Quokka Easter Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card features products from Kat Scrappiness's Easter release. Aren't these quokkas cute?  I have linked these products below in case you are interested.

I stamped the images on cream cardstock. I colored the images using Tim Holtz Distress crayons. I used a dry technique of watercoloring the images. Despite using a heavy cardstock, this paper is not resilient to water compared to a water color cardstock.

After the pigments have dried, I die cut the images using its coordinating die set. I set these die cuts aside.

I trimmed a green Easter patterned paper at 1 1/2" x 8". I applied a double stick adhesive on this wide strip of patterned paper on the side that I will be using as a background for the quokkas. I burnished this double adhesive tape to the patterned paper wide strip with a bone folder. I removed the release paper and poured Elizabeth Crafts Microfine Cool Glitter over the adhesive. I burnished the glitter to the adhesive by rubbing my finger all over the glittered strip. This glitter changes to a shiny finish after burnishing it. I gently rubbed off the excess glitter with a Swiffer dry sweeping cloth. I cut this strip into 1 1/2" x 2", creating four glittered rectangles.

I adhered the Quokkas to each glittered rectangle with liquid glue, applying something heavy on top of it while the glue dries. I rounded one corner using a We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. The corner I chose to corner punch is in relation to how the rectangle will be laid out on the panel. 

Working on the sentiment, I die cut the word 'happy' on white cardstock. The sentiment die I used is the Kat Scrappiness Happy Birthday Word with Shadow die. I strategically die cut the word 'happy' only. I die cut these three times. The words 'happy birthday' are connected. I did a bit of surgery to separate the words. I adhered the sentiment on top of each other for a dimensional look. 

For the other half of the sentiment, I die cut a banner die on white cardstock. I only need a short banner. I used the partial die cutting technique to create a short banner. The banner die I used created a score mark where you can fold it. The KS Stitched Fishtail Banner die does not create score marks but you can just score the ends depending on how long or short you want the folded piece to be. 

Folding the banner before stamping the sentiment is very helpful in centering the sentiment. I tried stamping the sentiment without folding the banner and I seem to have a hard time centering it. Unlike when I folded it, I can see the score marks better so centering the sentiment was easier.

I pieced in the banner back to the negative cut and temporarily adhered this with a non-tacky tape. Using a Misti Stamping Tool, I positioned this panel to one of the corner of the Misti. I positioned the sentiment, centering the word 'Easter' on the banner. I prepped the banner with anti-static power. I covered the word 'happy' with tape, then inked the word 'Easter' with a pink dye ink. I removed the inked tape and replaced it with a new one just to be sure that I won't stamp the word 'happy' to the banner. I repeated this process another time with the ink pink. After I cleaned the stamp, I repeated the above process using Versamark ink. I poured clear embossing powder to the sentiment then heat set it. 

I trimmed a lined pink patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I added details to the patterned paper by adding pink lines to the existing white lines on the panel. I alternated the white line with the pink line. I adhered the glittered rectangles to this panel. I used a T-ruler to aid me with aligning the squares. I think an L-ruler will also be useful for this purpose.

I adhered the banner to the bottom of the 'happy' die cut. I adhered this to the center of the rectangles. I applied something heavy on top of this while the glue dries up. 

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used and can be used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this/these product/s. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products, and their new release. They also have an ongoing Shaker Kits & Embellishments sale until today. So, hurry!

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