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Monday, July 15, 2019

Dinosaur Cards Tutorial

Hello friends! It's a new Monday and the sun is shining. I hope you get some crafty time in during summer. I was hoping to have done more watercolor painting, but there is still time for that. 



This week at the  Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have an Animal Magic theme. We also have a special Tim Holtz feature this week, and as I am sure you already know, I love to craft with Tim's wonderful stamps, dies, stencils, embellishments, papers, inks and paints. You can find them all here. You don't have to use Tim's products to join, but it is always fun if you do. 




Tim Holtz is also the Brand of the Month at Simon Says Stamp during July, and don't miss all the inspiration and surprises.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I have one dinosaur crazy little boy at home and he loves Tim's Prehistoric set. I used the set to make three dinosaur cards. You will see the third one later in this post, I could only fit two into the photo. The dinos are such fun to die cut, color and assemble, and you can make them in lots of colors. 

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Preshistoric set.

Start by die cutting the T-Rex, Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus from watercolor paper. Try to keep the pieces together.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Watercolor the dinosaurs.

Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet, mist with water and watercolor the dinos. 

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stamp with texture stamps.

When dry, stamp the T-Rex and Stegosaurus with a crackle texture stamp, and the Brachiosaurus with a splatter stamp.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Assemble the dinos, using foam dots for some of the pieces, such as the legs. Use a pen to give each one an eye.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Resist background with Distress Resist spray.

For the background, I used a piece of watercolor paper on which I had pressed down the Gradient Dot Stencil, after having used it with Distress Resist Spray on another project. You can see the process and that project here in my Mist Resist Tags post. The papers were colored by smearing Distress Inks on a craft sheet and misting with water, using similar inks as for the dinos.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Tim Holtz Sizzix Lumber 3-D texture fade.

I also embossed three pieces of brown kraft cardstock in the 3-D Lumber Texture Fade, and later sanded them.
 Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Brachiosaurus card.
I am not sure which of the dinos is my favorite. Here's the gentle Brachiosaurus, dreaming with her head among the treetops. The sentiment was die cut from gold paper and sanded a little bit. The main panel was layered on burlap, and then on the embossed paper.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

The stamped texture adds a great element to the dinos. The darker color on the Brachiosaurus is Pine Needles, a Distress Ink color that I should use more often.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. Stegosaurus card.

The second card features a brave Stegosaurus, with pretty red plates.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Fold the top plates out a bit and place small pieces of foam adhesive underneath, to add dimension.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

I glued the inside pieces of the letters into the shape, since I have always preferred letters with the inside pieces, and not just an open space.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson. T-Rex card.

And finally, the friendly (?) T-Rex comes to say 'hello'. Distress the edges of the panels to add instant texture and to give a nice feel to the card.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Here you can see the different layers, embossed lumber paper, burlap, and the Distress Resist Spray paper. I just love the random distressed effect of this technique.

Layers of ink - Dinosaur Cards Tutorial by Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

For a fiercer look, give her some sharp teeth.

I hope you will join us this week in our Animal Magic challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until next Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.




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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!  

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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6 comments:

  1. Awesome!! What a great way to do this dino's. Very Beautiful to see how it is done!

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  2. what a cute set!! I need these dies now!! I absolutely LOVE them :-)

    hope you have a great week!
    Luv
    Lols x x x

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  3. Awesome dinosaur cards! I bet the boys are not letting these get away! Maura

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  4. Wonderful dinosaur cards, TFS your process, Cathy x

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  5. I came to the right place. Now that I haver baby and toddler nephews, I need help making some of your wonderful little boy cards. I just bought this set of dies. Wish me luck.

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    1. Thank you so much Daria! My sons love this die set and I believe they kept most, if not all, of these cards.

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