My card today is a 5 X 7 waterfall card. I have seen several YouTube videos on how to make a waterfall card. I don’t remember the exact one that I followed to make my card but there are several good videos on the process. I made one a month ago, but forgot to take photos of it before I sent it off to it’s recipient. This post has quite a few photos and a short video of the completed card.

• I cut 5 pieces of cardstock measuring 2 3/4″ X 2 3/4″ and 5 pieces of colored cardstock measuring 3″ X 3″.
• I then cut a piece of cardstock measuring 11″ X 2″ and scored it at 2 1/2″, 3″, 3 1/2″, 4″, 4 1/2″ and 5″. This piece is the “mechanism” for the waterfall feature.
• On each of the five small pieces, I stamped my images.
• I wanted to create some backgrounds on the pieces, so I also stamped the images on some masking paper and cut them out.
• I applied the masks over my stamped images and started creating my little “scenes”.

• I used several different techniques to create different backgrounds for each of the five different scenes that I was creating.
• For the first one, I used a stencil to create a sky for the elephant to be floating in.
• For the second and fourth one, I used a stamp and some embossing powder to create a shoreline and some inking to create the sandy beach.
• On the third one, I ink blended a sky with some grass to ground my elephant flying a kite.
• For my final piece, I again used a stencil to create some clouds and another stencil to create the ground with a tree.

Once I had my backgrounds completed, I removed the masks and colored the images with my Copic markers.

• My next step was to create my card base.
• I cut down a piece of cardstock to adhere to the front of my card.
• I stenciled some floating hearts in a light blue and then adhered it to the cardbase.
• For each of my little “scenes”, I stamped a greeting and added them to a mat.
• On the mechanism, I stenciled some cupcakes and stamped a greeting.
• The next step was to glue each of the little scenes to the mechanism on the fold lines.
• Once I had them adhered, I added the “waterfall” to my cardbase.

The above photos are of each of the attached scenes to the mechanism and the mechanism itself.

On the inside of my card, I stamped and embossed my greeting. I then added some ink blending around the edges to make the panel stand out on the inside of my card.

The finished card!

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Crafting!

Supplies used:

W Plus 9: Unforgettable stamp set (retired)

My Favorite Things: BB Adorable Elephants stamp set (retired); Mini Cloud Edges stencil (retired but similar items are available)

Gina K Designs: Ocean-Minded stamp set; Just Keep Swimming stamp set; On the Inside – Birthday stamp set; Detail Clear embossing powder

Pretty Pink Posh: Layered Cupcakes stencil set

Simon Says Stamp: Clouds for Days stencil; Horizon Lines stencil; Tumbling Hearts stencil

Mama Elephant: Mini Everyday Messages stamp set

Cardstock:

Simon Says Stamp: Schoolhouse Red

Inks:

Altenew Fresh Dye Inks: Shadow Creek, Firefly, Grass Field, Arctic, Milk Chocolate, Caribbean Sky, Tide Blue, Jade, Eucalyptus, Cherry, Velvet, Persian Blue

Gina K Designs: Sweet Mango, Passionate Pink, Tranquil Teal, Blue Denim, Sandy Beach

Hero Arts: Cup O’ Joe

VersaFine Clair: Nocturne

Copics:

YG09, YG07, YG05, YG03, R46, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, R22, R20, R11, E37, E35, E33, E31, E30, R29, R27, R24, B26, B23, B21, W1, W00

Other Supplies:

Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Glitter Gloss

atyou Spica Glitter Pen: Orange

Sakura: 05 White gelly roll pen