And They Came 2 x 2 – Count Me In

Welcome back!  What a busy week.  Glad to have some time to play but those darn deadlines keep creeping up…

So today, I was inspired by Paper Players (#634) for the theme; Color Dare (#541) for the colors chosen; TGIF (#414) for the materials used; and bringing it all together the current sketch layout at Sketch Saturday (#722).

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Gray cardstock.
• Accent Panel: (5¼” x 4”) Smoky Slate cardstock dry-embossed with the Cross-Hatch Basics 3D Embossing Folder.
• Cross Strip: (5¼” x 2”) Basic Gray Dotted patterned piece of paper from the retired 2018/2019 Neutrals Collection Designer Series Paper from my scrap bin.
• Circle: (2½”) Basic White cardstock piece previously die-cut with one of the Stitched Circle dies from the Stylish Shapes Dies set.
• Accent Strip: (3¾” x ½”) Old Olive cardstock off-cut trimmed.
• Sentiment Label: (2” x ⅝”) Basic White cardstock scrap.
• The sentiment, Through thick and thin, Count Me In!, from the Count On Me stamp set was stamped with Old Olive ink..
• Focal Image – Kangaroo Pair: (4” x 2½”) Basic White cardstock scrap.
  • The Mother Kangaroo from the retired Animal Outing stamp was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • Using a Mask that was previously created for another project and saved, the Kangaroo was covered.
  • The Kangaroo image was inked with the Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker avoiding the Joey and stamped onto a clear acetate sheet that I have as part of my crafting tools.
  • The wet image was turned over and positioned and pressed on to the card stock to create the Father Kangaroo.
  • Eyelashes were added to the Mother Kangaroo using the Stampin’ Write Marker.
  • The Kangaroo Family was colored using the Light and Dark Crumb Cake, Light Smoky Slate and Light Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Markers.
  • The Kangaroo Family was fussy-cut with Paper Snips.

All elements were added to the card base to resemble the base sketch.

I like how this card came together.  A sweet Anniversary card…

Thank you for spending some of your time with me today.   Cheers,  Jolanda!

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