I can't believe the weekend is almost over already. It's going to take me a while to get over this bronchitis (average is 2-3 weeks? uuuggghhhhh...) but I'm starting to power through a little better than I was last week so any little bit is an improvement!
I have been a little obsessed with the Honey Bee Stamps Penny the Platypus stamp and die sets since it was released a couple of months ago - I pulled it out again to make this "non-traditional" sympathy/thinking of you/perk up card:
I stamped the platypus onto Bristol Smooth card stock with Versafine Onyx black ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then used Distress Inks to color her in with a water brush. I did the same thing with the "to-go" cup that comes in the set, and once dry I due cut them with the coordinating dies.
The cool thing about the die for the platypus is that it die cuts the image as well as die cuts around the arms so that you can tuck in any of the coordinating images for her to hold - LOVE that!
I used the Honey Bee Coffee Covers Background Stencils on the card base, and a sentiment from the Blah Blah Blah stamp set that I heat embossed onto Dark Chocolate GinaK card stock with white embossing powder.
On the inside of the card I used one of the Gift Card Slots dies to die cut the notches into the patterned paper before adhering it and inserting a gift card. I stamped another sentiment from the Blah Blah Blah stamp set and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <-------click!
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