Christine Bertram
http://stampinup.com/ECWEB/?DBWSDEMOID=2127905 chrismbertram@msn.com |
Cactus Jack with Flowering Desert |
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Cutting & Scoring:
• Granny Apple Green – 5 ½“ x 8 ½“, scored at 4 ¼“
• Whisper White (inside matte) – 5 ¼” x 4”
• Melon Mambo – 1 ¾” x 4 5/8”
• Whisper White – 4 ¼” x 3” + scrap for cactus jack
• Twine – 12”
Instructions:
• Fold card base in half and burnish with the bone folder
• Stamp the little seed looking things in Granny Apple Green on the left and right side of the card front
• Punch a flower out of the piece of Melon Mambo
• Using the Big Shot, emboss the Melon Mambo piece using the Corrugated EF (spritz with a little water first)
• Adhere this layer to the card front using liquid glue
• Using the Big Shot, die cut the layering rectangle out of the piece of Whisper White
• Stamp cactus jack on the scrap of Whisper White using Shaded Spruce ink and fussy cut him
• Stamp cactus jack on your inside Whisper White matte on the bottom righthand corner
• Wrap the Basic Black Baker’s twine around twice and tie a pretty bow in the front, set aside
• Stamp two agave plants on the Whisper White rectangle with Call Me Clover ink as shown in the pic-ture
• Stamp the sections of the prickly cactus in Granny Apple Green as shown in the picture
• Stamp the bush thing in Blushing Bride as shown in the picture
• Stamp a sentiment in Memento ink on the right side of the rectangle
• Adhere this layer to the card front using dimensionals
• Adhere cactus jack to the card front using dimensionals
• Adhere the Melon Mambo flower to cactus jack using a mini dimensional
• Place a clear rhinestone on the Melon Mambo flower
• Stamp a sentiment on the inside Whisper White matte using Memento ink
• Attach the inside Whisper White matte to the inside of the card using liquid glue