Layered Dinosaur Background Card with Sentiment

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Create a striking three-dimensional card using the dinosaur background stamp, layered and hand-painted with watercolours to show depth and perspective. The design features trees, plants and rocks in greens and browns, with a sentiment displayed in the sky area.

You will need

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Step by step

1. Use a Eureka stamp positioning guide by drawing around your card blank and desired artwork area to help position your stamp accurately. ▶ watch 2:15
2. Stamp the dinosaur background image onto your card blank using black ink, positioning it so the tree line continues around the edges. ▶ watch 3:15
3. Stamp the same image onto watercolour card cut to fit your centre panel, ensuring it aligns with the background stamping. ▶ watch 5:30
4. Stamp the image a third time onto another piece of watercolour card for your foreground layer. ▶ watch 6:30
5. Paint the background layer with watercolours, starting with a water wash and adding blues, greens and greys to create depth and break up the image. ▶ watch 7:30
6. Add darker greens and browns to the tree lines and rocks, using a larger brush to keep the painting loose and expressive. ▶ watch 9:00
7. Cut away the upper portions of the middle layer with scissors, keeping only the foreground elements like the front tree and rocks to create layering. ▶ watch 11:45
8. Paint the middle layer with more vibrant greens and yellows, making this layer pop more than the background layer. ▶ watch 14:30
9. Dry all painted layers with a heat gun to set the watercolours. ▶ watch 16:30
10. Mount the background layer onto black card to create a border and frame the artwork. ▶ watch 20:00
11. Stamp a large sentiment onto white card using black ink and position it in the sky area of your design. ▶ watch 22:00
12. Attach foam pads to the back of the middle layer and position it over the background layer to create dimension. ▶ watch 23:00
13. Add pre-made embellishments like small flowers and foliage elements with foam pads for extra depth, then apply glossy accents to selected areas for shine. ▶ watch 24:00

Tips from the show

• You don't need to use the dinosaur characters with this stamp; it works beautifully as a background scene on its own.
• Use a big brush for watercolour painting as it's easier to flood colour and then pick out detail in different shades.
• Don't worry about staying within the lines when painting; a looser approach gives better results.

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