Elephantastic-kaart met sjabloon en aquarelfiguurtjes

Mask off the edges of your white card blank with low-tack blue tape to create a crisp border. Position the tape along all four edges, ensuring clean, straight lines for your design area.

Position the Over the Hills stencil onto your masked card, ensuring the design sits within the blue taped stencil area. The stencil should be centred over the masked section.

Apply the blue Mer du Sud ink pad to the stencil using a blending brush. Build up the colour with lighter application in the centre and darker tones at the edges to create depth.

Apply the purple Cassis ink pad around the edges of the stencilled design to create a darker frame and add depth. Concentrate on building up colour at the outer edges whilst blending inwards.

Carefully remove the stencil from the card panel, pulling it away gently to reveal the blended blue and purple striped background. Remove the masking tape from all sides of the panel.

Cut around the stencilled outline using scissors to create a shaped card panel. Turn your card as you go to ensure smooth, accurate cutting along the curved edges.

Lijm bijpassend designpapier achter het gevormde paneel als achtergrondlaag. Position the stencilled panel on top to check the placement before adhering.

Stamp the elephant and rabbit characters from the Elephantastic stamp set onto white cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black ink. Allow the ink to dry completely.

Using the Miya Himi watercolour palette, paint the elephant with a grey wash. Add darker grey tones under the chin and arms to create depth and shading.

Colour the elephant's overalls using dark blue and purple watercolours from the palette, allowing the paint to dry between each colour application.

Using a water brush and pink watercolour, colour the elephant's ears. Apply purple watercolour to the large balloon, darkening slightly towards the ear. Add blue to one of the smaller balloons.

Using pink watercolour from the palette, add colour to the rabbit's feet. Once all watercolouring is complete, heat-set the images with a heat tool to dry them thoroughly.

Die-cut the stamped and coloured elephant and rabbit characters using the complementary dies from the Elephantastic stamp and die set.

Adhere the large elephant die-cut to the centre of the shaped panel. Raise the rabbit character on foam pads and position it above the elephant with the balloons.

Stamp sentiment text onto white paper strips using Versafine Onyx Black ink. Angle the strips diagonally for a less formal, dynamic look.

Edge the sentiment strips with black ink pad using a dabbing motion to add definition and help them stand out from the card.