My son is celebrating his birthday this month and I really wanted to make a birthday card with a train theme because he LOVES all things trains. I also wanted to incorporate the Yeti stamp set because they both capture the perfect whimsical child-like wonder I wanted for the card.
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| My son's birthday card using Santa's Delivery Stamp Set |
I wanted to create three bright colored trains similar to characters he likes from Thomas the Tank Engine (Thomas, Percy and James). To create a card layout for three trains I needed to make a slimline size. I LOVE how it turned out but my real goal is hoping my son LOVES it!
I will be using Santa's Delivery Stamp Set but we are going to remove Santa and turn these into all-occasion trains!
CARD MEASUREMENTS:
- Slimline size: 7 x 8-1/2 score at 3-1/2"
- Basic White Layer: 3-1/4 x 8-1/4"
- 3 Die Cut Trains
- 3 Die Cut Penguins
- 3 Small Present Die Cuts
- 3 Steam Puff Die Cuts
- 7 Die Cut Flag Banners
- 2 Die Cut Train Tracks (Silver Foil)
- 1 Die Cut Sentiment Rectangle (Paper Trimmer)
INSTRUCTIONS:
Let's start with the Stampin' Blends used for the card...
Stampin' Blends:
- Tahitian Tide (Blue Train, Banner and Present)
- Sweet Sorbet (Red Train, Banner and Present)
- Parakeet Party (Green Train, Banner and Present)
- Basic Black (Train, Penguins)
- Smoky Slate (Train)
- Daffodil Delight (Banner)
- Pumpkin Pie (Penguin)
Emboss the layer with mountains embossing folder. It won't fit the whole layer so turn the folder over and emboss the other part of the layer. Part will embossed and de-bossed and that's ok because this card has lots of layers and you won't notice the difference.
Before stamping you'll need to create a mask to cover Santa in the window of the train. In this case, we don't want the Santa image. I stamped Santa on a post it and trimmed him out with Paper Snips. Flip over and place over top Santa after you clean the stamp. Ink up the train and stamp. Repeat three times replacing the mask before inking the train each time. If it's not perfect you can cut out the window later.
Stamp 3 trains with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Color the trains with Stampin' Blends as listed above. The majority of the train is in the "dark" marker but the detail on the lower half has the light and dark of each combo. Add accents with Basic Black, Smoky Slate and Sweet Sorbet.
Optional: cut out the windows with a craft knife.
Optional: Stampin' Write Marker in Basic Black - use this to draw straight lines around the window.
Stamp and die cut the penguins, banners, presents and color with Stampin' Blends. I chose a primary color theme of blue, red and green because those are my son's favorite train characters but you can change the colors to whatever you like.
Die cut the train tracks in Silver Foil Specialty Paper.
Glue the layer to card base. Glue train tracks (bottom of layer) and banners to the top of layer. The rest of the die cut pieces get popped up on dimensionals.
That's it! Place the penguins in the windows of each train. Place the present on top of each train and a single steam puff just above each funnel of each train.
Place each train on the train tracks and enjoy celebrating with the adorable train card!
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