Build a Scene

Previously I showed how you can make pretty cards by just cutting up the paper - even if you get partial animals that way!  Today I'm looking at how you can BUILD YOUR OWN SCENE using your patterned papers.  Again, I'm using paper from the Otterly Adorable paper pack.

Card #1 (above):  Unfortunately, I did not remember to get a picture of the panel BEFORE I cut it up. I started by fussy cutting pieces from the panel - one large scene, a log, and a pair of otters sleeping,  Then I started to decide what I wanted to do with them.  I created a bit of a sandy beach (or river bank) using a piece of white card stock and some Crumb Cake ink (applied with a foam applicator).  I nestled my sleeping otters in the lower corner, and glued the scene in place on the "sandy" cardstock.  The log nestled perfectly along the edge of the bank.  

I tried what I had against a white card front and decided I wanted some blue for the sky - so added a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock.  I wanted clouds in the sky and decided I wanted to put my sentiment on one of them.  That was a bit tricky, since I didn't have a stamp that said what I wanted to say.  So, I printed my saying onto white cardstock and die cut it with a cloud die (not easy since the particular die I used was not an "open" one, so I couldn't see where my message was).  Anyway, I got my message in the cloud and added another to complete my scene.

Then it was a simple matter of inking the edges of my panel and gluing it to my card front.  I sure hope my recipient likes it! 

Card #2:

 

This isn't as much of a scene, but what scene there is, I built using materials from two different papers from the pack.  The structure really makes the card, and is quite easy.  On the card front, I simply marked the mid-point of the right side, the left side, and the bottom.  Then I ran score lines from the top corners to the midpoint of the bottom, and then from the midpoints of the sides to the midpoint of the bottom.  I folded the first as mountain folds, and the rest as valley folds - creased them well, then glued them in place.  

It was pretty easy to cut the decorative paper, too.  I cut the paper to 4" x 5 1/4", then marked the midpoint along the bottom edge and sliced it from the upper corners to that midpoint (you may be able to see the results more clearly in the next picture.  I cut around some playful otters from another sheet in this set of papers, then stamped a greeting in Pecan Pie ink on a piece of Balmy Blue cardstock - matting it all on white before adding with dimensionals.  The stamp I used was from Spellbinders Typewriter Adventure Sentiments.  Here's what the card looks like when opened:

Card #3:

Here's another for which I didn't get any BEFORE pictures - which is a shame.  I'll still try to describe what I did.  

First, I fussy cut along the top of the scene - bushes and otters, then cut along the edge of the "river" - which was at a bit of an angle on the lower edge.  

I found some scraps in my stash of tan paper with some specks that I thought would look good as a riverbank and glued it in place along the lower cut edge.  Then I added a piece of Pool Party cardstock at the top to serve as sky.  

Then I fussy cut a small otter and die cut the pair of otters with weeds from another piece of the paper pack and added them along the lower edge of the "river".  I decided to add 3 Riverside Irregular Pearls (adhesive backed) - just because.  I inked the edges of the panel with Pecan Pie ink before adding a piece of Lost Lagoon cording across the top of the panel (taping it in place in back with regular transparent tape).  Finally, I stamped a greeting using Pool Party ink, cut the shape you see, and inked the edges before adding it in place over the cording using dimensionals. 

Card #4:

This time, I DID get a BEFORE picture:

 

You can see that at the top of this panel, the head is cut off of the otter.  This is the piece I focused on for this card!  I started by cutting off the bottom portion which was a nice scene. I saved this for a different card.

 

I used the top part of the panel and glued it to the bottom of a piece of Pool Party cardstock that was cut just a bit smaller than an A2 card.  Then I embossed just the top with the Soft Waves 3D embossing folder.  I inked the waves and the edges of the panel and it looked like this:

 

 

Then came the fun part!  I looked through my various cut-outs from a different page and found some pieces I wanted to use to cover up those otters that were missing , and die cut a few rocks and a bit of plants using dies from the Otterly Amazing die set.  I arranged all on my card as you can see in the picture below.

Before adding the panel to the card front, I criss-crossed some Lost Lagoon cording near the top of the card.  I created a sentiment piece using a stamp from the Otterly Amazing stamp set, some white cardstock, and Pool Party ink.

 

It's a lot of fun to take these gorgeous papers and make your own scene with them!