Hi, crafty friends. I’m sharing a fun, summery card today featuring Just Float from the Tofu & Friends Summer Fun collection from Purple Onion Designs, illustrated by Pei. I love everything she draws, and if this image isn’t a relaxing one, I don’t what is.
I colored up my image with Copics, before stamping on top of the black lines with Obsidian ink from Altenew to darken up the lines even further. I fussy cut the image, leaving a bit of white trim around the edges, then put it aside while I worked on the rest of my card. Using the Snow Drifts Cover-Up die from My Favorite Things, I die cut three segments of the die from three shades of blue cardstock (Cornflower, Lazy Day and Blue Breeze, all from My Favorite Things). Even though it’s a snow die, it totally works for waves, I think. I inked up the top of each die cut using matching inks (Cornflower and Lazy Day from MFT for the darkest and middle color cardstock, Harbor ink from Concord & 9th for the lightest). I added ink splatter to all three using Cornflower ink and also Concord & 9th White. I adhered them to a scrap of cardstock to make them work as one die cut instead of three separate ones.
I used the Ray of Light stencil from My Favorite Things to ink blend yellow ink onto a piece of Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink. I used Harvest Gold ink from Papertrey Ink, and added a little bit of Sunshine ink from Simon Says Stamp near the top for a little more intensity. I then used what I had left on my ink blending brush to cover the entire thing, I didn’t want the background to be stark white, and this worked beautifully. I added ink splatter once again using the Sunshins ink, cut the panel down and stamped a sentiment from the Friendly Warm Wishes Sentiment set from the same release as the image. I adhered the panel with a bit of dimension behind it to a top fold card base I created from Stamper’s Select White cardstock, glued the waves on top, then mounted my image using foam tape, before finishing off with a few pearls from the Beach Dreams Crystal Collection from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards.
I used a very limited color palette for this one.
I’ve had this duck colored for quite a while, but sometimes, life just gets busy. I fussy cut him, leaving a white border around the edge and did the same with the butterflies and the balloon from the same stamp set. I ink blended clouds on a piece of Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink using Harbor ink from Concord & 9th and the Rolling Clouds stencil from My Favorite Things. I die cut my panel using the largest die in the Blueprints 27 die set, also from MFT.
I covered my white card base with a piece of light pink glitter cardstock from Kort & Godt. I added a few layers of cardstock behind my die cut panel to give it a little lift and adhered it in the center, before placing stacked die cut words on top. I used the Hipp hurra die set from Kort & Godt to create these, cutting four of each words from white cardstock and the top from the same pink glitter cardstock I used to cover the front of the card. I threaded black sewing thread through the balloon and the wing of the duck. I added a bow to the balloon using the same thread and mounted both the duck and the balloon onto the card using foam tape. I adhered the butterflies above the balloon, before heat embossing a sentiment from the A06 stamp set from Norsk Stempelblad AS. I cut it down to a strip, put a few additional layers of cardstock on the back of it and adhered it below my die cut sentiment, before finishing off with a few gems from the 
Yellows and pink and nothing else for this one.
I used the panda peeking out from behind a fence or a wall or whatever you’d like it to be, as well as the bamboo. I used the bamboo multiple times to create a “wall” of bamboo behind my panda. I created mirrored versions so they wouldn’t all look the same, and I made sure to make them different heights. I erased the bottom of the bamboo so they’d end at the horizontal lines going out from the paws of the panda. Once I printed my image, I used a 0.35 Copic multiliner to extend the horizontal lines, making it look like a wall. I colored in my image, making sure to use a couple of green combos for the bamboo leaves for a little bit of variety.
I used the largest die in the A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2 die set from My Favorite Things to create a nice faux stitch border around the edge, before adhering it to a black card base I created from True Black cardstock from Papertrey Ink. With my pink wall, I felt like I had to make a baby card, but I didn’t want to, so I opted for the black. I used the Sweet Sentiments die set from Altenew to die cut my thanks word. I stacked three black die cuts for dimension and die cut the shadow from Stamper’s Select White cardstock, also from Papertrey Ink. I rarely use shadow dies, but I knew I was going to white heat emboss the rest of the sentiment, so I figured it would work. I also tend to pop up my sentiments, but actually adhered this one flat down onto the card. It still has dimension because of the stacking. I stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the Bitty Thanks & Gratitude stamp set from My Favorite Things, cut it down to a strip and adhered it on top of my stacked die cut. I put an extra strip behind it for a little bit of strength. I also added a black glaze pen to the eyes and nose, before going in with a white Gelly Roll 05 on top once the black was dry. This adds some shine to my little panda. I decided not to add any embellishments to this card, which is really rare for me.
Not a ton of colors used for this one. I used E81 and the blender with the tip to tip technique to color the “white” fur.
I colored my raccoon with Copics, deciding to go with a triadic color combo of primary colors for his paints and accessories. I obviously used green for the grass, but the rest of this is all red, blue and yellow. I used the second largest die in the Watercolor Rectangle STAX die set from My Favorite Things to give it a playful, loose look on the edges, then used the Say Anything stencil, also from My Favorite Things, to ink blend a speech bubble using Harvest Gold ink from Papertrey Ink.
In the speech bubble, I stamped a couple of sentiments from the Mini Messages & More stamp set from My Favorite Things, using Obsidian ink from Altenew. I took the various ink splatter stamps in the same stamp set and stamped in various colors across my panel, to amp up the crafty feel of the card. I used Watermelon, Harbor and Dove inks from Concord & 9th, as well as more of the Papertrey Ink Harvest Gold color that I used for the ink blending. Onto a card base I created from Cement Gray cardstock from My Favorite Things, I added some strips of cardstock to break the lines in my design. I used Watermelon cardstock from Concord & 9th, Blue Breeze from My Favorite Things and Harvest Gold from Papertrey Ink. I added my panel in the center using foam tape, and finished off with a few sequins from the Starry Night mix from Little Things from Lucy’s Cards. I actually also used a black glaze pen to create shine and a tiny bit of dimension to the eyes. On the raccoon, I also used a dot of white Gelly Roll 05 to each of the eyes once the black was dry.
I used a fairly small amount of Copics for this one.
I stamped and masked 
Once all my coloring was complete, I stamped on top of my critters, this time using Obsidian ink from Altenew. This is a very crisp pigment ink, and it makes the critters really stand out, but it’s not Copic friendly, so all the coloring needs to be complete when doing this. To finish off, I stamped a sentiment from 
Lots of Copics for this one.
I started by ink smooshing Harbor ink from Concord & 9th onto a panel of Stamper’s Select White cardstock from Papertrey Ink. This ink color is very interesting when you get it wet, it shatters into a sky blue and a very purply blue, making it look like I used more than just the one color of ink. The butterflies look painted, so I thought the ink smooshed background was a natural choice.
I fussy cut the butterflies and bent the wings backwards. I glued the bodies directly to the card front and put foam squares on the back of the wings to give them a little lift (since taking these photos, I’ve adhered the body of the big butterfly directly to the card front, but it’s kind of floating here). I used a hug die (die 244 Klem) to die cut twice from white cardstock and once from Wheat cardstock from Concord & 9th. I stacked them together, but I felt like there wasn’t enough dimension, so I added foam squares to the back of the layered die cut and adhered it to the card. This gives it more lift and a floating effect that you can’t achieve by stacking die cuts alone. I finished off the card with a visual triangle of pearls that match the butterflies and the inked background.
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