Happy Wednesday! It’s the first day of November and I am on the Seven Hills Crafts blog today with a colourful critters jungle gym card that can be used for a variety of occasions. I’ve had the MFT Jungle Gym set for a while and I challenged myself to combine it with a Christmas stamp. It didn’t quite turn out the way I planned, but then the best cards never do!
Jungle Gym Card Tutorial
I started out by stamping the cute swinging monkey/tiger and bird from the MFT Jungle Gym set onto some Copic friendly paper with some MFT Black Licorice Hybrid ink. Then I coloured them in with my Copic markers using at least three shade for each colour to get some depth. I tried to stick to the brighter, warmer colours as I knew the background would be cooler blues. I cut these out with the coordinating dies, added a few accents with a white gel pen and a layer of clear Wink of Stella. I mounted these with some foam tape and set aside to work on the background.
To make the background, I blended some Faded Jeans, Broken China and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink. Then I spritzed some water onto the ink and dried with a paper towel to give that wonderful chalky finish. I trimmed it down so it was just smaller than the A6 side-folding cardbase and adhered it at a jaunty angle. Finally, I used a white gel pen to draw on faux stitching around the outside.
For the sentiment, I used the ‘for you’ from the MFT Hand Lettered Christmas set. I stamped it out with some black ink and fussy cut around the sentiment. I used my white gel pen to add some highlights on the left and top sides of each letter. I then also mounted this with foam tape and adhered to the background in line with the tiger’s feet. A few crystal clear sequins helps to give the impression of movement for the swing.
This makes a nice little all-occasions jungle gym card I can add to my stash!
Thanks for reading, catch you next week.
Supplies
Please see below for information on the supplies used in this post. Please note, affiliate links* are used at no cost to you!
- My Favorite Things Jungle Gym Stamp Set (Seven Hills Crafts)
- My Favorite Things Jungle Gym Coordinating Dies (Seven Hills Crafts)
- Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink (Seven Hills Crafts, Simon Says Stamp*)
- Broken China Distress Oxide Ink (Seven Hills Crafts, Simon Says Stamp*)
- Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide Ink (Seven Hills Crafts, Simon Says Stamp*)
- Clear Wink of Stella Pen (Seven Hills Crafts, Simon Says Stamp*)
- MFT Black Licorice Hybrid ink (Seven Hills Crafts)
- My Favorite Things Hand Lettered Christmas (Seven Hills Crafts)
That’s just an awesome card !