These adorable critters are perfect for jazzing up cards for birthdays, graduations, retirements, and any star-spangled celebration.
Card Details
Here’s a step-by-step guide to creating this card:
1. Card Layers: I knew I wanted to make a scene card but wanted it to have layers so I used a semicircle die to create a place for my sentiment.
2. Design plan: I placed all of my critter stamps on my stamping platform to figure out spacing before I started stamping.
3. Front to Back: The first images I stamped were the ones that will be in the front of the scene.
5. Masking: Masking allows you to overlap stamps and create depth in your scenes. I stamped each critter and also stamped a masking sheet before removing it from my stamping platform. I then “fussy cut” each one using my shears and placed a mask over each critter front to back.
7. Background: I used a tree stencil and two green shades of Distress Oxide for my tree background. I alternated the colors to add some depth and visual interest to the tree line.
8. Foreground: Next, I covered the trees with a scrap piece of cardstock and colored my grass.
9. Light and Shadow: My sunlight is coming from the top left so my shadows fall toward bottom right. The shadows were created using a darker green and a little black Distress Oxide.
10. Sentiment: I placed my scene over my card base to plan my sentiment location, then removed the top layer before stamping.
11. Bringing the Scene to Life: I removed the masks and colored all of my stamped images using a mix of Copic and Altenew alcohol markers.
Parade vibes in card form…
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