MARBLED CHICK

I have another TUTORIAL for you! 

Since Easter is only a little over a month away, I thought an Easter card was in order. The chick from the Honeycomb Happiness set, one of the Sale-A-Bration freebies, is perfect for sending Easter wishes.

Topping the sassy chick's "egg" with flowers created with the Botanical Builders Framelits Dies -- PERFECT! The little leaves are cut from Cotton Paper (page 148 in the big catalog).

I realize that the Sale-A-Bration Perfectly Artistic DSP is now no longer available, but the marbled appearance of one side of all the papers gives you a chick with a different look each time you stamp and cut him out!

For the stenciled-look background, I used -- for the FIRST time! -- the Happy Patterns Decorative Masks. Instead of using the spritzer, however, I simply sponged on my color.

And then you can see that I used black and white Baker's Twine to twist around the sponged piece. I love how this echoes the black outline on the chick.

Here is the tutorial I promised you.

SUPPLIES:

Honeycomb Happiness stamp set (Sale-A-Bration brochure, page 15)

Melon Mambo cardstock

Whisper White cardstock

Crushed Curry cardstock

Cucumber Crush Cotton Paper

Perfectly Artistic DSP (retired from SAB brochure)

Black ink

Crushed Curry ink

Melon Mambo Stampin' Write Marker

Paper Snips

Big Shot

Botanical Builder Framelits Dies (page 26 in the Occasions Catalog)

Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits

Oval Collections Framelits

Basic Black Baker's Twine

Happy Patterns Decorative Masks (page 157 of the big catalog)

Stampin' Sponge

Stampin' Dimensionals

INSTRUCTIONS:

Fold a 5 ½” x 8 ½” piece of Melon Mambo cardstock in half, 

creasing it well with a bone folder.

Do background stenciling on a piece of Whisper White cardstock measuring 4” x 5 ¼”: 

Holding the Happy Patterns Decorative Mask firmly in place over the cardstock,

sponge with Crushed Curry through the stencil.

Wrap a piece of Black Bakers Twine around this piece,

crisscrossing so the ends spread as in the sample.

Tape the ends to the back.

Adhere this piece to the card base.

Cut a panel from Crushed Curry using the 3” x 4” die 

from the Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits.

Adhere this over the Bakers Twine.

From Whisper White, using the Ovals Collection Framelits, 

cut an oval that measures 2 ¼” x 3”.

In black ink, stamp the chick towards the bottom of the oval 

so you have room to add the three flowers at the top.

On a scrap of the yellow Perfectly Artistic DSP, stamp the chick once again in black.

Cut out the chick, omitting his feet.

Adhere the patterned chick over the stamped chick on the oval,

letting the first chick’s feet stick out.

Color the feet and the beak with a Melon Mambo Stampin’ Write Marker.

With the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies, cut three of the small flower from Melon Mambo.

Cut three of the twisty centers from Crushed Curry Cardstock.

Use the small leaf die to cut two leaves from the Cucumber Crush Cotton Paper.

Glue the flowers together.

Adhere the leaves to one of the petals of two of the flowers.

Adhere the flowers around the top of the oval, with the leaves pointing downward.

Add one of the smallest Basic Pearls to the center of each of the flowers.

Stamp “Happy Easter” inside the card in Melon Mambo ink.

Marbled

Smiles.