Adorable Animal Cards

YOU WILL NEED:
Hunkydory Adorable Animal Digi Stamps
Alcohol markers
Paper pad, Lawn Fawn Really Rainbow 6” x 6”
Dies: large stitched rectangles, sentiments, circle
Stamps, sentiments
Inks: Ranger Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac; Hero Arts Intense Black; VersaMark
Embossing powder: WOW! Super Fine Bright White
Pen, white gel
Acetate
Tools: anti-static, water spritzer, heat, blending
Adhesives: double-sided tape, glue pen, wet glue

Birthday Wishes
Cut white cardstock, 12.5cm x 12.5cm. Apply Tumbled Glass distress ink to a piece of acetate, spritz with water, then apply to the right-hand side of the card. Dry off with a heat tool. Add the panel to the front of a white blank of the same size. Fix rainbow paper, 4cm x 12.5cm, down the left-hand side of the card with double-sided tape. Stamp a sentiment in the top-right corner with black ink. Print the elephant digi stamp onto white cardstock, then colour using alcohol markers. Cut out and add to the greeting with glue. Adhere a couple of gems to the right-hand corners.

Sweet Wishes
Die cut a large stitched rectangle from white cardstock. Cover with Salty Ocean distress ink using a blending tool. Spritz the background with water, then dab off the excess with a clean paper towel. Adhere the panel to the centre of a slightly larger white blank. Print off the sea creature digl stamp onto white cardstock and colour in. Cut out the whale and two small fish, then adhere with wet glue. Draw bubbles using a white gel pen. Die cut a sentiment as desired and adhere. Treat black cardstock with an anti-static tool, then stamp another sentiment onto it with VersaMark ink. Pour over white embossing powder, shake the excess back into the tub, then heat set. Cut the sentiment down to size, then add underneath the die-cut word. Add clear gems to the top-left corner.

A Very Happy Birthday
Make a 10cm x 15cm white blank. Cut a panel of lilac paper slightly smaller, then adhere to the centre. Next, cut a panel of rainbow paper to 9cm x 12cm. Adhere at an angle using double-sided tape. Print off the sausage dog digi stamp onto white cardstock, then trim down to 9cm x 12cm. Colour in, then blend Shaded Lilac ink around the edges using a blending tool. Stamp a sentiment in the top-right corner using black ink, then add the whole panel onto the card front at the opposite angle to the rainbow piece. Apply gems into the corners of the image panel to complete.

Celebrate
Matt blue striped paper onto a 10cm x 15cm white blank. Print the giraffe digi stamp onto white cardstock. Colour in with alcohol markers, then cut the image down to 8.5cm x 13cm, adding it to the centre of the card front at an angle. Stamp a sentiment onto white cardstock in black. Trim, leaving a white outline, then add to a slightly larger piece of black cardstock. Fix to the card front. Finish with clear gems in the outer corners.

Hello Friend
Cut white cardstock slightly smaller than a white 10cm x 17.5cm blank and colour the whole piece using Twisted Citron ink and a blending tool. Spritz the panel with water, dabbing off the excess with a clean paper towel. Die cut four circles from the panel as shown. Print the monster digi stamps onto white cardstock, then colour using alcohol markers. Cut out and secure the monsters to the back of the panel within the circle apertures and secure with tape. Adhere the panel to the centre of the blank. Die cut ‘Hello’ and ‘Friend’ from white and black cardstock. Adhere the black die-cuts onto the card front, then add the white ones on top and offset them to create a shadow. Add clear gems in the top-left and bottom-right corners.

Sweet
Print the duck digi stamp onto white cardstock, then colour in. Cut the image panel down to 9cm x 11cm, ensuring there is room for die cutting at the bottom. Die cut a word from the bottom of the panel, then adhere green cardstock behind. Add the main panel into the centre of a slightly larger card blank. Add a couple of clear gems to the top corners to finish.

You Brighten My Day
Make a 12.5cm square white blank and matt with rainbow stripes paper. Print the animal ark digi stamp onto white cardstock and colour it in. Cut down the panel to 9.5cm x 10cm, then back onto a slightly larger piece of black. Add the whole panel to the centre of the card front. Treat black cardstock with an anti-static tool, then stamp a sentiment onto it with VersaMark ink. Cover with white embossing powder, shake the excess back into the pot, then heat-set. Trim and fix to the greeting with double-sided tape. Add gems into the outer corners to finish.