On today’s blog I am sharing how to create a diorama card using the Charming Duck Pond Bundle as well as another great card. These ducks are fabulous for all ages and for both the guys and the girls. This is my card for the Creativity Abounds Blog Hop and we are concentrating on masculine cards.

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How to Create a Diorama Card

When your business is called Love-a-Duckie, it is inevitable that you will be drawn to the Lily Pond Lane Suite. The papers have such a gorgeous colour palette and I love how the use of Pretty in Pink and Peach Pie add such vibrancy.

This pop of colour doesn’t mean that this Suite is strictly for the girls. Far from it. If your man enjoys bird watching, or sitting by the water then this suite is obviously going to have appeal. I may be biased, but how can anyone fail to smile at a duck card.

Creating a Scene

This lovely card creates a peephole into the ducks world. The use of the die cut from the bundle to create this feature aperture on the top layer and additional bulrushes on the middle layer, creates the interest and depth you want from these types of cards.

The basic measurements for the card pieces and DSP for the Diorama were:

Instructions

Score the back section of card at 1cm, 2cm ,3cm,4cm,5cm,15.5cm, 16.5cm, 17,5cm, 18,5cm and 19,5cm

For Imperial card score at 3/8″, 3/4″, 1 1/8″, 1 1/2″, 1 7/8″, 6 1/8″, 6 1/2″, 6 7/8″, 7 1/4″, 7 5/8″,

Once scored concertina the sides up.

Stick all of the DSP to their corresponding mats.

Use the circle aperture die from the Charming Duck Pond Bundle to cut the hole in the front panel . The middle panel has an aperture cut with the 7th largest Deckled Circle die, using the front panel to help line it up.

Then the bulrushes and the lily pads on the front panel are coloured with Stampin Blends. Next, wrap some Gray Granite twine around it and adhere to the back. Add a bow of twine stuck on the front with dimensionals.

Die cut a duck and 2 ducklings from Gray Granite and Peach Pie card and layer the pieces. A Black Stampin’ Write marker is used to create the eye. Cut a trio of lily pad leaves from Granny Apple Green card 4 bulrushes die cut in white (2 pairs). The bulrushes are coloured with Stampin’ Blends, using Pretty Peacock for one pair and Granny Apple Green for the other. Add these bulrushes to the middle layer.

Construct the Layers

Adhere the middle layer to the centre of the concertina as shown . The duck family can then be stuck in place on the back panel so they are peeping from between the bulrushes. Then add the lily pads in front of the ducks. Finally add he front panel to the front of the concertina.

I added a sentiment to both the front and the inside of the card. These were both stamped in Gray Granite onto Basic White card and matted with Gray Granite card.

Finally add some Self-adhesive Dappled Dots.

Another Duck Card

This second card features some vibrant bulrush paper from the Suite on a Pretty Peacock mat and a Granny Apple Green card base.

Stamp the duck onto a Deckled Rectangle and then mask, before adding bulrushes. Once the mask is removed the duck is coloured with Stampin’ Blends to produce this striking Mallard Duck.

This handsome young man is accompanied by some Crumb Cake twine and some more Dappled Dots.

Video

You can see both of these cards being created on this video.

Let’s Hop

I hope you have enjoyed my project. Do leave a comment if you can, because it certainly makes my day. Then it is time to hop around all the other projects

How to Get The Tutorial Bundle

I hope you have been inspired during this hop. This project is exclusive to the blog hop, but there is lots more inspiration in the Tutorial Bundle. If you earn or buy the bundle, you will receive a PDF that will contain all the information you need to create the projects shown in the thumbnails yourself, including the products used, the measurements and detailed instructions. You can get your hands on these tutorials in a couple of ways.

• Receive it free with any purchase from me.
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• Receive it as a Member of my team

How Can I Help?

Customers are always asking for Masculine Card idea, so I’m sure this tutorial is going to be a winner.

My project in this bundle also featured a duck, but a very different style of duck. Here is a sneak peek,

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Meanwhile stay safe and stay well

Helen xx

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