Animal Crackers - May 2023 Class
05/26/2023
It’s time for a visit to the zoo! Here are the cards from my Animal Crackers class. All of the cards feature the new Zoo Crew Suite—pages 46-47 in the new Annual Catalog. Recipes are included with each project and the supply details are listed at the end of this post. Thanks for stopping by!
Card 1: Knitting Llama
Who wouldn’t love a scarf or sweater made by this cute llama! The stamps and dies used are from the Zany Zoo bundle and the coordinating DSP is called Zoo crew. It also features new colors—Lemon Lolly and Lemon Lime Twist.
Tips:
- Die cut the little table from the middle of the crumb cake cardstock square used for the backing. It will be covered by the 3 x 3” DSP when you assemble the card .
- The llama can be stamped and colored with blends or cut out from the Zoo Crew DSP. I added color the llama from the DSP—Crumb Cake for the face and hooves and Petal Pink for the inner ears.
Here is the recipe:
- Stamp Set: Zany Zoo*
- Dies: Zany Zoo*
- Zoo Crew DSP 3 x 3”
- Crumb Cake cardstock 3 ¼ x 3 ¼”
- Petal Pink cardstock 8 ½ x 5 ½”; die cut tulip
- Lemon Lolly cardstock 4 ¼ x 2 ¾”
- Lemon Lime Twist cardstock for die cut vase
- Basic White cardstock for banner and llama
- Splatters 3D embossing folder
- Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
- Stampin’ Blends: Petal Pink, Lemon Lolly or Daffodil Delight, Crumb Cake
* Available as a bundle for 10% off
Card 2: Circle Frame
This simple card is made by cutting out the stitched circle from the top layer to create a window to frame one of the cute zoo animals. The ones shown in these cards are from the Zoo Crew DSP that were manually cut using snips. For class, your kit will have three of the four animals shown in the photos. The flowers were cut using the Zany Zoo dies and the centers are iridescent pearls basic jewels.
Tips:
- Use the 2 ½+ size circle to die cut the circle from the pool party card front. Feed it through the Die Cutting & Embossing machine with the card open. The circle cut out will be used for the next card (Cycling Alligator).
- You could select different animals from other pages of the DSP and cut them out with snips or the coordinating die, if available. Or stamp, die cut, and color the image of your choice from the Zany Zoo stamp set.
Here is the recipe:
- Stamp Sets: Zany Zoo*, Circle Sayings (for sentiment)
- Dies: Zany Zoo*, Stylish Shapes
- Zoo Crew DSP (for animals)
- Pool Party cardstock 5 ½ x 8 ½”; for die cut stitched circle (size 2 ½+”)
- Basic White cardstock 4 x 5 ¼”
- Lemon Lime Twist cardstock for die cut flowers
- Iridescent Pearls basic jewels
- Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
* Available as a bundle for 10% off
Card 3: Cycling Alligator
This happy alligator is on his way with celebratory flowers! Use the die cut circle from the previous card for the background, attach with dimensionals. You could die cut the alligator from the DSP. I added color to the basket by coloring it in crumb cake. Or use snips to cut out one of the other animals like the bunny on the scooter, roller skating ostrich, fox riding the moped…all are cute!
Here is the recipe:
- Stamp Set: Zany Zoo*
- Dies: Zany Zoo*, Stylish Shapes
- Zoo Crew DSP 4 x 3”
- Lemon Lime Twist cardstock 8 ½ x 5 ½”
- Crumb Cake cardstock 4 x 2 1/8”
- Pool Party cardstock for die cut stitched circle (size 2 ½+”)
- Petal Pink cardstock for die cut flowers
- Basic White cardstock for die cut cycling alligator
- Ink Pad: Memento Tuxedo Black
- Stampin’ Blends: Petal Pink, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake
* Available as a bundle for 10% off
Card 4: Accordion Flip
I saw different variations of this accordion flip card. For this version, I decided to use different sized flip pages. The DSP is 5 ¼ x 12”, scored at 2”, 5” and 8”. The 2” flap is folded first so that the animal images are inside, the rest are accordion folded, attach the 3” sections together. See the top view of the folds below.
The 4” section of the DSP is attached to the Basic Black cardstock backing. For each page of the card, see the sequential photos below. Four versions are shown because the class kit includes 3 of the 4 options. The animal for each version coordinates with the DSP used—stamp, die cut and color.
Here is the recipe:
- Stamp Sets: Zany Zoo*, Biggest Wish
- Dies: Zany Zoo*
- 2 3/8" circle punch
- Zoo Crew DSP 5 ¼ x 12”, scored at 2”, 5”, 8”
- Basic Black cardstock 4 ¼ x 5 ½”; 2 5/8 x 2 5/8”
- Pool Party cardstock 3 x3”; for die cut flowers
- Basic White cardstock for 2 3/8” circle punch (2x); for die cut animal
- Lemon Lime Twist cardstock for die cut balloons and trees
- Petal Pink cardstock for die cut flowers and balloons
- Ink Pads: Memento Tuxedo Black, Pool Party Classic Pad; Lemon Lime Twist Classic Pad
- Stampin’ Blends: Petal Pink, Lemon Lolly or Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Smoky Slate, Basic Black, Pool Party, Pumpkin Pie, Crumb Cake
* Available as a bundle for 10% off
Supplies
Below are the supplies used for all the projects. If you'd like to order any of the products, click on the pictured item to jump immediately to my website and shop or from the top menu, click on SHOP NOW.
Knitting Llama Card:
Circle Frame Card:
Cycling Alligator Card:
Accordion Flip Card:
Other: