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Wild Animals
 BLOG HOP

Lions and Tigers and Bears OH MY!!

JOIN US EACH DAY, March  22-25 FOR SOME A ROARING GOOD TIME. WE'LL HAVE  TUTORIALS AND DT INSPIRATION. THERE WILL BE PRIZES FOR LEAVING COMMENTS ON THE DESIGN TEAM'S BLOGS AND PRIZES FOR TRYING OUR TUTORIALS.  YOU WILL HAVE 2 WEEKS TO ADD YOUR PROJECT to the March 25th POST FOR US TO SEE SO THERE IS NO EXCUSE NOT TO JOIN IN THE FUN. 

Please Hop along with us!! 
 You could win one of the MFP Stamp Shop Wild Animal related STAMP SETS Just comment on the following blogs ( don't forget this one ) each day for more chances to win! ( You do NOT need to comment on on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly.) Try one of the tutorials shown during the Hop and add your photo to the Inlinkz at the bottom of the March 25 post. The winners will be announced on April 9, 2016 right here on the MFP Stamp Shop Blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. ( HINT: The more you comment the more chances you have to win. And comments on the MFP blog count twice. ) The deadline for commenting and posting pics of your projects is Friday April 8, 2016 at 10:00 PM EST.

Tutorials
March 23-- DIY Kids Coloring Book by Sandy
March 25-- Long Easel Card by Gail

Let's get started !!

Here's the Design Team

Bonnie
Gail[You are here] 

 Karen
Kren
Lois  
Marilynn

Pat
Pam
Sandy 

Shirley

Toni

Vickie

MFP Stamp Shop 

Enjoy the Hop. Come back each day. We hope to inspire you to start your own Wild Animal projects.  Get to work on the tutorials, show us what you made by April 8th and 
check back on April 9, 2016 to see if you are a winner. 

Here is my Card

View Step by Step Tutorial Below

Long Style Easel Card Tutorial by Gail Scott - Feb 23, 2016

Supplies:

Designer Cardstock for base - cut @ 5 1/2"  x 6 1/4"

Plain Cardstock for mat  cut @ 3" x 5 3/8 "

Recycled cardboard - 2 pieces glued together - cut  each @ 1 7/8" x 5 1/2"

Circle Die for stamped image [other shapes can be used]

Stamp & Ink

Coloring medium of your choice for image

Embellishments of your choice

Instructions:

Cut the card base 6 1/4 inches by 5 1/2 inches

Lay the 6 1/4 inch side at the top of the scoring tool - score at

1 1/2 " and 3 1/4 " - burnish the score lines

The scored section shown to the right of the card base in this photo, is where the Plain cardstock and recycled cardboard pieces will be glued down

 

Cut a piece of Plain cardstock 3" x 5 3/8 " to be used at the mat 

Cut two piece of Recycled Cardboard 1 7/8 inches wide by 5 1/2 inches long and glue together - one on top of the other

 

Glue the Plain cardstock on the mat area first and then glue the recycled two layered cardboard piece on top - I glued the recycled cardstock 3/8 inches from the edge of the card as show in this photo 

 After gluing the mat and recycled cardboard your card should look like this

Stamp your image on white cardstock - I am using MFPSS Lion image with Rangers Black Archival Ink .  Color the image with the medium of your choice - I used Spectrum Noir Markers - Chalk - and I distressed around the edges with brown ink

Cut your image with a Spellbinders Circle die or any die shape of your choice

Here is my image colored and die cut

Measure where you want your image to be placed on the Front Panel of the card -  I placed my image on the top panel and drew a pencil line so I knew where I had to place my score tape - the Score tape will be positioned on the lower part of the image only. 

Score tape has been added on the back of the image in the lower section as shown in this photo of the back of my image - remove the protective tap from the score tapeand glue to the Front panel of the card

Your card should look like this after the image is glued to the front panel

Here is a front view with the card standing up and the front panel behind the cardboard

Here is a side view

Please note - sometimes I find Easel type cards do not always standing upright - I have found if I lay the top part of the card flat and then insert the top panel behind the cardboard it will work again - another trick is to add buttons on the recycled cardstock card base like I did in my finished card to give extra support.

Embellish your card as desired. The top panel will fold flat and the card will fit inside a size A2 envelope for mailing.

My finished card

Recipe

Tutorial for Long Style Easel Card

Designer Cardstock for base of card

Recycled cardstock - 2 pieces

Brown Cardstock for mat

MFPSS Lion Stamp - Rangers Archival Ink

Spectrum Noir Markers

Chalk

Brown ink to distress around die cut image

Spellbinders Circle die

Basic Grey Chip Board Decorative circles

Old Brown Buttons - Frayed yarn

MFPSS Be Wild Be Free Stamp Set - Sentiments

Rangers Black Archival Ink for all stamping

 IT would be an honor to share with these challenges:
Mar 30 Just Keep On Creating
Mar 30 CHN Patterned Paper