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Thanks a Ton Bendi Card (+VIDEO)

9 Jun

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Good morning!  I recently discovered Bendi Cards over on SplitCoastStampers and I couldn’t wait to give one a try!  I thought the adorable whales and penguins from Mama Elephant would make a fun scene! 😉  I’ll forewarn you that it’s probably easiest to watch the video to understand the process.  I’ll try to explain it but I think it’s easier with a visual! 😉

You can watch the video right here on my blog or click here to watch it on YouTube in HD!

To start, I die-cut the curved wave panels using the Ocean Waves trio.  The taller wave is approximately 2 inches tall and the shorter wave is 1.5 inches tall.  Then I blended Chipped Sapphire, Mermaid Lagoon, and Salty Ocean distress ink on both sides of each wave.  I masked off the top half of a horizontally-oriented A2-sized background panel and blended the same distress inks onto the bottom half.  Next I masked off the bottom half of the background panel and blended Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, and Dried Marigold distress inks onto the top half to create the sky.  I removed the masks and spritzed the background panel and both sides of each wave with water to create texture.  Then I die-cut the Snow-Capped Mountains with grey and white cardstock and adhered them over the horizon line of the background panel.  I tore a piece of vellum to resemble an iceberg and adhered it to the bottom of the mountain and the water with vellum adhesive.  I covered the iceberg with spectrum noir clear sparkle for a little extra shimmer!

Next I scored a vertical line a 1/4″ from the right side of the left wave panel and the left side of the right wave panel.  This is where the panels will attach to the background panel.  Then I made a small mark a 1/4″ on the opposite side of each wave panel.  I drew a vertical line down the wave panel using that 1/4″ mark as a guide.  Then I sketched a notch on that end and fussy cut it.  In the photo below you can see the two wave panels with a scored edge on one side and a notch on the other side.

Next I made a mark 2 inches from the right side of the background panel.  I laid the taller wave panel on the card and marked both edges of the notch.  I drew a line connecting the edges of the notch and then used a craft knife to cut along that line, creating a slit for my notch.  On the taller wave panel I made another mark 2 inches from the left side of the wave panel and then followed the same process, lining up the shorter wave panel to mark the notches.

I added adhesive to the scored flaps and adhered the wave panels to the background panel.  I prepped the background panel with my powder tool and then stamped the sentiment from Whale Wishes with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I stamped part of the sentiment on the background panel and part on the front of the shorter wave panel.

Then it was critter time!  I stamped a bunch of penguins and orcas from Arctic Penguins and Whale Wishes on white cardstock and then used my ScanNCut to cut them out.  I colored the penguins’ ice skates and beaks with copic markers and added a little spectrum noir clear sparkle to the ice skates.  I adhered the critters using my ATG gun and scattered them all over my card.  I love that the whale set features mirrored images because it allows me to adhere them back to back so that they can poke out from the top of the waves and be seen from both sides.  Once all my critters were in place I adhered the background panel to a card base!  And that was it!

To create the 3-dimensional effect, I tucked the notch on the taller wave panel into the slit on the background panel and then tucked the notch on the shorter wave panel into the slit on the taller wave panel.  It’s such a fun way to present a scene and there are tons of ways you could customize it and change things up!  Next week I’m sharing a bendi card that uses a shaker for one panel! 😉  And the best thing about the bendi card is that you can pull the notches out of the slits so that the card folds flat for mailing!

I hope you enjoyed my card and that the process was understandable.  If you have any questions please feel free to ask and I’ll try to help you!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous day!!

suppliesInterested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Arctic Penguins
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp ARCTIC PENGUINS Set
Mama Elephant Clear Stamp WHALE WISHES Set
Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Whale Wishes
Mama Elephant OCEAN WAVES TRIO Creative Cuts Steel Dies Set
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Ocean Waves Trio
Mama Elephant Creative Cuts, Snow Capped Mountains
Mama Elephant SNOW CAPPED MOUNTAINS Die Creative Cuts Set
Mini Ink Blending Tool-1
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Salty Ocean
Ranger Tim Holtz March Distress Ink Pad, Mermaid Lagoon
Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Tim Holtz February Distress Ink Pad, Abandoned Coral
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Dried Marigold
Mister Bottle-2 Ounces Empty
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen Clear Overlay, 3 Piece
Essentials by Ellen 40 lb. Vellum, 25 pk
WPlus9 Coal Mine Cardstock
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2×11 110lb 250/pkg
X-ACTO X3252 Designer Series Gripster Knife, Pink
Dahle 10672 Vantage Cutting Mat, 18
Acme C8735532 Junior T-Square Drawing Instrument, 12-Inch
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaMark Ink Pad
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, White
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray
Brother ScanNCut2 Home and Hobby Cutting Machine with Rhinestone Trial Kit
Plus Permanent Vellum Glue Tape Dispenser-.33
Scotch Acid Free Advanced Tape Glider, Pink Applicator with 2 Rolls of 1/4-Inch Tape (085)
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  1. KT Fit Kitty says

    June 9, 2016 at 8:12 am

    This is awesome! I love it! Would love to try to make this style!

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  2. Karen B. says

    June 9, 2016 at 8:24 am

    So ccool and clever and ca-hute!!!

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  3. Carol Doggett says

    June 9, 2016 at 8:51 am

    A-mazing!!!! Gorgeous card!

    Reply
  4. D.Ann C says

    June 9, 2016 at 8:56 am

    This is terrific!! Thanks for the tutorial… bookmarking for future reference… I want to try this some day!

    Reply
  5. Taunya Butler says

    June 9, 2016 at 10:37 am

    Oh my goodness – this is so cool!! You are so clever and this is just wonderfully delightful!! Love the fun scene you have created!!

    Reply
  6. conil says

    June 9, 2016 at 10:46 am

    Brilliant…just plain brilliant, This is such an amazingly fun card.

    Reply
  7. Helen Gullett says

    June 9, 2016 at 11:57 am

    OH…. this is so cute and cool! Thank you for the tutorial, Jess!

    Reply
  8. Shirley says

    June 9, 2016 at 7:29 pm

    Very cute card!! love all the coloring as well.

    Reply
  9. Maggie B says

    June 9, 2016 at 10:27 pm

    Hey Jess ~ This card is adorable and you absolutely picked the perfect stamp set to use for a bendy card. Love it! Off to watch your video. Thanks for sharing.

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