Simply Cards & Papercraft - UK (2020-03)

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Many happy returns

You will need
● white 12.5cm-square
card blank
● white, pale blue, navy &
maroon cardstock
● mixed-media cardstock
● Best of British A4 stamp set &
stencil with Creative Stamping
issue 84
● IndigoBlu Jack A6 stamp
● Faded Jeans, Peacock
Feathers & Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress
Oxide Ink
● Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad
● watercolour pens
● waterbrush
● water spritzer
● 3D foam pads
● stamping platform

Simply make
1 Position the Jack stamp on
the stamping platform and
ink up with three blue shades
of Distress Oxide Ink. Stamp
onto watercolour cardstock,
reinking and creating an
ombré effect. Spritz with
water and blot with kitchen
paper. Once dry, trim to
9cm-square.
2 Stamp the bulldog from the

You can achieve

anything

You will need

● white 12.5x17cm

card blank

● white, pale blue &

navy cardstock

● mixed-media cardstock

A4 set and a bowler hat.

Use watercolour pens to

colour in the dog and cushion

and cut out the hat, af xing

it to its head.

3 Using the position of the

dog as a guide, stamp

the sentiment across the

bottom of the  ag. Matt

and layer onto white then

navy cardstock using 3D

foam pads.

4 Af x two squares of maroon

and two of blue cardstock

to the card blank, spacing

equally. Add the stamped

topper using 3D foam pads

to  nish.

● IndigoBlu Pomp and

Pageantry & Dinkie Penny

Farthing stamp sets

● Peacock Feathers, Worn

Lipstick, Aged Mahogany &

Chipped Sapphire Ranger

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink

● Antique Linen Ranger Tim

Holtz Distress Ink

● white Posca paint pen

● ink-blending brushes

● distressing tool

● water spritzer

● heat tool

● masking tape

● 3D foam pads

● stamping platform

Simply make

1 Tape the stencil onto

mixed-media cardstock

and lightly brush shades of

Distress Oxide Ink across

in diagonal strokes. Lift

off the stencil and spritz

liberally with water then tap

the cardstock against a

surface to make the wet ink

move a little. Remove the

excess liquid with kitchen

paper and use a heat tool

● Best of British A4 stamp

set & stencil with Creative

Stamping issue 84

● Onyx Black & Smoky Gray

VersaFine inkpads

to thoroughly dry the

cardstock.

2 Trim the panel to leave

a narrow border then

blend Antique Linen ink

around the edge. Use a

distressing tool to add

texture to the edges and

rub Chipped Sapphire ink

around each one. Tap the

paint pen over the panel to

add white splashes across

it. Dry thoroughly.

3 Stamp the Penny Farthing

and gentlemen in Onyx

Black ink as shown. Use

Smoky Gray ink to stamp

the background elements:

the lamp posts, lion and

Big Ben. Add a sentiment

in black.

4 Dry the stamped images

using a heat tool then matt

and layer onto navy and

pale blue cardstock using

3D foam pads.

5 Blend Antique Linen

Distress Ink around the

edge of the card blank

before adding the

stamped panel to  nish.