Otterly adorable designer series paper and Otterly amazing dies

Here is a card with the new Otter stamp, die and designer series paper that just became available this month. I love otters so I had to get this as soon as it became available. On this card the otters are die cut from the designer paper. The leaves and rocks are die cuts. I even used a die cut to create the river. I cased this card from Inky Bee Stampers and made a few minor changes. 

Both sentiments come in the stamp set. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Otterly Amazing

Ink: Old Olive, Balmy Blue and Gray Granite

Paper: White, Old Olive and Early Espresso card stock, Otterly Adorable designer series paper.

Accessories: Stamp Cut and Emboss machine, Otterly Amazing dies, Riverside irregular pearls, Stampin’ dimensionals, Tombo glue, paper trimmer and paper snips and Silicone mat

 

Cutting instructions

Early Espresso card stock: card base 5 ½” x 8  ½” scored at 4 ¼” card base

Old Olive card stock: cut two 4” x 5 ¼” mats

White card stock: cut two 3 7/8” x 5 1/8” card front and inside

Garden Green card stock: scraps for leaves

Gray Granite card stock: Scraps for rocks.

Otterly Adorable designer series paper: blue water: 1” x 4”, pair of otters from dsp.

 

Assembly instructions:

1. Die cut river and snip to edge of paper on both sides. Place river on white card front and pencil above the top and below the bottom. Remove and using a Blending brush add Balmy Blue ink to the top for the sky going slightly over the pencil mark. Repeat on the bottom with Old Olive ink. Glue river in place cutting of any paper that might go over the edge of card front.

 2. Stamp sentiment in Old Olive on card front in the center ½” to 1” from top.

3. Die cut pair of otters from designer paper. Add just above river using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

4. Die cut three leaf stems out a scrap of Green and sponge with Old Olive ink. Glue with Tombo liquid glue tucking one on the right behind otters. Glue other two on the left side starting at the river. Note: I trimmed mine a bit shorter. See photo below the two leaves on the right are not sponged, the two on the left are sponged.

5. Die cut four sets of rocks using scrap of Gray Granite card stock. Sponge with Gray Granite ink. Add rocks at the top and bottom of river, gluing down some and popping up some. Add three Riverside irregular pearls along the river bottom. See photo below. Top rocks after sponging, bottom four rocks not sponged. 

6. Glue card front to Old Olive mat and then to Early Espresso card front.

Inside:

1. Sponge Old Olive ink on white panel at the bottom, about ½” – 1”. Sponge remainder in Balmy Blue. Stamp sentiment in Old Olive.

2. Fussy cut one otter from designer paper, I used one from the edge that was partially cut off. Glue on the bottom right side. Glue white panel to Old Olive mat and then to inside of Early Espresso card.

3. Stamp otters from stamp set on bottom left front of envelope or back flap.