High Sierra Happy Birthday

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Bendi cards are so fun to make!

Today I've featured the new Stamp and die sentiment sets!

Elaborate Birthday Die Elaborate Birthday Stamp Set Create a ‘scape Backcountry Die Create a ‘scape Backcountry Stamp Set Create a ‘scape Wilderness Die Create a ‘scape Wilderness Stamp Set Create a ‘scape Trout Lake Die Create a ‘scape Trout Lake Stamp Set Create a ‘scape Nature Die Create a ‘scape Nature Stamp Set Wilderness Retreat Paper Collection Woodsy Critters Die Woodsy Critters Stamp Set Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Metal Tip for Adhesive Bottle Dries Clear Adhesive Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter Go Man Go Prills I Cannot Tell A Lilac Prills Minnie Pearl Pearls Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50-White Other products: White cardstock, Dark green cardstock, Acrylic Shimmer additive, Brilliance Copper Ink, Copic Markers: C1, C2, C3, C5, W1, W3, W5, E53, E31, E33, E35, E97, E99, E51,E93,YR04, R43, R24, R39, G94, YG63, YG03, YG17, YG05, B91 ,93, B41, YR82 Card size: 6 X 6 3/4".  Make card base from dark green cardstock: Back is 6 X 6”, side flaps are 3 1/2 X 6” and 4 1/2 X 6”.  Score 1/2" on 1 side of both flaps, fold down and score well.  Draw a line on the other side of both at 1/4" then drawn in a tab (both flaps).  Cut away above and below each tab (to reinforce tabs glue acrylic packaging [like dies are packaged in normally] over the tab and inward about 1”, this will be covered by paper later).  Make a slot for the right flap in the back at 1 1/2"from left side by lining up the bottom of flap and back then drawing a line at the top and bottom of the tab made earlier.  Use a ruler and craft knife to cut.  Make a slot for the left flap into the right side flap at 2” from right side using the same method of lining up the bottoms then drawing lines at top and bottom of tab.  (Nothing is glued together at this point because side flaps still have to be die cut with the mountains).  Using 2 pieces of the same paper design, cut panels for the inside back and both flaps (a continuous lake used in this sample). Save the sky for the inside mountains (die cut only because they are backwards) and for the die cut base of the large sentiment.  The outside of the flaps are stamped scenes pieced together.  Start with the mountains, you need 5 1/2" of mountains on each side so you have to stamp it once then mask the end and stamp again to lengthen mountains.  When you die cut, be careful to only cut the tops not too far down so that you keep mountains together.  You will want each mountain scape to be the width and height of the side flaps.  Die cut a piece of sky paper along with the stamped mountains so that you have mountains for the inside of flaps (add a little color to make them look more like mountain ridges).  Now place the die cut mountains on the dark green flaps then draw a line on cardstock, now cut the dark green cardstock flaps to match mountains.  Color the mountains and tree line then color the rest of the panel green to blend in with other stamped elements.  Glue the backward mountains on then glue the inside decorative paper lake on both side and the back. Now glue each flap to the back panel (in back) using the 1/2" scored tab. To finish the inside: Stamp the ducks and 2 extra ducks, the deer set, bunny, squirrel, 2 cardinals, 2 sets of cattails and pine tree using Tuxedo Black, color with Copic markers. Glue deer over paper deer, bunny and squirrel on far left, ducks to the back right side.  Glue cattails where needed. Die cut large sentiment base from dark green (as well as the sky colored decorative paper die cut, glue them together then glue to the back panel over hanging top of back by about 3/4".  Stamp and die cut sentiment using black then glue it to the sentiment base layer.  Sponge copper ink on the edges of the sentiment base. Now glue the cardinals top right and bottom left of sentiment base, glue 1 extra duck to the bottom right and the other extra duck on top of scene duck.  Add white and lavender Prills to the ground sections. To finish the outside (front) of flaps: Stamp 2 sets of deer, Trout Lake, extra trees of Trout Lake, flowers, rock landscapes, die cut and color all with Copics.  For the right side, glue the Trout Lake extra trees, deer, flowers (cut apart) and rock landscapes and 1 deer piecing together to look best. For the left flap, glue more extra trees, rock landscapes, flowers and 3 deer.   Add Prills to the bottoms of both flaps.  Glitter mountain ridges and lakes inside and out, glitter Happy Birthday panel. Tuck small tabs into the slots to close card, card stands while closed because of the bowed front.

My second card uses another of the new 

sentiment stamps and dies.

Large Garden Zinnia Die Small Garden Zinnia Die Large Garden Zinnia Stamp Set Small Garden Zinnia Stamp Set Large 3D Zinnia Shaping Mold Small 3D Zinnia Shaping Mold Summer’s Garden Paper Collection 3D Leafy Accents Shaping Mold Leafy Accents Die Leafy Accents Stamp Set Groove Golf Tool Set Decorative Circle Frames Die Eyelet Circle & Basics Small Die Fancy Special Day Die Fancy Special Day Stamp Set Archival Ink-Majestic Violet Archival Ink-Buttercup Archival Ink-Cactus Flower Archival Ink-Leaf Green Archival Ink-Fern Green 3-D Crystal Lacquer Metal Tip for Adhesive Bottle Dries Clear Adhesive Rajni Chawla’s Crystal Clear Crystal Ultrafine Transparent Glitter Go Man Go Prills Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper Pack of 50-White Other products: White cardstock, Acrylic Shimmer additive, Fun Foam sheet For more tips on creating with the flower shaping molds, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/FSdPL7nXvQE. For more ideas on creating with the 5 x 7 Decorative Frame Dies, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/qdBFA5VpmSo Card size: 4 3/4 X 6 3/4".  See video for making shaped cards then cut another front from purple decorative paper.  Cute large decorative die from white also from Fun Foam sheet.  Cut 2 eyelet circles from the die set from purple decorative paper and 1 circle in between eyelet circle sizes out of white along with another Fun Foam sheet circle to fit.  Stamp sentiment using Majestic Violet, die cut and die cut sentiment base from white.  Stack all layers together and glue. Tip, when using foam sheets for dimension, after gluing, lay a book or something with weight on top so that it dries nice and flat, if needed put a piece of wax paper on top before book so that nothing sticks). Stamp medium and small zinnia using Majestic Violet, sponge with the same plus some Cactus flower in the centers.  Stamp smallest zinnia again using Buttercup, sponge with Buttercup, die cut all the flowers, shape in molds.  Use Groove Golf tool for shaping the tubular yellow centers of the zinnia (larger flower).  Glue 4-5 layers together for each flower and fill centers with Prills.  Stamp leaves with Fern Green, sponge with Leaf Green, die cut, shape in the leaf mold then cut apart to use as needed.  Arrange flowers and leaves on the right and left sides of the circle with sentiment.  Glitter the card front and use Rajni’s Crystal Clear to glitter the flowers. Thanks for visiting today! Robin Psalms 139:23-24 23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.