humour Archives - Written In Ink

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 discount code ChrisFan10 to save 10% on your entire order! (Master Creator Bundles are excluded as they already have a 20% discount built in.)

I never feel that my day is something to chirp about until I’m caffeinated!

Let’s get Started:

Card Base: 5.5 x 8.5, scored and folded at 4.25

Card Face: 5.25 x 4.25

Card Face:

I placed the card face in my stamp positioner and stamped the focal image a couple of times with black Memento ink.
I coloured the image with alcohol markers. This caffeinated fella is ready to take center stage on the card!
After laying the card face on the Grip Mat, I positioned the stencil, using a brayer to ensure good contact with the sticky surface of the mat.
I applied navy blue and teal ink across the exposed areas on the stencil, taking care to avoid the coloured image.

Other:

I looked through my sentiment binder and found this pair – they are perfectly suited to the image!

Assembly

I glued the card face to the card base,centering the vertical edges.
I created faux borders on the card by using a blue marker and a ruler. (The marker matched one of the blues used on the bird.)
I glued the sentiments in place as shown.
I drew brackets around the sentiment on the bottom, using a black fineliner.

Final Thoughts:

It’s odd what I don’t see when creating a card: for instance, I see now that I forgot to create the outer border on the left of the card! I will fix that up before sending it on.

I love this sentiment, and I like the concept of the brackets around the second half of it, but if I recreate this card I will handwrite that one as I don’t like the combination of hand drawn brackets with the glued on sentiment.

(but now that this fella is fully caffeinated, he’ll have more of a chance of remembering that question, LOL.)

Supplies: (and links where possible)

I have listed which products I have used, and where they may be purchased. It’s a huge marketplace and in most instances, there are multiple sources and many alternatives to choose from.

Stencil: Square Swirl, A Colorful Life Designs

Waffle Flower Grip Mat, 8.5 x 6.5, Scrapbook.com

Stamps:

Coffee Doodle Doo, Unity Stamps

Simple Strips, Coffee: Taylored Expressions

Dies: Simple Strips Die, Taylored Expressions

Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Blending Brushes: Stampin’ Up!

Memento Ink: Stampin’ Up!

Alcohol Markers:

Stampin’ Blends: Stampin’ Up!

Copics: Wallacks