General card – any occasion

General card – any occasion. This is a general card suitable for any occasion. The Peekaboo Forest bundle is an online exclusive. It only contains images with no sentiments. Consequently you can use any stamp set in your stash which contains a greeting, be it for a birthday, an anniversary or other occasion.

Peekaboo Forest Dies

The dies are special. They can cut a jagged line which could be the foliage on a tree or for the grass underfoot. In this instance I’ve only used it for the trees which have been cut out of two different shades of green. Top layer is in Granny Apple Green. There are dies to cut leaf textures as pictured below. You could flick these up for added texture or leave them flat.

Individual dies for the bear, raccoon and hedgehog also cuts a tab and has incisions made for the paws so it can hook over the circular opening in the tree or the tree base to make it look more natural.

There’s also a die for the branch and pair of leaves.

How to make card

Card front

1. Card base : Crumb Cake cut at 5 ¾” x 8 ¼” (14.5 cm x 21 cm) folded in half.
2. Cut 1 piece Basic White 3 ⅞” x 5 ½” (9.8 cm x 14 cm)
3. Old Olive 2 ¾” x 3 ⅞”. Stamp jagged linear stamp in Old Olive on bottom edge and die cut. Set aside.
4. Granny Apple Green 2 ½” x 3 ⅞” Stamp jagged linear stamp in Old Olive on bottom edge and die cut. Use the pair of multi layer leaves to die cut texture as pictured above. Apply dimensionals on back and set aside.
5. Stamp jagged stamp with Old Olive ink near bottom ¼ of Basic White layer. Use light Old Olive Stampin’ Blend and colour as pictured above.
6. Use a blending brush to add Balmy Blue sky above grass.

Stamping tree elements and creatures

1. On half an A4 Basic White sheet and stamp* basic tree, branch, leaves, 2 raccoons, bear, hedgehog in Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Remember to leave spaces in between the images to fit the dies.
2. *Basic tree has been extended – use the smaller tree trunk stamp and carefully align and stamp on top of large tree.
3. Raccoons – Colour with Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blends
4. Bear – Colour with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends
5. Hedgehog – Colour with Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends
6. Tree and branches – colour with Pecan Pie
7. Leaves – colour in Old Olive.
8. Die cut all the images and set aside.

How to adhere the die cut elements

1. Arrange raccoon, bear and hedgehog to tree as pictured. Flip over to back and secure with adhesive.
2. Cut a 1 ½” x 2 ½” (3.8 cm x 6.5 cm) Pecan Pie strip and adhere to back of tree to cover up the aperture in the tree.
3. Apply adhesive to heads of raccoon, hedgehog and lower half of tree and adhere on top of grass.
4. Insert Old Olive piece behind upper portion of tree aligning it with top and sides of Basic White layer.
5. Tuck branch on the left of tree trunk as pictured and adhere on top of Old Olive layer.
6. Remove backing from dimensionals on Granny Apple Green die cut textured piece and align wih top and sides and adhere to Old Olive piece.
7. Apply mini dimensionals to leaves and arrange and adhere on left side near branch as pictured.

Inside card

1. Cut Basic White 3 ⅞” x 5 ½” (9.8 cm x 14 cm).
2. Partially stamp tree trunk and use extension stamp to stamp all the way up on left side. Colour with Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blend.
3. Use masking tape on tree trunk to stamp branch and colour that in Pecan Pie too.
4. Cut a slot along line contour of bottom of tree and insert raccoon through slot. Adhere to Basic White layer. Flip over and trim of excess racoon.
5. Adhere Basic White layer to inside of card base.
6. Mask raccon and stamp linear stamp for grass in Old Olive. Colour the grass with light Old Olive as pictured.
7. Stamp leaves and colour with Old Olive Stampin’ Blends to complete card.

Supply list

Listed below is the supply list. Just click on the picture to take you directly to the item in my online store.

Product List