Welcome to the jungle, we got fun and crafts! And my heart is swinging with all the new wild products from the Safari release. For this card, I decided to throw it back to one of my favorite designers from my childhood.

I started the background by blending a rainbow of colors across the panel using Catherine Pooler inks.

Then I used the Safari Spots 4X4 stencil with blank ink, right over the rainbow. To get the continuous pattern across the card front, I flipped the stencil to make a mirror image, be careful to not make a seam. I did it in a spot that I knew would be covered.
I used the lion from the May Die of the Month “Wild Things.” I spread Teal Candy Coat on white cardstock. Once dried, I used it to die cut the mane and the tail. I used some Fabulous Fibers behind the lion and attached him to a black scalloped oval with foam tape. The sentiment is from the “Wild and Free” stamp set. I thought the rainbow was a cute touch to connect the focal image to the sentiment. The rainbow is from the “Be Happy” die set.

Since I created this on a black card base, I put a piece of white cardstock on the inside. To give it some interest, I stenciled lightly around the edges using whatever ink was left on my brushes from inking the background.

If you would like to see the replay of the YouTube live when I created this card, you can view it here.
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