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(^3) A little birdie
1 Cover a 130x150mm kraft tent-fold base with yellow patterned paper.
2 Stamp flowers across the top of a 105x125mm piece of card. Stamp a
bird and a sentiment onto the panel. Draw a sketchy border around the
panel with a fineliner pen. 3 Colour the bird and flowers, then add tiny
dots of colour around the images. 4 Layer the stamped panel onto kraft
card. Wrap baker’s twine around the panel then attach to the base. Add
a baker’s twine bow beneath the sentiment. 5 Stamp, colour and fussy
cut a nest. Attach to the base with foam pads. Add gems, to finish.
(^1) Love
1 Snip the top corners from a
65x140mm piece of kraft card to
create a tag. 2 Stamp a sentiment and
flowers onto a 60x130mm piece of
blue paper with black ink. 3 Dab
white paint over the flowers with a
paintbrush. 4 Wrap ribbon
around the panel then attach to
the tag. 5 Stamp, colour and
fussy cut a bird and add to the tag
with foam pads. Add a baker’s
twine bow to the ribbon. Punch a
hole through the tag and
thread with ribbon. Add
purple gems, to finish.
Bring doodled designs to life with coloured
inks, embossing powders and bright papers
using sketchy stamps from Creative
Expressions. By Sarah Jackman Read
Sketchy stam s
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If friends were flowers
1 Cover a 105x150mm white base with pink patterned paper.
2 Stamp flowers and a sentiment onto an 85x130mm piece of
white card. Apply pink, orange and yellow ink across the stamped
flowers. 3 Splatter the stamped panel with pink paint and leave
to dry. 4 Draw a doodle border around the panel with a fineliner
pen then layer onto orange card. 5 Wrap baker’s twine around
the panel and tie into a bow. Attach the stamped panel to the
base. To finish, add purple gems to the base.
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heartfelt^
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