Elephantastic Stencilled Card with Watercoloured Characters

Mask off the edges of your card blank with low-tack tape to create a crisp border and secure your stencil.

Position the Over the Hills stencil onto the masked card, ensuring the design sits within the stencil area.

Apply the blue Mer du Sud ink pad to the stencil using a brush, building up tone with lighter application in the centre and darker at the edges.

Apply the purple Cassis ink pad around the edges of the stencil to create a darker frame and add depth to the design.

Carefully remove the stencil and tape to reveal the blended blue and purple background.

Cut around the stencil outline using scissors to create a shaped card panel.

Glue coordinating patterned paper behind the shaped panel to create a backdrop layer.

Stamp the elephant and rabbit characters from the Elephantastic range using Versafine black ink.

Watercolour the elephant with grey wash, adding darker tones under the chin and arms using the Miya Himi palette.

Colour the elephant's overalls in dark blue and purple to coordinate with the background inks.

Add pink to the elephant's ears and purple to the large balloon, then blue to a second balloon.

Add pink details to the rabbit's feet and heat-set the watercoloured images to dry.

Die-cut the stamped and coloured elephant and rabbit characters using complementary dies.

Adhere the large elephant to the centre of the shaped panel and raise the rabbit on foam pads above it.

Stamp sentiment text onto paper strips using Versafine black ink, angling the cuts for a less formal look.

Edge the sentiment strips with black ink pad to add definition and help them stand out from the card.