Easter Egg Card with Hatching Dinosaurs

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A cheerful Easter-themed card featuring three decorated eggs in different colours with dinosaur characters emerging or hatching from them. The eggs are embellished with stencilled patterns and the dinosaurs are hand-painted in complementary colours.

You will need

Izink Dye Based Ink Pad 5 X 5CM - Cire 050821KSEE IT Izink Dye Based Ink Pad 5 X 5CM - Grenadine 050821OSEE IT Izink Dye Based Ink Pad 5 X 5CM - Outremer 050821NSEE IT

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Step by step

1. Create an egg template by drawing around a circular die, then freehand the pointed top and curved sides to form an egg shape. ▶ watch 22:30
2. Cut three egg shapes from coloured card (blue, yellow, and pink). ▶ watch 23:30
3. Glue blue and green card strips to your card blank to create a sky and grass background. ▶ watch 24:00
4. Position the stencil over the first egg and dust with blue ink using a brush, ensuring all detail areas are covered. ▶ watch 25:00
5. Repeat the stencilling process on the second egg, positioning it in a different direction and using pink/red ink. ▶ watch 26:15
6. Stencil the third egg in a different direction again, using orange ink to complement the yellow card. ▶ watch 27:30
7. Edge each stencilled egg with the same ink colour using the ink pad directly to soften the cut lines. ▶ watch 28:00
8. Draw crack lines on the back of two eggs where dinosaurs will emerge from the sides, and draw a line across the top of the third egg. ▶ watch 30:00
9. Cut out the crack sections to create openings in the eggs. ▶ watch 30:45
10. Paint a green dinosaur with a light green wash, then add darker green shading to the spikes, feet, and facial features. ▶ watch 31:45
11. Paint a blue dinosaur with a light blue wash, then add darker blue shading and details. ▶ watch 32:45
12. Add a red stripe down the green dinosaur's tummy to break up the colour area. ▶ watch 33:45
13. Fussy-cut around each painted dinosaur to remove the white background. ▶ watch 35:30
14. Glue the dinosaurs behind the egg openings, positioning them so they appear to be hatching or emerging. ▶ watch 36:30
15. Cut small black card pieces to fill the gaps behind the dinosaurs where they emerge from the eggs. ▶ watch 37:00
16. Glue the eggs onto the card base, using foam tape on the centre egg for dimension. ▶ watch 38:00

Tips from the show

• You don't need a sentiment on every card; the visual design can stand alone.
• You can use any circular die or even draw around a cup or glass if you don't have a circular die.
• Pre-cut and paint dinosaurs ahead of time in various colours so you can adapt them to different projects.

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