Tuesday Tutorial with Cathy Arenzana

 

Oh, hi! Cathy here and today I'm sharing a slimline card using the new 6x6 Bandana Paper Pack, along with a few other goodies. I don't know about you . . .but I am loving all the farm goodies from the latest release!

Anywhoooo . . on to how I created this card. I started with a piece of white cardstock that measures 2.25" x 6.25" so I could stamp the Scratchy Plaid Background stamp onto it. Of course, my piece of cardstock is longer than the stamp, so to get around that, I put my cardstock on the stamp before I inked it up and made a mark where the raised stamp ends.

Then I inked up the stamp with black ink and placed my cardstock on the stamp. To make sure I got a really good transfer of ink, I put a piece of scratch paper on top and rubbed really well.

Then to stamp the little bit at the bottom that was hanging off the bottom of the stamp, I re-inked the stamp and moved my cardstock to the top. I made sure to line up my pen mark with the very top of where the raised part of the stamp begins.

I didn't get the stamp lined up perfectly, but that's okay because it'll barely be noticeable

by the time I'm done.

Next, I cut a piece of patterned paper from the Bandana Paper Pack. . .Pink for me, please! Because a pink bandana and a bunch of birthday cows go together like peanut butter and jelly!

Well. . . actually, I cut two pieces to make it work for my slimline card. The first piece is cut to 3" x 6" and the second piece is cut to 3" x 2". I also cut a piece of black cardstock to 3.25" x 8.25" so I could have a little border around the bandana paper.

Next, I colored up the super cute cows from the Cow Party Stamp Set and then cut them down so I could adhere them to black cardstock so there would be a small border around them, too.

Copics used:

Nose: E04, E11, E00, E000

Body: W2, E41, E40

Spots: YR24, BV29, BV25

Horns: E43, E42

Hooves: YR24, BV29, C5, C3

Balloon: YG25, YG23, YG01

Party Hats: YG25, YG23, YG01, RV34, R83, RV11

Cake: Y21, Y23

Frosting: RV34, R83, RV 11

Candles: YG23, YG01, YR04, Y08

Background: BG0000, YG17, YG03

To put my card together, I adhered the Scratchy Plaid piece to a piece of black cardstock that measures 2.5" x 6.5".

I adhered the Bandana paper to the black cardstock and then adhered the Scratchy Plaid background on top, making sure it was centered.

Next I adhered the cows to the black squares and added some foam squares to the back of that and adhered it to the Scratchy Plaid panel.  I offset them from center just a little bit.

Then I adhered the whole panel to the front of a white notecard that measures 3.5" x 8.5" and that finishes up my card!

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies used:

Special Guest - Mindy Baxter

Hello! It’s Mindy from My Creative Scoop and I’m super excited to be guest designing for Whimsy Stamps!  I’ve been card-making for going on 14 years! My favorite part is coloring with my Copic Markers – I just love to bring a stamped image to life. I live in Southern California with my hubby and our 3 kids, Ralphy 21, Belle 17 and Katie 13. I’m fortunate enough to have made my hobby a full-time business where I teach online and local Copic classes. I hope I will inspire you to create today!

In this first card I’m using the Cow Party Stamp Set by Crissy Armstrong. I love these little cows and adding color to them just brings them to life! I’m also using the Birthday Die – I just love the layers on this die!

I stamped them in Memento Black ink and colored with my Copic Markers. Here’s a list of the Copics I used:

Cows – E11, E00, E000, E04, E30, E50, N0, N1, N3, N5, N7, N9

Party Stuff – R32, R30, R01, Y21, BG11, N0, N1, N3, E23, E25, E29

Grass – YG61, YG63

Sky – B000

For my next card I’m using Gnomies by Krista Heij-Barber. I wanted to create a large masked scene with this stamp set. I love all the different colors for the hats.

I stamped these also in Memento Black ink and colored with my Copic Markers. Here’s a list of the colors I’ve used:

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E04

Hair – N0, N1, N3, N5

Hats – R35, R39, R32, R30, V09, V06, V05, Y21, Y17, Y26, Y28, BG18, BG13, BG11, N0, N1, N3, N5, YG93, YG95, YG97

Flowers and Mushrooms – E41, E42, E43, R35, E39

Grass – YG61, YG63, YG67, N5, N7

Sky – B00, B000

I hope I’ve inspired you to create. Thank you so much Whimsy Stamps for having me guest design!

♥ Mindy

MyCreative Scoop.com

Let’s Connect on Social Media!

Facebook // Pinterest // Instagram // Twitter // YouTube