S ale-A-Bration is a wonderful time of year and you can now celebrate with this froggy stamp set available for free.
Project Recipe
base card: 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of Granny Apple Green Cardstock. Cut in half on the long 11" side for 2 sheet of 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 pieces. Score at the halfway mark along the 8 1/2 side for a card base of 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
Cut a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Granny Apple Green Cardstock.
Using the YAY! from the Birthday YAY stamp set or from the Amazing Life Stamp Set/Bundle stamp "YAY!" at a diagonal with Lemon Lime Twist stampin ink pad. Start in the top left corner centering the YAY! Don't worry if all of it doesn't fit. Line up the next YAY! under the first leaving an 1/8" gap. Continue until the page is full. This stamping only adds dimension to your card so don't worry if you encounter some mis-alignment or partial stamps.
TIP: you can make the stamp lighter by stamping off on a white piece of paper after inking up your rubber stamp and then stamping on the Granny Apple Green cardstock.
Cut a piece of Vellum 3 1/4" x 4 1/2".
Cut a piece of Whisper White Cardstock 2 3/4" x 4".
Attach the frog riding a unicycle onto a clear block. Gently Dab the top part of the stamp - the frog - on the Granny Apple Green stampin ink pad, then dab the bottom of the stamp - the bike - on the Pacific Point stampin ink pad. If the seat or top part of the bike doesn't ink use a Pacific Point marker to add colour. Stamp on the right side of the whisper white cardstock with the wheel lined up at the bottom of the page.
Close the Pacific Point Stampin Ink Pad and the Granny Apple Green Stampin Ink Pad. Start with the Granny Apple Green Stampin Ink Pad and squeeze the middle of the closed stampin ink Pad to transfer some ink to the top cover. Open the Ink Pad. Using your Blender pen pick up some ink from the cover. You can lighten the colour by brushing on a piece of paper or the cover. Add colour to the frog. Repeat with Pacific Point for the bike.
TIP: to clean the blender pen brush on a piece of paper until it brushes clear. a stained tip does not affect the blender pen from picking up colour as long as the brush strokes on the paper are clear.
Using the Melon Mambo Stampin Ink Pad and the set of three flies rubber stamp, stamp the flies above the frogs head.
Open both the Pacific Point Stampin Ink Pad and the Melon Mambo Stampin Ink Pad. With the "You can do ANYTHING" stamp, dab the top half gently on the Pacific Point Ink Pad, then dab the lower half on the Melon Mambo Ink Pad. Turn the stamp over and check that ink transferred to the rubber stamp. Stamp on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock.
TIP: I dabbed the stamp on the edge of the ink pad.
using a Big Shot or Cuttlebug, cut out the "You Can do ANYTHING" saying using the smallest frame in the tags & Labels Frmelits Dies.
Diagonally cut a length of 2 - 2 1/4" piece of Real Red Ribbon.
Putting it Together:
- using adhesive, attach the stamped "YAY!" Granny Apple Green cardstock to the base card.
- Using adhesive in the middle of the sheet, attach the vellum to the "YAY!" piece
- Using dimensionals, attach the stamped whisper white frog piece to the vellum
- using adhesive, attach the label to the Real Red Ribbon
- using dimensionals attach the Real Red Ribbon to the card
Addition: stamp some butterflies on the inside of the card in the corners with Melon Mambo Ink