Legen-DAIRY!

Hello again!  These blog posts are becoming like buses aren't they? ... you wait for ever for one and then two come along at once 😜 

Another set of stamps and dies that have been languishing on my desk since March is the Milk It! kit from Hero Arts.  Such a CUTE set and I love the cow/milk theme obviously.  I have been dying to make a card with it ever since it landed in the mail box but just didn't get round to it before our trip in April and then since we've been back I completely forgot all about it.   It was only when I was looking for inspiration on the Hero Arts website that I came across this blog post featuring a card by Channin Pelletier and remembered that I had this kit and knew that this was just what I wanted to create.

Channin has created an excellent tutorial on YouTube which I followed to make this adorable milk carton card which uses acetate for the carton so you can see the 'milk' pouring out. 

The black ink stenciling does take quite a bit of time to fully dry so as Channin mentions in her video, you need to be really careful to avoid transfer on to your cutting plates and then subsequently onto your paper (which I definitely did not do ... **ahem) so in order to be really safe I would recommend maybe doing your stenciling a little while before and leaving it to fully dry before cutting your panels.   Clearly though I am far too impatient for that, so if you are the same you might want to have that cloth handy and make sure you wipe your plates thoroughly between cuts! 

using a sticky mat definitely makes stenciling easier, especially
 when using black ink which seems to get everywhere!

This card has quite a few steps and is a little more time consuming than a clean and simple style card but the end result was definitely worth it and I figured if I was cutting one, I may as well cut two so made one in pink at the same time.  Really pleased with how they turned out!

Coincidentally, a new milk shake place recently opened up near us so I have arranged to meet Youngest there this afternoon to check it out (purely in the interest of research you understand 😉).  How appropriate!  

Thanks for dropping by and hope to see you next time!

TTFN

Bev x