Swingin' In[troduction]

Welcome to another Wednesday here at the Prairie Fairy Stamps blog, where we provide you with an inspirational tutorial brought to you by our Tutorial team.
Today we have our newest member Sharon.
Pls help to give her a big warm welcome!
Her tutorial is bound to get you movin'

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Good day to you

my Prairie Fairy Friends!

My name is Sharon

aka the Oak Island StampQueen

and I am the newest member of the

Prairie Fairy Design Team

(yes, I really do exist!)

So let's get started.

This is my take on the Splitcoaststampers

I {heart} You Word Card

that was flying around the web around Valentine's Day.

I decided to see what else I could do with it.

For the Swingin' Summer card,

I began by

 cutting two strips of 3 1/2"x12" card stock.

Using my ScorePal,

I scored along the 3, 6, and 9" marks

Next I overlapped one panel so that I had one long strip

with 8 panels total.

I cut off TWO panels (leaving 6)

and folded them beginning with a mountain fold

(so you will have mountain, valley, mountain--and so on...)

I chose a background stamp

and stamped along the lower half of the panel

I just created.

Having completed the base of the "card",

I set it aside and went to work on the decorative aspects!

I used my Cricut

and my Art Philosophy Cartridge

by Close to My Heart

(if you don't have one--you need one-and I can help you!)

I cut the letters for "HAPPY" first in solid card stock

and then, using decorative paper, I cut them again

using the "decorative layer" selection.

The letters are cut at  2 1/2".

If you don't have a Cricut-or alphabet cartridge-

any "chunky" alphabet will do-

be it stamps or a computer generated font

you cut and trace...

I layered the dp to the card stock

(just used a glue stick)...

And then I embellished the little "dots" on the letters

using my Imaginescence i-rock tool

(crystals and wet glue work, too...)

I set these aside for now.

Next I printed out four  copies of Roberta's

SWINGIN' SUMMER image

and went to work coloring with Copics.

Now, I may be known as the OKI StampQueen

but someone recently said

I needed to be called the POP DOT Queen.

I LOVE Pop-Dots!

That's an understatement!

As you will soon see...

One image of Gillian is your base image--leave room around it

so you can add a tree that you'll grow later.

The base image does not need to be colored.

All other layers/pieces from here on out-do color...

I used one layer and cut out Gillian's head and hair

and from that, gently removed her hands.

Then on the second image

I cut out her top and tire swing

and, finally, from the third image,

her pants and shoes.

Color all layers of all pieces above your base layer!

When you start popping, the layer underneath will, at some angle,

peek out...I speak from experience!

 I wanted to give her a tree to swing from

so I used a piece of brown card stock, ran it through

the Big Shot with the Cuttlebug Distressed Stripes embossing folder.

Since it was white-core card stock, I sanded it lightly

to give some shading to the "bark".

I trimmed it down using deckle edge scissors.

I then stamped  two treetops and trimmed one out

leaving one intact on a piece of card stock big enough

to begin putting Gillian back together on!

I trimmed around the base image--even the rope--

I added a piece of twin and popped it up at the top with a pop dot

(this gets hidden under the second treetop)

Next pop on the layer with the tire,

adding her hands on top of that

and, lastly, add her pants and feet.

Pop on the treetop (covering the string). 

Gillian and her tire tree swing gets attached to the first panel,

the "H" to the second panel (and yes, I popped up each of my letters!),

the "A" to the third and so on.

I added a small decorative oval with "day" printed on it

to the "Y"

This makes a really pretty desktop display!

Tweaking this take on the card,

I made one more...

this time I trimmed out around the letters

and added Roberta's Sketchy Bugs

and Sunflower images

"flipping them" as well!

Crystal Lacquer and holographic embossing powder

give those wings some sparkle and shine!

Well,

I hope you enjoyed my project!

Give it a try-it's not hard, really!!

Looking forward to seeing you around the

Prairie Fairy playground again soon!

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!