Life Can Be Prickly

Hey Y'all!!! It's day 4 of the new Southwest Release at Prickley Pear Stamps and I'm showcasing the Prickly Pear Cactus stamp set. It's so fun. Don't let them stick you. They are awful prickly. Hehe. Be sure to check out the fun stamp sets and dies in the new release! All the details for making this card yourself are below.

I started by printing the the prickly cactus, pot and sentiment on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White paper and coloring them with Copic markers. The list of markers is below...

Here is the link for the clear Prickly Pear Cactus stamp set & matching dies:

Prickly Pear Cactus Stamp Set

Prickly Pear Cactus Die Set

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COPIC MARKERS:

• Cactus (YG17, YG07, YG05, YG03)

• Pot (YR09, YR04, YR02, 100)

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PAPER & EVERYTHING ELSE

• Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Paper

• Card Stock - Mango Melody, Poppy Parade, Basic White

• Dies - Wonky Stitched Rectangles, ATC Antique Frames

• Stencils - Moments

• Distress Oxide Inks - Carved Pumpkin, Uncharted Mariner, Mowed Lawn, Crackling Campfire

• Foam Tape, Texture Paste (Transparent Gloss)

The card base is from Mango Melody. The card base is 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored at 4 1/4" on the long side.  Make sure you use your bone folder and burnish the fold well so it doesn't tear the fold.

The layer on top of the Mango Melody is Poppy Parade. It's cut to 5 3/8" x 4 1/8". Obviously you can make it whatever size make you happy. It's glued to the card base with wet glue.

I cut a piece of Basic White card stock with one of the Wonky Stitched Rectangle dies and colored it with Distress Oxide Inks, Carved Pumpkin, Uncharted Mariner, Mowed Lawn, Crackling Campfire. Once they were dry I used the Moments stencil with Texture Paste (Transparent Gloss) to create a cool background that matched all the card stock and inks.

I cut two more pieces of Mango and Poppy card stock, also using the Wonky dies and layered them on top of the background. The Poppy piece is glued down with wet glue and the Mango piece is popped up with foam tape.

The cactus in the pot is popped up on top of everything with foam tape. I added some glitter dots because why not. Everything's better with more glitter, right?

The sentiment 'Life Can Be Prickly' was cut out with an Antique Frame die and poppled up on top of the pot. Added still more glitter dots.

Watch out for those prickly cacti!  ~Teresa