It’s time for the July OSAT Blog Hop. This month’s theme is Creature Comforts. and we’re featuring animal themed projects. For my projects today, I used the Kindness & Compassion stamp set with the Graceful Glass Designer Vellum to create a thank you card and a box for the bird lover in your life.

There is an accidental technique used on these projects. I colored the vellum on the back with Stampin’ Write Markers and let them dry. Then I used a sponge to spread glue all over the back, and the ink smeared and created a marbled effect. I liked it so much that I repeated it on the second one.

Here’s what I made:

Here’s what I did:

Cut and scored with my Stampin’ Trimmer:

• Petal Pink card stock (CS) cut to 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″, then scored in half at 4-1/4″
• Petal Pink CS cut to 2-1/2″ x 7/8″
• Basic Black CS cut to 2-5/8″ x 1″
• Graceful Glass Designer Vellum cut to 5-1/4″ x 2″ (birds)
• Graceful Glass Designer Vellum cut to 5-1/4″ x 1″ (grid, 2 pieces)
• Basic Black CS cut to 4″ x 2″
• Petal Pink CS cut to 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″
• Graceful Glass Vellum cut to 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ (birds)

Stamped with the Kindness & Compassion stamp set:

• sentiment in Memento black ink onto the 2-1/2″ x 7/8″ Petal Pink CS

Colored using Stampin’ Write Markers:

• birds in Real Red, Soft Sea Foam, Calypso Coral, Blueberry Bushel, and Pineapple Punch
• NOTE: color on the back of the vellum and let dry (can use Heat Tool to speed drying)

Assembled the card:

• burnished the fold in the card base with a Bone Folder
• vellum birds glued onto the front of the card base
• two vellum grids glued onto the front of the card base, above and below the birds
• sentiment glued onto the 2-5/8″ x 1″ Basic Black CS
• 2-5/8″ x 1″ Basic Black CS adhered to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals

Assembled the box:

• 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ vellum birds glued onto the 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ Petal Pink CS
• 3-7/8″ x 1-7/8″ Petal Pink CS glued onto the 4″ x 2″ Basic Black CS
• 4″ x 2″ Basic Black CS glued onto the gable box side
• black satin ribbon tied in a bow around the top of the box

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