Hello crafty friends! Davina here, with a classic, yet still fun, scene using their recent March release. I know often I try hard to make super exciting and interactive cards. But sometimes I really crave a classic card, using pretty and fundamental skills, and lots of stamped images to create a heartfelt greeting.
I wanted to use the adorably round raccoons from the latest release, and couldn’t decide between the two sizes. The ability to hold things in their hands make the larger ones a no brainer, but the teeny agenda ones are just full of too much cuteness to pass on. I think I spent more time trying to think of the perfect punny sentiment than I did coloring, but in the end I settled on the “Partners in Crime” theme. I wanted to make another “bookish” card so the “Partners in Crime” evolved into True-Crime.
I began by stamping images from Playful Raccoons and Little Raccoon Agenda for the main focus. Next, I found books and pillow images in the Keep Cozy stamp set that were the perfect accessories. I colored in my images before using the coordinating dies to cut everything out. Next, I got out my brushes and inked up a sherbet inspired combination using colors like Saltwater Taffy and Scattered Straw. I intentionally blended to white leaving the bottom 1/3 portion white so i could stamp my sentiment.
With the new Personal Letters alphabet stamps, I stamped True Crime directly onto the panel. Then using a smaller alphabet stamps I created a banner with the beginning of the sentiment. I mounted my ink blended panel onto some subtle text paper and then arranged and adhered my images using a variety of glue and foam dots. I stamped some small bookish sentiments into some speech bubbles using Storybook Sayings and Simple Friends Bubbles. I popped those up on foam dots so they would balance out the heavier bottom.
As a finishing touch I added teeny gold stars onto the scene, loving how the gold highlighted the gold foil text on the patterned paper background. This ended up being very classy and perfect for an adult friend in my opinion. And I loved that it wouldn’t be too difficult for someone to replicate if they felt inspired to do so.
Thank you so much for stopping by, and I hope you are inspired to be creative with your new stamps! Davina