Hello Baby Card

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Below is a card I made with Forest Friends stamp set, which I got for free as a result of the sale.a.bration. I am trying to learn how to use the brayer to apply ink and this is my first attempt.

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Materials:
1. Cardstock: Bashful Blue (5 1/2" x 8 1/2"), plus small scrap. Real Red (5 1/4" x 4")plus small scrap, Whisper White 5" x 3 3/4".

2. Ink: Bashful Blue, Real Red, Certainly Celery, Always Artichoke, Soft Suede, More Mustard, Concord Crush, Not Quite Navy, Basic Black, VersaMark.

3. Punches: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Circle .

4. Stamp Sets: Forest Friends, So Happy for You, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Silhouette Sentiments

5. Other: Clear Embossing Powdeer and heat tool

The steps to make this are:

1. Fold the Bashful Blue card stock to form a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Center and adhere red panel.

3. Stamp bunny( Soft Seuede) onto white card stock and heat emboss with clear emcossing powder. Then color the white areas of the bunny with a VersaMark pen and emboss it with the clear embossing powder.

4. Use Stampin' Write makers to color the tree stamp (Soft Suede, Always Artichoke) and the butterfly (Real Red, Basic Black). After allowing them to dry coat with VersaMark using the pen again. Heat emboss with the clear powder.

5. Tear a piece of copy paper to form a mask to make the green hill. Brayer Certainly Celery on the bottom of the card, making sure that the bottom of the mask is right under the tree trunk. Lightly rub all ink off the bunny.

6. Turn the mask over to cover you green hill and brayer the rest of the card with Bashful Blue. Then lightly brayer Not Quite Navy on the upper corners. Lightly buff ink off of the tree and bunny.

7.Stamp flowers on green hill in Real Red, Concord Crush, and More Mustard.
Use songe to darken parts of the hill with Always Artichoke..

8. Punch 1 3/8" circle in Real Red and 1 1/4" circle in Bashful Blue.
Stamp sentiment in Not Quite Navy on the blue circle. Adhere circles together and use dimensional to attach them to the card.