I needed a baby card, so thought animals would be cute for a baby boy. Some time ago I saw a “balcony card” with 2 levels and decided to make a larger one with 3 levels and have since made many variations of this card for different occasions. It’s always a hit.
The White card at the front is 23cm x 4cm and scored at 11.5cm as well as 1cm at each end.
The middle white layer is 18cm x 7cm and scored at 9cm and 1 cm at each end.
The back white layer is 12cm x 12cm, scored at 6cm and 1cm at each end.
The 1cm flaps on each end is where each piece attaches to the card.
The Granny Apple Green card (#147014) is cut as follows and you require 2 of each size.
The front layer is 10cm x 3.5cm
The middle layer is 6.5 x 7.5 cm
The back layer is 11.5cm x 4.5cm
The base is 13.9cm x 9.5 cm.
The DSP is from the Oh So Ombre Designer Series Paper (#155225) from Sale-a-bration. Again you need 2 of each and are cut the following sizes-
Middle layer - 11cm x 4cm
Back Layer - 11cm x 4cm
Base - 13.4cm x 9cm.
I dry embossed the DSP with the retired Layered Leaves Embossing folder.
I stamped the sentiments onto Whisper White card then cut with the Stitched Rectangles Dies (#151820). “Sweetest Baby” is from the Wildly Happy Stamp set (#149408). The elephant and foxes are from the same set. “Congratulations” is from the Peaceful Moments stamp set (#151595). The sentiments were stamped with Granny Apple Green ink (#147095).
The Zebra is from the Zany Zebras stamp set (#152536) and the giraffes, rhino and kangaroo are from the retired Animal Outing stamp set. All the animals were stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (#132708). I have coloured the animals with the following Stampin’ Blends - Smokey Slate (#154904), Crumb Cake (#154882), Pumpkin Pie (#154897) and Ivory (#154922). I used the Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush (#141897) on parts of the animals.
The rhino, giraffes and kangaroo were cut with the co-ordinating Animal Friends dies (retired) and the others were fussy cut.
The leaves are cut with dies from the Forever Flourishing dies (#152714) and dies from the Boho Indigo Product Medley (#153132).
When attaching each layer onto the card I find the easiest way is to lay the card flat. Have all the pieces assembled for the layers. Use a bone folder on all the scored lines and attach the 1cm flaps to the card using Tear & Tape Adhesive (#138995). The animals and leaves were attached after the rest of the card was assembled. I have used Stampin’ Dimensionals (#104430) and Mini Glue Dots (#103683) to attach the animals, leaves and sentiments to the card.
The card will lay flat when completed.
Have a great day!!
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