Kia ora Koutou
I was recently asked to do a birthday card for someone special who loved bears in a forest and purple chrysanthemums. I had an idea to do a diorama card that showed a bear in a forest surrounded by trees and woodland animals and I found this design for a handbag style diorama card on YouTube here that had been designed by Sam Calcott from Mixed Up Crafts. This fitted perfectly with what I was aiming to achieve although I did add some extra dimension and depth inside the diorama where I added some trees to create more of a forest feel and of course I had to add lots of sparkly flowers and butterflies and little creatures to further embellish the scene.
I have used a mix of mainly Amazing Paper Grace and Honey Bee Stamps dies to create this card and used a totally different colour scheme of kraft, teals and purples to what I would normally do but it came together very well. I purchased the bear and some of the woodland animals images from Etsy and they worked in well with the different flowers, trees, grass and animal dies to create the look of a forest.
Lots of shine and sparkle were added with glitter, clear sparkles, glitter paper and Stickles as this reflected on the recipient who is a lovely, bright and bubbly person and a joy to be around.
I know this card will always be treasured and I enjoyed putting all my love and energy into make this a very special birthday keepsake.
(Apologies for the photos – they were taken quickly and in poor light and it was really difficult to show how gorgeous this card really was.)
Products Used:
Amazing Paper Grace Postage Edge Rectangles Etched Dies
Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Etched Dies
Amazing Paper Grace Make a Scene Celebration Etched Dies
Spellbinders Bunch of Borders Dies
Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder – Tufted
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Mum Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Trees Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Bugs Honey Cuts
Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating You Stamp Set
Heartfelt Creations Floral Fashionista Dies
Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Teal Topaz
Concord & 9th Cardstock – Avocado, Artichoke, Aqua Sky, Ocean Side, Evergreen, Juniper, Peacock, Clover
Gina K Cardstock – Chocolate Truffle
Heartfelt Creations Kraft Cardstock
Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Paper – Ocean Blue
Distress Inks – Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, Ancient Mariner, Peeled Paint
Pink Fresh Studio inks – Soft Lilac, Candy Violet
Memento ink – Tuxedo Black
Copic marker E47, YR27, 100 – small bird
CTMH Bitty Sparkles
Small pink flowers:
Ranger Archival inks – Magenta Hue, Candy Violet
Frosted Lace Stickles.
Go Green Prills
Butterfly – Copic Markers – V09.V05, V04, V01, Crystal Stickles
Clear sparkles from stash
DMC Sparkling Dust
Clear Gloss Gel Medium
Foam Tape
It was really hard to take photos of this card to do it justice and so I have made a short video to show you how it works here:
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Patricia