Elephant Easel Card with Spray-Painted Stars

A project from our live show CATCH UP with Simon for MONDAY MADNESS in the HTCN studio broadcast 8th Nov 21 · 08/11/2021 · watch it from 3:00

A charming easel card featuring cute elephants with die-cut stars, spray-painted in pastel rose and violet. The card stands up when a tag is inserted, and folds flat for posting. It combines stamped elephants, watercoloured details, and shimmering sprayed backgrounds.

You will need

Izink Spray Shiny Rose Pastel 080621ASEE IT Versafine Ink Pad - Onyx Black - 300921CSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Score your card blank in half down the centre to create two equal panels for the easel mechanism. ▶ watch 3:30
2. Die-cut star shapes from cardstock using the Elephantastic die set. ▶ watch 4:15
3. Die-cut the Celebration die with all its detailed stars and textures onto cardstock for the inside panel. ▶ watch 4:30
4. Place your die-cut pieces in a spray box with kitchen paper and apply a light mist of rose pastel spray ink. ▶ watch 6:00
5. Apply violet purple spray ink to different areas to break up the colour and create depth. ▶ watch 6:15
6. Press kitchen towel onto the sprayed pieces to remove excess ink and speed up drying. ▶ watch 6:45
7. Mount your sprayed panels onto red cardstock, leaving a small red border around each piece. ▶ watch 7:15
8. Glue the inside panel to the card blank, then position the two outer panels opposite each other to create the easel structure. ▶ watch 9:15
9. Cut a small square of cardstock as a stamping platform and stamp presents using black Versafine ink. ▶ watch 10:45
10. Stamp bunting across the corner of your background piece using black ink. ▶ watch 11:00
11. Stamp the elephant with hat and the 'Remember you've got a friend in me' sentiment onto white cardstock using black ink. ▶ watch 11:45
12. Watercolour the elephant with a pale grey wash, then add darker grey shading around the knees, ears and tail. ▶ watch 13:15
13. Add pink to the elephant's cheeks and toes, then paint blue stripes on the hat and coordinate the bunting in blue. ▶ watch 14:30
14. Paint the presents in red and green, keeping the detail minimal and blocked in. ▶ watch 15:45
15. Die-cut the elephant and sentiment pieces using their complementary dies. ▶ watch 17:15
16. Mount the background scene onto red cardstock, leaving a red border, then glue only the lower half to the card base to allow the easel to flex. ▶ watch 18:30

Tips from the show

• Easel cards can be displayed standing up or folded flat, giving you two different card designs in one.
• Use pale watercolour washes first and build up darker shades gradually to avoid mistakes.
• When spraying ink in a box with kitchen paper, the paper catches excess spray and prevents waste.

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