Tropicool Greetings- Hello Card

Hey, Crafty Friends!

Summer is at its end and the summer heat is finally dying down. That doesn't mean we can't still can't take advantage of all this beautiful sunshine. Its rays are inspiring and its vibrancy, mesmerizing! I'll let all that light soak in and fill me with joy. I find that people are often the product of their environment and are often what they surround themselves with. And personally, I LOVE to LOVE. I love to feel HAPPY. I love to LAUGH. I love ENERGY. I also find that when I'm filled with those things and give off those things, the people around me do too. 

Today, I'm sharing some LOVE with this BRIGHT & CHEERFUL Tropical Tucan Card using dies from Sizzix's Tropicool Collection by Lynda Kanase.

First, I gathered my materials...

Supplies Used

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Tropicool Banner (Sizzix)

Lynda Kanase- Card Front, Tropicool Leaves (Sizzix)

Stitched Ovals (Sizzix)

3D Textured Impressions- Tropical Leaves (Sizzix)

Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink Pads-  Olive, Coral, Pewter, Black Bean (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Petal Point- Enchantment, Boardwalk (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Stylus and Tips (Clearsnap)

ColorBox Art Daubers (Clearsnap)

Cardstock- Gray, Moss Green, White, Yellow (Open Stock- Hobby Lobby)

Vellum (Open Stock- Hobby Lobby)

Mini Spray/ Misting Bottle

Makeup Brush

Liquid Glue

Hemp Twine

Seed Beads

White Gel Pen (Sakura)

Heat Tool (optional)

I started by spritzing down a 4.25" x 5.5" piece of white cardstock with clean water. Then, inserted it into the Tropical Leaves Textured Impression folder and ran it through my Sizzix Big Shot.

I removed it from the folder and let it dry. Then, applied Lettuce ink from Clearsnap's Boardwalk ColorBox Petal Point with a Colorbox Stylus and Tip.

Then, applied Olive (also from the Boardwalk PetalPoint) just over the raised areas.

I die-cut tucan pieces and monstera leaves using Lynda Kanase's Tropicool Banner dies by Sizzix. 

I die-cut the majority of the tucan from a light gray cardstock then added depth by inking and shading the body and wing. I used a ColorBox Stylus and Tip to apply Pewter ColorBox Premium Dye Ink all around the perimeter. Then darkened the shading by adding Black Bean ink on the edges using a ColorBox Art Dauber.

I die cut the feet and beak from yellow cardstock then shaded it with Coral ColorBox Premium Dye Ink. 

When the ink was completely dried, I layered and assemble the paper pieces to create the tucan. Then, I added foam adhesive to give the wing dimension. 

To finish the tucan, I used a white gel pen to draw highlights.

I die-cut the monstera leaves from green cardstock. Then, shaded it with Olive ColorBox Premium Dye Ink using a ColorBox Stylus and Tip.

I used the hibiscus die (also included in the Tropicool Banner set to cut white cardstock. I shaded the centers using Pink from the Enchanted ColorBox Petal Point and a small makeup brush.

Once the centers were completely dried, I spritzed each flower with water using a mini mister. Then, I twisted each petal to add texture and heat set them to hold the added dimension. 

I layered and adhered 2 flowers together using a clear drying liquid glue. Then added a dollop to each center and sprinkled on seed beads.

The beads were set once the glue turned clear.

I wrapped twine across the top of my card and tied it into a bow. 

Then, die-cut an oval from vellum using Sizzix's Stitched Ovals. I ran the oval through a Xyron Creative Station Lite and adhered it directly to the embossed card front.

I added small strips of foam adhesive to the back of the monstera leaves then positioned them around the oval.

I added more foam adhesive behind the tucan and attached it over the leaves. Then attached the flowers with liquid glue.

Finally, I die-cut my cards sentiment out of white and black cardstock. I used the "hello" die from Lynda Kanase's Card Front, Tropicool Leaves set and layered the two pieces together and slightly overlapping one of the die-cuts to give the appearance of a shadow. 

And here is my finished card...

I hope you enjoyed this card and the rest of his summer weather because Fall will be blowing in real soon!

Until next time...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

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Ebrushing with KaDoodle Bug Week #2- Toucan Card

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Supplies Used For This Project

Tropical Birds cutting file (KaDoodle Bug Designs)

eBrush (Craftwell)

Sharpie Markers - green, orange, brown, gray, black, yellow, orange, aqua

eclips w/ ecal Software (Sizzix)

Tattered Leaves die (Sizzix)

Grand Nestabilities- Labels One (Spellbinders)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

beYOU stamp set (Virginia Turtle)

3D Dots (EK Success)

2way glue pen (EK Success)

VersaFine ink pad- Onyx Black (Tsukineko)

PITT Artist pen (Faber-Castell)

Paper Flowers (Prima Marketing)

Self Adhesive Rhinestones (Recollections)

Patterned paper (unknown brand)

Cardstock- white, craft, black, gray

Chipboard

Scissors

For my card I started off by Cutting my "branch" from my Tattered leaves die. I cut out 2 of these, 1 in a light green cardstock and the other in chipboard.

Then with my ebrush machine I airbrushed my leaves using my green, orange, and brown Sharpies.

I knew I wanted my card to be a shaped card so I cut the base and nested panels from my Label one dies. Then set aside.

For my I knew I wanted a little bird to be perched atop my branch. KaDoodle Bug Designs has lots of adorable bird files but this one caught my eye and I instantly fell in love. I think it's because of my island upbringing... go figure that I would be drawn too something more tropical.

This one is called Tropical Birds... LOVE IT!!!!

In the clipart included with the file this toucan is multi-colored... I didn't want to have to cut several different colors of paper... it wasn't the look I was going for. I wanted a more traditionally colored toucan. And, besides, I was feeling a bit lazy... but ssshhhh, you didn't hear me say that! So I only cut my toucan in black, black, and gray cardstock. Then I just ebrushed the pieces that needed color, like my beak and feet.

Then I glued the pieces together using a 2way glue pen.

I used foam adhesive dots to give my toucan more dimension. I place my leaves into the appropriate spot, as to look as if he is perched on the branch. Then I adhered the foam dots around it. 

Now time to assemble my card... I used my Xyron Mega Runner to adhere my panes to my card base.

Then I stamped my  "be happy be bright be you" sentiment using my VersaFine ink pad in Onyx Black. 

Then adhered my branch to my card base using more 2way glue. After setting my toucan down I finished off my card by adding flowers with rhinestone centers to my branch.

And here is my finished card...

Hope you enjoyed today's project!! 

Thank you KaDoodle Bugs Designs for being our sponsor for the month of August!! I had a blast!!

~ Mitsy