Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit: Don’t Have a Cow
I choo-choo-choose you! The Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit from Kindred Stamps is now open for pre-order and it’s ginormous! This stamp set contains not only 2 stamp set, but a set of dies that fit perfectly with this family. Along with some shaker elements and a surprise, you will be also saying, I choo-choo-choose you too!
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Nuclear Family Limited Edition, Kindred Stamps
Project One: Chalkboard Lessons
I will not forget your birthday… This belated birthday card showcases the Brother from the Nuclear Family Limited Edition Set. Using simple coloring and bright solid colors, the recipient will forget the card arrived late.
Utilizing solid colored card stock, I divided the card into sections to make the wall and floor. With a thin framed die, I cut the frame out of a solid brown card stock and then again out of solid black cards stock. The frame was layered with the brown card stock on top. While the glue dried, I pulled out my stamping platform and repetitively stamped the sentiment in white pigment ink by moving the paper up a quarter inch. On the last line, I cleaned the stamp and then masked off a portion of the sentiment prior to inking it up.
The Brother was colored with Olo Markers (See Color Guide). To assemble the card, the wall and the floor were adhered to a top folding card base. To ensure the frame and the blackboard were paper pieced perfectly, I centered the blackboard into the frame and then I used some low tack tape to hold the frame and blackboard together. This was then glued to the wall. The Brother was placed on the card with foam tape.
Finally, the sentiment was stamped in black ink, layered on black card stock, and popped up in the left lower corner. This belated birthday card will help the recipient to calm down, not have a cow, and enjoy their belated birthday!
Card Size: A2(4.25 by 5.5 inches)
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project Two: Framed Art
This living room scene reminds me that families are not perfect but they are perfect for each other. This 8 inch by 10 inch framed piece showcases the die set in the Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit. A majority of this scene utilizes colored card stock and comes together super fast. Perfect for a wedding gift for the perfect family.
A piece of plain white card stock was cut down to 8x10 inches to act as a platform to build my scene. The wall and the floor were cut down and adhered to the card stock base. Next up was some die cutting. The couch was cut from a rusty red card stock and ink blended with a brown ink to deepen the crevices. The lamp pieces were die cut out of various colors. The lamp shade got a little shadowing with an alcohol marker. Finally, the lamp was assembled and set aside to dry. The end table was die cut and edged with an alcohol marker in a deeper purple and assembled. Finally, the rug was die cut from a set of nesting oval dies and assembled to make an area rug.
The picture frame and scene were drawn on a piece of alcohol safe paper with an alcohol safe multi-liner. Utilizing Olo Markers, I colored the simple line art with the following colors; B2.2/ B0.5/ OR1.6/ and O2.7.
Finally, I die cut “The Endters” out of yellow card stock 3 times for dimension. All of the elements were glued to the 8x10 inch card stock base. To finish the scene, I dug through a box of pearls that have been sitting in my craft room for 20 years. The self-adhesive stickers on the pearl were hardened and had no stick. I used 3 of the pearls, only about 25 more to go! The scene was placed into a black 8x10 frame and hung on the wall in our bar in the basement next to our cartoon proposal image in the same Nuclear Family color scheme.
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project Three: Donut Dreams
The Donut Shaker Pack inspired this giant donut card. The sentiment alone echoes the excitement when I saw this kit and the delectable donuts…. Insert drool sounds…
The Nuclear Family stamp set family was stamped in alcohol safe ink and colored with Olo Markers (See Color Guide). They were fussy cut out and foam tape applied to the back. The family was set aside.
The mega donut was next! Using 2 nesting circle dies, I cut out the shape of a donut. With a pencil I sketch the frosting and sprinkles onto the top of the circle die cuts. The donut was colored with Olo Markers (OR3.7/OR3.4; B0.5/ B0.6; RV0.4/RV0.2; R0.5/R0.4; G1.4/G1.5; Y1.1;Y1.2). The sentiment was stamped in embossing ink and heat embossed with Ocean embossing powder. The sentiment was cut out with the Sentiment Strips die.
To assemble the card the mega donut was centered onto a blue card base. The Nuclear Family was adhered to the bottom of the card base. Utilizing the shaker pack, I scattered the small donuts across the top of the card base as well as a few iridescent stars for bling. The panel was finally adhered to a card base. WooHoo!!!
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project Four: Perfect Families Are Overrated
What is family? They annoy you, they tease you, they boss you around…. But yet, you love them. They’re family. No matter how you define it, families are not perfect and this card showcases the many types of families.
The Filmstrip Die allows each of these families to be center of their own scenes. The die was cut out of both black and blue. I glued the frame together with the black on top. On a slimline card the stacked frame was glued down. The blue cared stock inserts from the blue frame were paper pieced into the filmstrip.
The family pairs from the Nuclear Set were colored with Olo Markers (See Color Guide) and inserted into each of the frames. The sentiment was stamped with embossing ink and heat embossed with Snowfall embossing powder. I cut the sentiment in half to have so they span the separators in-between the film clips. These families were the stars of this card so I add some holographic stars on each the scenes.
Card Size: Slimline
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project Five: Have A Drink On Me
This dapper fellow is waiting to serve you up a drink. The dingy aged bar with the bright red phone set this flat colored card. The scene was sketched with pencil and the bartender was stamped with alcohol safe ink. The pencil lines were traced with a multi-liner pen.
The background was colored with alcohol markers (Altenew Artist Markers> BG3/ R056/ Y821/ G825/ R9.26 and Olo Markers> OR3.6/ OR3.7/ R0.6/ R0.5). The bartender was colored with Olo Markers (See Color Guide below). After prepping the card stock with an antistatic tool (gotta love winter) the sentiment was stamped in embossing ink. Snowfall embossing powder was heat embossed in-between the glass and bottles of booze. Finally, the card was die cut with the rectangle from the Card Basic die set.
