Matryoshka - TTCRD, colored pencil, tri-fold card

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For my card, I used the Nesting Dolls set from Kitchen Sink Stamps in a tri-fold card. I coloured the dolls with Koh-i-Noor with Nuvo drop accents. I added a Jillibean Soup sentiment die and a sentiment from Unity Stamps on the inside with the smallest doll.

Putting It Together

I was a bit out of touch when the design team chose their stamp sets from Kitchen Sink so the set I got was chosen by them and a complete surprise to me. But, how could I not love it? I have always loved the Ukrainian nesting dolls. Getting a stamp set with them is so wonderful! Kitchen Sink is a new company to me so am I jealous of the winner of the $25 gift certificate because I already covet several of their sets.

The set comes with 3 dolls and two eggs along with some borders and other decorations. 

Since there are three dolls in the set, I immediately thought of a tri-fold to 'nest' them. I cut a 5 1/4" strip from a 12" x 12" sheet of Bazzill cardstock. This soft grey was the only sheet I had of the size which was heavy enough for a card base. But it's a nice colour for a framing base. I scored and folded the strip at 4" from each side for three 4" sections.

I cut 3 panels of Strathmore Bristol, two at 5" x 3 3/4" and the third at 4 3/4" x 3 1/2". I like the inside to be a bit smaller.  On each, I stamped one of the dolls with an embellishment. On the two larger panels, I also stamped the borders and another embellishment on the panel for the front.

I used Koh-i-Noor pencils to colour the dolls and added Little B washi tape to the middle panel.

I added the three panels to the card base I made and embellished the front with Nuvo glitter drops and a die cut sentiment from Jillibean Soup. I also stamped an inside sentiment with the smallest doll using a sentiment from Unity Stamp Co.

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