Hey there,
I'm very happy to be back with this new Pretty Pink Posh Shadow Box card, which is the first of a series of five I'll be sharing in next few days/weeks, featuring some bright and juicy lemons, ready to be picked to make some refreshing lemonade and delicious lemon pies.
I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, colored everything with my Ohuhu markers, and when the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Citrus - lemons, leaves, flowers • Spring Birdhouses - branches • Simple Thanks - large greenery • Jungle Friends - ivy.
Next I worked on my Shadow Box and cut two panels out of aqua cardstock. I kept one of them, and cut an opening out of it using the rectangle die from the set. I added peacock feathers distress ink to the edges of both panels, and then created a lemon pattern on both of them using the Layered Citrus stencils along with the same distress ink. I mixed that ink with water, used a slim brush to add splatters to my panels, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.
For the background, I cut a 4 x 3 inches panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock. I started by covering it with squeezed lemonade oxide ink, and then I added a dot pattern using the Medium Polka Dots stencil along with mustard seed oxide ink. I splattered water on my panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some fossilized amber oxide ink with water, and added dark yellow splatters to my panel using my slim brush, as well as white splatters.
I cut three basic insert pieces out of green cardstock using a Shadow Box die, and used the grass border die from the set to turn my three basic inserts into grass inserts. I added rustic wilderness distress ink at the top edge of each insert, mixed that same ink with water and used a slim brush to add green splatters to each grass border, and then I did the same with copic opaque white ink.
Next I used the scalloped rectangle die and the rectangle die from the Shadow Box die set to cut a frame out of white cardstock. I assembled my Shadow Box, attached the grass inserts and the back panel using liquid glue, stuck the white frame using liquid glue again, and then stuck all the images on the inside, outside and sides of the box using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. To stick the branch and ivy inside the box, I just cut a basic insert out of acetate, trimmed it in half lengthwise, attached both acetate inserts inside the box, right at the top, and stuck the branch and ivy using 3mm glue dots.
I white heat embossed "Wish I could give you a squeeze" from Citrus on aqua cardstock, trimmed it into a banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and finally attached that banner at the bottom left side of my Shadow Box using 2mm foam squares.
PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES
- Shadow box die set
- Citrus stamp set
- Spring birdhouses stamp set
- Simple thanks stamp set
- Jungle friends stamp set
- Sentiment strips die set
- Layered citrus stencils
- Medium polka dots stencil
OTHER SUPPLIES
- Ohuhu markers
- Distress inks: peacock feathers, rustic wilderness
- Oxide inks: squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, fossilized amber
- Copic opaque white ink
- Sakura white gel pen
- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn
- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts
- Memento tuxedo black ink (images)
- Acetate by Lawn Fawn
- 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)
- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)