On a card base, I adhered a piece of black card stock to act as the frame to the colored panel. Thin foam tape was placed on the colored panel and centered onto the card base. I’d go to this bar and have a drink with this dapper fellow. Maybe when there I would get to laugh at some prank phone calls and enjoy a beer!
Card Size: A2 (4.25 by 5.5 inches)
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project Six: I Will Never Forget
Creepy arch nemeses will never forget birthdays. This simple card features the Arch Nemesis and donut from the Nuclear Family kit. Lots of times you see smaller stamps in the set and try to figure how to utilize them. Why not make your own pattern paper!
The background pattern paper for this card was made with repetitive stamping and rotation of the donut image with an antique gold pigment ink. The first donut was stamped in the middle of an A2 size piece of card stock (4.25 by 5.5 inches). The repetitive pattern continued off the paper to fill the entire piece. Due to the fact that I utilized a pigment metallic ink, I set this panel aside and worked on my Arch Nemesis (See Color Guide).
The sentiment was stamped with embossing ink on a piece of black cared stock and then heat embossed with Snowfall Embossing Powder. The Sentiment Strips dies were utilized to die cut the flag to place under the Arch Nemesis.
A panel of black card stock was cut and adhered to the card base. The pattern paper was cut down with the Card Basic die and thin foam tape was applied to the back of the paper. The panel was then centered on the card base. The same thin foam tape was applied to the Arch Nemeses who was fussy cut out and to the sentiment strip. Both the image and the sentiment were centered. The sudden bling of the metallic antique gold ink gives a soft luster to the pattern paper.
Card Size: A2 (4.25 by 5.5 inches)
Nuclear Family Limited Edition Kit, Kindred Stamps
Project 7: Skating By
Belated birthday wishes happen… it’s just life so don’t have a cow. This card features 4 characters from the Nuclear Family kit.
The HaHa Boy, Son (with skateboard), Neighbor, and Best Friend were stamped with alcohol safe ink and then colored with Olo Markers (See Color Guide). Each of the characters were fussy cut out and set aside.
The bright solid colors made the background a breeze to make. A thin card stock panel was utilized as the base to add my elements to. On the lower portion of the panel, I drew some sidewalk lines and ink blended that section with Silver Stone ink from Altenew. The sky was cut out of a bright light blue card stock. This was glued to the thin base panel along the sidewalk line. Pulling out the Grass Scene Die and piece of bright green paper. The base of the die cut grass was cut with a flush end and applied in alignment with the sidewalk ledge. The house and roof were cut of plain card stock and adhered to the right hand side of the evolving scene. With a trusty pair of scissors, I cut out some cloud shapes to fill the sky and glued them down.
Finally, the sentiments were stamped on white card stock and cut out to mimic speech bubbles. To assemble the card, the panel was adhered to a A7 card base. Thin foam tape was applied to the back of the Son, Best Friend, and thought bubble and applied to the card base scene. The Haha Boy and Neighbor with their respective thought bubbles were glued flat to the card.
This scene on an A7 card sends those belated birthday wishes with some pizazz!
Card Size: A7 (5 by 7 inches)
Color Guide (Olo Markers):
Flesh on all the peeps> Y2.3
Dad>
Shirt> WG1
Pants> B2.4/ B2.2
Shoes> WG9/ WG5
Mom>
Dress> G0.4/ G0.1
Hair> B4.6/ B4.7
Pearls> WG1
Shoes> R0.5
Brother>
Shorts> B2.6/ B2.4
Shirt> R0.5/ R0.4
Tongue R0.5
Shoes> B2.6/ B2.4
Skateboard> YG1.4/ V2.4
Sister>
Dress/ Shoes> R0.5/ R0.4
Pearls> WG1
Baby>
Dress> B2.4/ B2.2
Nuk> R0.5/ R0.4
Aunt 1>
Pearls> 2.3
Hair> BV2.2
Dress> R1.7/ R1.5
Aunt 2>
Pearls> OR2.6/ OR2.3
Hair> BV2.2
Dress> B4.6/ B4.3
Shoes> B4.6/ B4.3
Neighbor>
Hair> OR3.8/ OR3.7
Pants> WG5
Shirt> V1.1
Sweater> G1.5
Shoes> WG9
Boss>
Shirt> WG1
Hair> B0.2
Tie> B4.7
Suit> G1.7
Shoes> OR3.8
Assistant>
Shirt> WG1
Jacket> YG8.7
Pants> BG7.6
Tie> BV1.7
Shoes> WG9
Hair> O2.7
Clown>
Gloves> WG1
Face> YO2.0
Hair> BG2.5
Nose/ Mouth> R0.5/ R0.4
Pants> G1.4
Shirt> BV2.3
Shoes> O2.7
Arch Nemesis>
Hair/ Shoes> O2.7
Pants> B4.6
Shirt> YG8.7
Cop>
Uniform> B4.6/ B4.7/ WG5/ Y1.2
Hat> B4.6/ B4.7/ Y1.2
Shoes> WG5
Hair> B0.3
Cop Son>
Shirt> B4.6
Belt/ Shoes> WG9/ WG5/ R0.5/ R0.4
Pants> R1.7
Glue> WG1/ OR2.3
Best Friend>
Shorts> R0.5/ R0.4
Hair> BV2.6
Shirt> R2.2
Bartender>
Apron> WG1
Hair> CG5
Shoes> WG9
Pants> WG5
Shirt> B0.3
Bowtie> 4.6
HaHa Boy>
Shirt> OR 2.3
Shorts> B4.3
Vest> B2.2
Hair> OR3.7
