This past weekend I participated in my friend Kevin Theesen's Summer Online Retreat. I showed how to make simplified version of this tunnel, or some may say theater, card with the Musical Jamboree stamp set. It's really fairly simple and I just love the whimsical look that these animals get when they get to use papers from Thoughtful Journey as a background. One of the retreat participants mentioned that the characters reminded her of the Country Bear Jamboree at Disneyland.
- For this card I colored and fussy cut all of the animals plus the campfire from the set. For each of the animals I put down a base of Stampin' Blends in either Smoky Slate of Crumb Cake and then added more dimension and "fur" using Watercolor Pencils - without water.
- The background is Thoughtful Journey Designer Series paper.
- I used the woods die from the Grassy Grove dies. It's really important to do the scoring before doing the die cutting because it will be harder to score on the skinny trees. For this particular greeting, it is easier to get it centered by putting the space between "we belong" and "together".
- Construction details are given below for the simplified card:
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Measurements: Gray Granite Card Stock: (2)8 1/2” x 5 1/2” (half sheets), 2 scraps for animals
Petunia Pop: scrap (for bandana), Thoughtful Journey DSP: 1 - 6” x 6” piece -
Score one of the half sheets of Gray Granite at 4 1/4” for A2 card base. Wait to fold this until embossing is finished.
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Emboss the coyote image in white in the lower right front of the card - in portrait orientation. Emboss another coyote and the badger on the Gray Granite scraps. Emboss the coyote’s head with bandana twice on the Petunia Pop scrap.
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Trim the 2 animals and bandanas that were embossed on the scraps. Attach the bandanas to each of the coyotes. Set aside.
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Emboss “You’re a great friend” in the upper middle of the DSP as shown. Trim 5/8” from each side. Score the DSP with the greeting vertically through the greeting. Reserve the trimmed strips.
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Fold the DSP as scored and attach to the inside of the Gray Granite card base. I apply adhesive to the back of the right edge, align the folds of the DSP and the card base interior and then fold the card to attach. Repeat this with the left side.
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Score the second Gray Granite half sheet at 2 1/8”, 4 1/4”, and 6 3/8”.
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Using the 7th largest deckled circle die cut a circle out of the upper center of sheet in step 4 - landscape orientation. This should be 1/2” - 1” from the top and equidistant between the 2 1/8” and 6 3/8” score lines.
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Fold the piece from the previous step so that the middle line is a mountain fold and the side score lines become valley folds. Apply adhesive to the back of the right side (landscape orientation) and line this up to the right edge of the open card base. With this inner section folded, apply adhesive to the left edge and fold the card aver this to finish adhering the two layers of the card.
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Attach the badger and the coyote to the lower part of the inside circle as shown. Take care to place the coyote so that it is entirely in the 3rd quadrant of the inner card so that it won’t bend when the card is folded. Attach the reserved DSP strips about 1/8” in from the edge of each side of the open card.
Here is one more version with the Country Woods DSP:
- The card and coyote are done with Gray Granite Cardstock
- This time I did my embossing in Black. I think just stampin in black might work too.
- The greeting is from the Simply Said stamp set.
- I colored the banjo and did just a bit of shading with the watercolor pencils - again with no water. You do need to use a rather gentle touch with the pencils or you risk pushing off the embossing.
Since I've already done another Musical Jamboree post I'll add a few more cards that I've done here. This set is so much fun but I really need to get to work with some other new sets!
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These two cards use the set, Under the Moon along with blending brushes. I like to use Lemon Lolly for the moon, mask it, and go around it with Pool Party, Azure Afternoon, Blueberry Bushel and a bit of Night of Navy. By starting with light colors it looks like the moon is lighting the sky.
Don't you think this is a fun set? As I was coming up with ideas for card sketches and colors I worked to develop two different Pinterest Boards. The first is called Character Card Sketches and will give you ideas for cards that feature characters of many types with they are humans, animals or even made of snow. The second board is Musical Jamboree Inspiration. This board has 1) cards made with this set and 2)non-card animal art that give ideas for settings and colors that might work with this set. As you can see there are more ideas than I will ever have time to use so I hope you might find them useful too!
The two other blog posts of mine that feature this set:
Benji Meets Kubel - the card with stripes
Musical Jamboree and Thoughtful Journey Designer Series Paper
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