Sending bug hugs lift the flap card | Aveccreative

Hello everyone!

I made this sending bug hugs card a while ago and now it’s finally on my blog. I had the die for a while to make a Lift the Flap card. And besides, these bug stamps are perfect to combine it with this. Check out the rest of my post to see the inside of the flaps.

I will link all the products I used below.

Let’s get into it.

• The base of this slimline card measures 10,5 centimeters by 21 centimeters. To make the base yourself, you will need a piece of white card stock measuring 21 centimeters by 21 centimeters. Score at 10,5 centimeters.
• A piece of white card stock measuring 10,5 centimeters by 21 centimeters.
• A piece of white card stock to die-cut the lift the flap piece from.
• Bugs clear stamps, but you can use any images/stamps you like.
• Grass and Cloud stencil.
• Ink. I used chalk ink.
• Black ink to stamp your images.
• Alcohol markers or another color medium.
• Glue
• Dies to die-cut the letters.
• Cloud die.
• Black card stock.
• Red card stock.
• White card stock.

First, you need the piece of paper which is measuring 21 centimeters by 10.5 centimeters. You’ll need your two stencils. First, I applied the clouds on my panel. Then I made my grass with my grass stencil.

Now you need the panel you are going to die-cut the flap panel from. Before die-cutting, you need to make the background first. So, I do the same as the first panel.

I used the following colores:

• Cloud: Nautical Blue, Pastel Blue.
• Grass: Green Belt, The Hulk.

Now you can die-cut the flap panel. All you have to do now is ink the back of the flaps. I colored them with my blue ink.

Now it’s time to stamp the images. I stamped the images on DCP paper and colored them with my alcohol markers.

• Big flower: Red Barn (245), Dark Yellow (31), Mustard (30) and Pastel Lemon (39).
• Lady bug and Red flower: Cardinal (244), English Red (249) and Burgundy (247).
• Dots and face of the lady bug: Black (120), Cool Grey 9 (CG9) and Cool Grey 7 (CG7).
• Bee: Black (120), Cool Grey 9 (CG9), Cool Grey 8 (CG8), Cool Grey 7 (CG7), Cool Grey 5 (CG5), Red Barn (245), Mustard (30), Dark Yellow (31) and Pastel Lemon (39).
• Caterpillar: Yellow Green (48), Weeds Green (162) Grass Green (47) and Vived Green (46).
• Butterfly and dragonfly: Dark Yellow (31), Pastel Lemon (39), Cardinal (244), Englishe Red (249), Burgundy (247) and Black (120), Cool Grey 9 (CG9) and Cool Grey 7 (CG7).
• Spider: Chocolate (118), Clay (116), Rose Beige (97) and Caramel (253).
• Snail: Olive Green (41), Grass Green (47) and Vived Green (46).

Now it’s time to make the sentiments. I have sentiments on the front, but also behind the flaps.

For the sentiment on the front, I need my dies. I wanted to make the sentiment “Sending Bug Hugs. I used two different dies for that. First, the words “sending hugs. I used a die who punches out the different letters. I chose to use black paper for that. And I have a die who cuts the word Hugs. From this die I can cut the separate letters and the shadow from the word hugs. I die-cut the letters in Red and the shadow from white paper.

On the back of the flaps, I wanted to stick the sentiments. First, I die-cut the clouds out of white paper. I stamp my sentiments in the clouds. I stick this on the back of the flaps.

First, I glue my background panel on the base of the card. Now it is time to glue my images onto this panel. To figure out to where to put them, I put my flap panel on top and place my images behind the windows. Now I can glue them to my background panel.

Now I have the images and letters left that I want to stick on the front. First, I stick my letters on the front where I want them. I do the same with my images. And the card is finished.

I hope you like it! Let me know in the comments.

Happy Crafting!

As we wrap up this tutorial, let’s reflect on the creative process. From choosing our materials to adding the final touches, we’ve carefully crafted a heartwarming bug hugs card step by step. We’ve explored stamping and colouring, creating the interactive flaps.

Now that the bug hugs card is finished, it’s your turn to get started.

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Bugs 1 by Craftemotions

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Bugs 2 by Craftemotions

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Bugs 3 by Craftemotions

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Alfabeth typewriter die from Craftemotions

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Memento tuxedo black ink

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• Lift the flap die from Aveccreative.
• Sending Hugs Die from Scrapfever.
• Cloud and Grass stencil from Carlijn Design.
• Chalk in from Decotimecrafts.
• Twinmarkers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.

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