Create a Beautiful Chick Card with Stencils

Would you like to experiment with a design like this? You’ll find a supply list below, including a link to the stencil I used from A Colorful Life Designs.  Follow the link and use the discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.25 x 10.5, scored and folded at 5.25

Black Border Layer: 5 x 5

Card Face: 4 ⅞ x 4 7/8

Card Face:

• I placed the card face on my work surface, positioned the stencil and secured it with low-tack tape.  (I find that my grip mat doesn’t work well with these larger cards, as there isn’t enough margin to stick well.)   
• I used light green ink over all exposed areas.
• I stamped the circular image in the middle of the background and cut it out with a die that was just slightly larger.
• I used my scissors to roughen up the edges of both the card face and the circular die cut.

Other:

• I die cut the pieces of the chick from white cardstock and pressed them into yellow or orange ink pads to create the colours.  (I used a fineliner to colour the oh-so-tiny eyes.)
• I cut two of the signs and glued them together.  I added the stamped sentiment as shown.

Assembly

• I assembled the chick and put her aside to dry.
• I glued the black border layer to the card base and placed the card face on top.
• I glued the die-cut circle back into the center and then added the chick on top.
• I trimmed the bottom of the sign into a curve,  and then glued it into place against the chick’s wing.
• I added orange spatter to the card face.
• I added orange card bling to the finished card, starting at the top-left corner and ending at the bottom-right corner.

Final Thoughts:

I wasn’t certain how I wanted to use this stencil ,  so I pondered a bit, and then played a bit.

I’m super happy with how it turned out.

Supplies: (and links where possible)

   I have listed the products I have used and where to purchase them. It’s a huge marketplace, and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil:  Lines and Dots,  A Colorful Life Designs

Dies:

Chicken:  Chicken Fiona,  Joy Crafts,  Frantic Stamper

Sign:  Stampin’ Up!  (retired)

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up! 

Versafine Onyx, Simon Says Stamp

Adhesive: Tombow Aqua, Michaels

 Recollections 110 lb., Michaels

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Lines and Dots