Fairy Hugs Stamps

I needed some birthday cards for dog lovers quickly, so I used Waffle Flower’s Birthday Puppies stamps and stencil sets along with Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set and some patterned paper.

Watch the process video to see how I made these cards.

Cardbase: I cut an 8.5×11 sheet of white 65lb. cardstock in half to create two 5.5×8.5-inch rectangles that I fold in half to make side-fold A2 cardbases.

Sentiments: The front sentiments “Treat yourself today!” and “Woof-Woof (Happy Birthday)” are part of Waffle Flower’s Birthday Puppies stamps. The inside sentiments come from Craft Roulette’s Funn Sentiments #01 stamp set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

Craft Roulette – Clear Stamps – Funn Sentiments #01
Fairy Hugs – Clear Stamps – Paw Prints
Waffle Flower – Clear Stamps – Birthday Puppies

Stencil

Waffle Flower – Plastic – Birthday Puppies

Papers

Recollections – 8.5×11 65 lb. Cardstock – White
Simple Stories – 6×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Winter Wonder
Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Black Soot, Dried Marigold, Fossilized Amber, Rusty Hinge, Saltwater Taffy, Salvaged Patina, Walnut Stain
Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer Brush – Glitter Gloss
Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Green and Red
Stampin’ Up – Stampin’ Blends Marker – Light Daffodil Delight

Adhesives

Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide

Tools

Paper Trimmer
Stamping Platform
LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
Stamping Blocks
Scissors
Sponge Daubers
Gel Plate
Paper Masking Tape

Hi it’s Sue of Dies R Us design team with an underwater tunnel card.

The card uses three of the Memory Box Collage dies to create the gradually smaller frames that make up the tunnel of an underwater world of bubbles, seaweed and coral. (You could use just one of the dies to cut the three frames and decorate each layer differently.)

I started with two different shades of cut 7 x 5 1/2 inches and scored at 1 inch, 2/3 inch and 1/3 inch from each edge. I cut a third shade of blue 7 x 4 1/2 inches and scored at 1/3 inch form both edges. Folded darkest at 1 inch scoring on both side. Folded the next two pieces at all of the scored lines.

Next I inked up the seaweed and tinted around the edges of the openings with two shades of green Distress inks.

While I cut and inked a number of decorative pieces from the Collage and School of Fish dies, I ended up only using a few them in this card. (I often cut and prepare extra decorative pieces in a batch fashion and keep with the dies to save time later.)

The octopus is a two piece die that lends itself to being on an Action Wobble Spring. By adhering the two parts together with a foam dot, the eight tentacles are at different levels. The spring comes with self-adhesive and is stuck to the back of the octopus’ head. A black pen colors his eye. (I found that adding an extra foam dot to the back of the spring made it so the octopus could be in front of the last frame of seaweed.)

To assemble the tunnel box, I took the card base with the shell front shown in a previous blog and adhered a printed paper to left inside of card base. Then with the sticky red double-sided tape to the left flap of the outside die-cut panel with the largest opening, I adhered it to the inside of the card. (I glued in placed a glitter net over the front of this panel before I adhered it inside the card.) Place red tape on both side flaps between the 1 inch and 2/3 inch score lines on both flaps. Attach the left flap to inside of first panel’s left flap lining up with 2/3 inch score line on first panel. Attach third panel to inside of second panel’s left flap lining up with 2/3 inch score line on second panel.

Adhere a background to the card base back inside before attaching the octopus. Peel tape on right flap of middle panel and adhere to inside of first panel at 2/3 inch score line. With octopus over the last panel, peel and adhere the right flap to inside of middle panel flap at 2/3 inch score line.

The inside sentiment was stamped on vellum and attached to the inside of the card with glue dots.

See the front of this card by going to One Shell of A Party

Hope this fun card has provided some inspiration for your crafting. 😊

SUPPLIES Used from Dies R Us:

Other Supplies:

Colored cardstock and clear vellum scraps
Three shades of blue sheets of card stock
Underwater patterned paper
5 x 7 inches white card base
Foam squares
Red-backed, super sticky double-sided tape
Glue dots
Green and brown ink cubes
Tuxedo Black Memento dye ink
White glitter netting
9 x6 inch catalog envelope
Sara Davies Nautical Collection stamp set from Simply Cards & Papercraft, issue 207
Stampin’ Up Dapper Denim ink pad

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