Come Stamp With Me - Animal Outing Puzzle Piece Card

Sorry, I missed my Thursday post.  This was due to a power outage right in the middle of creating my post.  Then, life was already scheduled and I didn't have time to come back to finish the post until today.  I hope you see this post and enjoy.

This is the first post for the August Come Stamp With Me Fun Techniques Class.  When I first saw the Animal Outing Stamp Set in April at the SU Regionals in Las Vegas, I fell in love with this stamp set.  This is the second card I have made using this stamp set for the Come Stamp With Me Classes.  I will post a photo below of the first Animal Outing card I made.  The first card "Wild About You" focused on the SU Animal Outing Stamp Set and the Animal Friends Thinlit Dies.  The Puzzle Piece  card took a different approach and focused on the Animal Expedition DSP.  There are so many different ways to use all the Animal Outing products.  They can be used for: birthdays, welcoming new baby's, friendship, congratulations, thank you, friendship, etc.  The ideas and possibilities are endless.

This is the card I designed for the June 2018 Come Stamp With Me class.  

Everyone fell in love with the stamp set.  There was a great

debate about which animal was the favorite.  Quite

frankly, I love them all.

 The sky was lightly colored in using a sponge dauber and 

SU Balmy Blue ink.  

The grass was a separate piece

randomly cut out and using a sponge dauber with

SU So Saffron, Lemon Lime Twist, and Old Olive inks

to create the grassy knoll.

The ground was a separate piece using

the SU Swirly Scribbles dies to cut the slope.

It was colored in using SU Crumb Cake and Soft Suede Inks

with a sponge dauber.

All the animals were stamped on Whisper White and 

then die cut, including the frog on the branch.

The Rhino was stamped in SU Basic Gray and colored

in using the SU Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends and 

Bermuda Bay and Daffodil Delight Blends for the bird.

The Giraffe was stamped in SU Crumb Cake ink

and colored in using the Stampin' Blends of Daffodil 

Delight, Pineapple Punch, and Soft Suede.

The Kangaroo and Koala were stamped in SU

Soft Suede and colored in using Crumb Cake 

for the Kangaroo and Smoky Slate for the Koala.

This is the inside of the card made in June.  I 

love this frog on the branch.  This was stamped

in Memento Black and die cut. The frog and leaves 

were colored in using SU Old Olive Stampin' Blends and 

the branch with Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends.  This 

is a fun card to make.  

And now, the card we made

in August.

This is a photo of both options for the card;

many people chose to make both.  The

design is the same, using different pieces

of the Animal Expedition DSP and different

color choices.  I love them both.

The card is a 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 using SU 

Whisper White Thick for the card base.

The front background is stamped in SU

Crumb Cake ink on both cards using

SU Touches of Textures Stamp Set.

The front panel is SU Shaded Spruce and Berry Burst.

The scalloped circle is Shaded Spruce with

a Whisper White Puzzle Heart for the sentiment.

The front panel on this card is SU Lemon Lime Twist 

and Poppy Parade.  The scalloped circle is Lemon Lime Twist.

To make the Puzzle piece front panel cut a 

3 1/2 x 3 1/2 piece of SU Whisper White Thick

cardstock and your choice of the 

Animal Expedition DSP.  Adhere the DSP

to the Whisper White Thick piece.  Using 

the Puzzle Pieces Dies cut this going only once through the 

Big Shot; don't come back, only one way!

This way the puzzle stays together.  If you want 

it to fall apart, then you will need to go through 

more than once.  I would only do this for 

someone who loves to put together puzzles.

Make the front layer panel and adhere to 

the front of the card.

For the Puzzle Heart, this will come apart and 

you will then adhere it to the front of 

the scalloped circle piece.  Then using SU

dimensionals adhere to the front panel of the card.

I don't have photos of the inside of the card or the envelope;

I did die cut some of the Animal Expedition DSP and 

adhered 3 cut pieces to the inside of the card

and the front of the envelope in a random 

pattern.  And since the DSP is double sided, I 

flipped some of the pieces to give a different look.

Supplies:

Paper

Whisper White Thick Cardstock – 4 ½ x 9, scored @ 4 ½ for the card base; 3 ½ x 3 ½ to place DSP on and die cut for the puzzle piece layer

Whisper White Cardstock – 2 ½ x 2 for front sentiment heart

Animal Expedition DSP – 3 ½ x 3 ½ for the puzzle piece layer; random puzzle pieces for inside of the card and envelope

Poppy Parade or Berry Burst Cardstock – 3 ¾ x 3 ¾ for the Puzzle Piece layer

Lemon Lime Twist or Shaded Spruce Cardstock – 4 x 4 for Puzzle Piece layer; 2 ½ x 2 ½ to die cut Layering Circles Scalloped sentiment piece

5 x 5 envelope

Ink

Memento Black to stamp front and inside sentiment

Crumb Cake to stamp background on front of the card

Stamps

Touches of Texture to stamp the background on the front of the card

Animal Outing for “Welcome Little One”

Eastern Beauty for “To Think of You is to Smile”

Other

Puzzle Pieces Thinlits Dies to cut the puzzle piece and sentiment piece