Phamtastic Design: Whimsy Stamps

Hello there! Was it just me?... what happened to July? 🤔 To kick off August and cap off shark week (an annual pop-culture event dedicated to shark theme programs on the Discovery Channel), I have a funny accordion pop-up card to share today using products from Whimsy Stamps (WS).

Wanting to show off the large shark from the Shark Snack die set as much as possible, this card is 5x7-inches. To create the card base, two 5x7-inch and two 4x5-inch panels were trimmed from Bristol paper. The back 5x7-inch and the two 4x5-inch side panels were ink blended with Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon distress oxide inks (DOx). Splattered them with water and blot with a paper towel for texture. On the back panel, ink blended whatever inks were remaining on the blender brushes over the Sun Rays stencil. The front window opening was created next, using the Bubbly die and partial die cutting technique. To make it a bit sturdier, trimmed Bristol paper to 4.5x6.5-inches, repeated the partial die cutting then glued it behind. For the two side panels, scored every half inch along the 4" side, the. accordion fold them.

The shark body layers and fin were die cut from light gray cardstock and the fin and top layer were ink blended with dark gray dye ink. The facial details and teeth were die cut from white. Coloured the iris and pupil/eyebrow with a red and black marker, respectively. The sea plants from Build-an-Ocean die set were die cut from white paper and ink blended with Twisted Citron/Mowed Lawn and Squeezed Lemonade/Spiced Marmalade distress inks (DI). For the inside base layers, trimmed thick white paper to 1.25x7.5-inch strips and then scored from each ends at 3/8". Next, hand cut slopes to the ocean floor strips, then ink blended Antique Linen/Brushed Corduroy DI or Mermaid Lagoon DOx. Was panning to add more plants, but it was too busy and distracting.

"Yummy" was die cht from white and ombré ink blended with Lumberjack Plaid DI The Running Scared character was die cut from black cardstock. Assembled the card together to finish.

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