Singing Squirrel Card

Happy Friday! :o)

Today I want to share with you this CAS (clean and Simple), Singing Squirrel Card that I made last month for a friend crafter. :o)

To make this card, I used stamps from two super cute stamp sets: images from Gerda Steiner Designs 'Happy Fall with Squirrel' stamp set and a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set.

I stamped a squirrel on a watercolor paper and colored her in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the squirrel and traced edges with black marker.

Then I stamped the sentiment and another squirrel on a white cardstock paper panel and colored the squirrel in black. I softened the watercolored squirrel with a stylus ball on a soft working mat and glued her over the black one. Then I stamped music notes on the panel, as the squirrel is singing Happy Birthday to her. :o)

I glued foam tape and foam sheet scraps on the panel and glued the panel on a white top folded card base. Lastly, I glued another white cardstock paper panel inside the card base to make the card sturdier. :o)

Card dimensions: 98 mm x 142 mm (3 7/8" x 5 5/8"")

List of supplies:

• Gerda Steiner Designs 'Happy Fall with Squirrel' stamp set (images)
• Jane's Doodles 'Belated Birthday' stamp set (sentiment)
• white cardstock paper (card base, panels)
• watercolor paper
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Tea Dye
• Vintage Photo
• Walnut Stain
• Stabilo Fibre Tip Pen (Markers), Black 68/46
• UHU universal glue
• 3-D foam sheet scraps, 2 mm thick
• foam tape, 2 mm thick
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• scissors
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• stylus ball
• soft working mat

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka