The last 2 cards of my Stamp a Stack for masculine cards in Waterloo, IA have been created. They are the top 2 cards in the above picture.
The bear card featuring the Under the Stars stamp set uses several new items. I used the Big Shot with the new Texturz plate which shows how they are large enough to add texure to the whole front of the card. I then punched out the small circle in the front of the card. I used the round Happy birthday stamp from the Think Happy Thoughts set but there are a few others that could be used instead if you choose. In the middle of the circle I used Cropadile tool with a Jumbo eyelet. The bear is stamped on a piece of cardstock cut oval using just the middle part of the new Frame, Oval Scallop die for the Big Shot. I used a technique called masking to put the bear in front of the pine trees from the stamp set called Lovely as a Tree. Watercolor Crayons were used to color the picture.
The second card uses the new set stamp set called Totally Tool. It is hard to read but it says "you hit the nail on the head". My mom said I should use a brad on there to look like a nail. It didn't quite look right until I took the hammer from the tool kit & flatten the brad a little. Good idea Mom! The background used a technique called direct to paper where I took a small Stampin Spot in Chocolate Chip & directly touched it to the Creamy Caramel card. The wood looking piece is a piece of Chocolate Chip Patterns Designer Series paper that I ran through the Big Shot with the same Texturz plate as the bear card. I then took a sanding block to it which brought out the white of the paper to make it look more like wood. I read about doing this on another Stampin Up demonstrators blog.
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