The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Summer Splash card stock for the layer. And on top of that is a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock.
For the diamond shape on the Basic White layer I made a template. I don't know if there's a diamond shape die cut, I am not familiar with all of the Stampin' Up! products. So making a template was the best way to go for me. Here's how I made mine. I took a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of copier paper and I folded it in half on the long side. I opened it up and folded it on the short side. You want to open it up because just folding it in half and then folding the half in half will cause the piece to shift a bit. I opened the piece up. On the long side I made a mark 3/8" in on each side and on the short side (top and bottom) I made a mark 1/2" in. I set the piece in my paper cutter and cut from mark to mark. Then I took this template and set it on top of a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of card stock and traced the diamond and then I cut it out. I wanted a stiffer template plus one that didn't have fold marks on it. I didn't want to take any chances on the ink going under the copier paper. Once the template was done I lined it up with a 3-3/4" x 5" piece of Basic White card stock and colored it in using my Blending Brush and Summer Splash ink. After reading about the making of the original card, Balmy Blue was used for the diamond. Either one works.
The only things I bought for the in colors is ink pads and card stock. I don't purchase the Blending Brushes or markers, it's just too expensive. So since I didn't have the Summer Splash marker I used my Coastal Cabana marker and it matched well enough that no one will notice the color difference.
Once the diamond was done being stitched around I stamped the hearts.
The dino and balloon from the "Darling Dinos" bundle. I stamped them using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. Using the matching dies I cut them out.
I took my Blender pen and colored the dino in using Summer Splash ink. I did have the Lemon Lime Twist Blends Pen so I colored in the rest of the dino using it.
The balloon was colored in using Petunia Pop ink. I still had my Blender pen out so I thought I'd use it. I forgot how fun it was to use the Blender pen.
Dimensionals were added behind the dino and balloon and it was set in place on the front of the card. I took my Basic Black marker and drew the balloon string.
The words are from the same set and were stamped using Summer Splash ink. I cut them out using a die from the "Stylish Shapes" set. I snipped the left side to make it fit the card.
For the embellishments I had some very old rain drops so I thought I'd use them. The two in the diamond blended well enough but the one on the white part didn't so I took my Blender pen and made little "Summer Splash" circles. I glued the rain drops to them and the color came through and it looks SO much better. I'm so happy I figured that out because I have lots of rain drops to use up!
This was a fun card to make. I love dinosaurs and these little guys are SO cute!
Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's children's birthday card,
Wanda
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