Rainforest Stamps - How to make cards with tropical flair.

Rainforest Stamps - How to make cards with tropical flair.

Julie Heyer Julie Heyer

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Create seven cards when you pair the Rainforest Stamps with plain papers from the collection. The stamps feature lush jungle imagery and sweet sentiments. Isn't the sloth the cutest!?

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Rainforest Stamps

(The finished size of each card is 4.25x5.5", unless otherwise noted.)

Card 1

Stamp the sloth image at an angle on the right side of a white panel with Earth Ink. Add palm fronds to the corners of the panel with Leaf and Spruce inks.

Add details to the sloth's eyes with a black fine-tipped marker and white gel pen.

Add texture to a Lt. Green panel with an embossing folder. Adhere to a Dk. Green card base.

Stamp the sentiment to the left of the sloth with Spruce ink. Nest the stamped paper onto the embossed panel to complete the front of the card.

Inside, stamp a sentiment and leaves onto a small scrap of Lt. Green paper. Center onto the interior of the card.

Card 2

Stamp a variety of leaf images on the right side of a white panel with Leaf, Spruce and Ocean inks.

Add a bit of ink directly onto the surface of a non-stick craft sheet. Pick up the ink with a water brush. Tap lightly against the side of the brush to add a speckled effect to the white panel. Allow the panel to dry completely.

Stamp a sentiment onto a small white strip with Ocean ink. Adhere to a slightly longer Dk. Green strip.

Wrap the Dk. Green strip with a bit of twine. Add foam adhesive to the back side.

Adhere the sentiment strip to the front of the card. Add Dazzles (Lagoon 08.17) around the sentiment for a bit of sparkle and shine.

Card 3

Stamp a 2.5x3.75" Med. Green panel with a variety of leaf images using Leaf, Spruce, Moss and Ocean ink.

Add texture to a 2.5x3.75" Lt. Green panel with a Fern Leaf embossing folder. Adhere the panels next to each other on a 4x5.25" card panel.

Wrap wide satin ribbon around the panel to cover the gap between the stamped and embossed pieces.

Add adhesive to the perimeter of the back side of the card panel. Press the ends of the ribbon into the adhesive before adding the panel to an Aqua card base.

Add a sentiment and sloth image to a white panel with Ocean/Earth ink. Trim to 2.75x3.75".

Add the panel to the inside of the Aqua card base.

Tie a small piece of gingham ribbon onto the satin. Add the sentiment to complete the card.

Card 4

Stamp a leaf at the top and bottom of a square white panel with Spruce ink.

Add another leaf to the bottom, overlapping the first image.

Continue to stamp until the desired circular shape is achieved.

Emboss a Dk. Green panel with a Fern Leaf folder.

Add color directly onto the panel with Spruce ink.

Lightly rub the pad over the raised areas of the paper until the desired effect is achieved.

Stamp the sentiment onto a strip of white paper with Leaf ink.

Nest onto a Lt. Green strip. Add foam adhesive to the back of the sentiment. Loop a bit of twine into a circle to create a wreath shape. Adhere to the stamped panel with bookbinding glue.

Remove the backing strips from the foam adhesive and add the sentiment to the front of the card, overlapping the twine wreath.

Card 5

Stamp the large cat image onto a white panel with India ink.

Add the sentiment next to the cat with Ocean Ink.

Stamp palm leaves along the top of the white panel with Leaf Ink.

Stamp a second white panel with the large cat image in Earth Ink.

Adhere a 1/4" Aqua strip to a 1" Dk. Green paper with Bookbinding Glue dispensed from a Needle-tipped Applicator. Add texture to the strips with a Fern Leaf embossing folder.

Fussy cut the second cat image with scissors. Add Foam Adhesive circles to the back side. Adhere the paper strip over the cat's tail, beneath the sentiment.

Remove the backing from the foam adhesive and align the fussy cut cat with the stamped cat image, over the top of the embossed Dk. Green strip.

Card 6

Open a Lt. Green folded 5.5x8.5 card base and place into the Paper Trimmer. Trim at 6".

Cut a 1.75x5.25" Dk. Green panel. Add texture to the panel with a Fern Leaf embossing folder. Nest the panel onto the front flap of the card base.

Adhere a 4x5.25" Dk. Green panel to the inside of the card.

Stamp leaf images onto a white panel with Ocean and Moss ink. Trim the panel to 3.75x5". Nest onto the Dk. Green mat on the inside of the card.

Add leaf images and a sentiment to a 2.25x3" white panel.

Layer the white panel on a 2.5x3.25" Aqua mat. Adhere to the flap and add Dazzle dots to complete the card.



Card 7 (8.5x3.5" Slimline)

Add the palm leaf image to a 3x8" Lt. Green panel with Ocean, Moss, and Spruce ink.

Distress the edges of the panel with Ocean ink by applying color directly from the pad onto the paper.

Die cut circles in a variety of sizes from the Rainforest Plains. (The Pack of Panels is great for this purpose!)

Add a sentiment to the left side of the largest circle with Spruce ink.

Die cut (or punch) leaves and daisy shapes in a variety of sizes and colors from the collection.

Adhere the circles over the stamped leaf panel. Add Bookbinding Glue dispensed from a Needle-tipped Applicator to the back of the leaves and nest onto the circles to create a collage.

Create and adhere a flower cluster over the leaf stems, next to the sentiment.

Facebook Chat Groupies: Did you recognize this card? I used the December 2023 Sketch Challenge to inspire the design!


Now that you have taken a tour of my cards made with the Rainforest Stamps, why not give some of these ideas a try? We love seeing what you're creating with your Club Scrap stamps. Share your finished artwork with us on our Club Scrap Chat Group on Facebook. Not a member of the group yet? Simply answer a few questions and we'll approve your request in no time.

Happy stamping!

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