I designed this card, using the adorable Highland cows from the Wild Bunch stamp set for my daughter and son in law who are celebrating their sixth wedding anniversary. I used the Stamp Positioner and a Silicon Mat to mirror stamp the highland cow inspired by a video from Amanda Fowler of Inspiring Inkin’ 

Colours used in making this card are:

I created the highland cow anniversary card using the following supplies:

Balmy Blue card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” scored at 4⅛” on the long side
Early Espresso – 5⅛” by 3⅜”
Basic White – 5” by 3¼”
Basic White – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Early Espresso – 2 ¾” by ⅜”

I placed the 5” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card onto the Stamp Positioner and marked the centre point with a pencil. I lined the Highland cow up with its right ear against the centre line and picked the stamp up with the clear positioner plate.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Wild Bunch stamp set used with the mirror technique to make a highland cow themed anniversary card

The card stock panel was removed and the Silicon mat replaced it on the Positioner. I inked up the stamp with Early Espresso ink and stamped it onto the Silicon Mat; I repeated this to make sure the image was well inked.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Wild Bunch stamp set used with the mirror technique to make a highland cow themed anniversary card

I carefully placed the panel of Basic White card onto the Silicon mat and when it was in position I stamped again without re-inking. This makes sure there is good contact with the inked image on the Silicon Mat. The white panel was then lifted up and the Silicon Mat removed.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Wild Bunch stamp set used with the mirror technique to make a highland cow themed anniversary card

The Basic White panel was then turned over to reveal the mirror image of he cow before it was placed down into the original position. I inked up the image again and stamped it onto the panel and hey presto there are two cows.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Wild Bunch stamp set used with the mirror technique to make a highland cow themed anniversary card

The cows were then coloured using the following Blends Pens – SU 700, Petal Pink, Golden Glow, Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake & Pecan Pie. I added a Balmy Blue ink to the background using a Blending Brush. The whole panel was adhered to the Ealy Espresso layer and then to the Balmy Blue card front.

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Wild Bunch stamp set used with the mirror technique to make a highland cow themed anniversary card

I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink, covered it with White Embossing Powder and set it using my Heat Tool. I added it to the card front along with a trio of Drusy Adhesive-backed Embellishments.

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

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