Creating an Adorable Thank You Card with Stampin' Up's Animal Outing Bundle

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Hi stampers!  In today's video, I just had to share how I created this super fun thank you card using the animal outing bundle.  I just love this bundle and I love coloring these images with my Stampin' Blends (which are alcohol based markers, you can liken them to copics, but they are, in my humble opinion, even more awesome and even easier to use).  In the video, I also share in depth how to use the Stampin' Blends to color this sweet image.  Here are some pictures of my card:

To create this card, I first stamped my rhino onto Thick Whisper White cardstock (my preferred cardstock for coloring with Stampin' Blends) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I colored the rhino with Dark Smokey Slate and Light Smokey Slate Blend markers.  I colored the bird with Dark Lovely Lipstick and Light Lovely Lipstick, I colored the horn with Ivory and my Color Lifter marker, and I colored the grass with Dark Old Olive and Light Old Olive.  Next, I cut the rhino out with the coordinating dies.  Next, I created  card base out of Lovely Lipstick cardstock (cut at 4 1/4" by 11", scored at 5 1/2").  I placed a piece of Whisper White cardstock (cut at 4" by 5 1/4") inside the card base for a place to write a message.  Next, I cut a piece of DSP from the Animal Expedition DSP.  I cut a strop of Old Olive cardstock to 4" by 1 1/2 and adhered it to the DSP a little ways up from the bottom.  I then adhered some Burlap Ribbon around the piece of Old Olive cardstock and adhered it to the back of the DSP and then adhered the entire DSP panel to the Lovely Lipstick card base.  Next, I cut out two circles with the centers missing by putting two stitched circles from the Stitched Shapes fremelit dies (one slightly larger than the other) nested together on top of my paper into my Big Shot.  I did this with Basic Gray cardstock and Old Olive.  I then cut a sold stitched circle using the same larger circle die out of lovely Lipstick.  I used my fine tip glue pen to glue the circle rings onto the card front.  I the popped the Lovely Lipstick stitched circle with Dimensionals.  Next I cut some greenery from the coordinating Animal Friends Framelit Die set and clued them to the card front with my fine tip glue pen.  I then popped my rhino onto the Lovely Lipstick stitched circle with dimensionals.  I stamped my sentiment in Lovely Lipstick ink onto Basic Gray cardstock and then backed it with Lovely Lipstick cardstock and then adhered the sentiment panel to the card front with dimensionals.  For a finishing touch, I added some Silver Metallic Pearls.  What do you think?

Don't forget, I'm doing an online card class with this bundle and sign ups are open through tomorrow so make sure to check out This Blog Post for all the information on the class.  Thanks so much as always for stopping by.  I'll link below to all the products I used to create this card.  Remember, you can shop my online store any time, 24/7.  Thanks again and have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Christine