Easter Egg Hunt - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Today's card for Hello Bluebird Stamps has a lovely soft look because I used a no-line Copic technique.  Featured here is the Easter Egg Hunt stamp set.



To create this card I first made the background panel by brushing on Distress Inks with Clarity Stencil Brushes, then distressing with paint splashes.

The clouds and grassy hills were created using the Grassy Knoll die set.  Once they'd been die cut I ink blended them using Cracked Pistachio for the grass and Tumbled Glass for the clouds.   I took what would be my lower portion of grass and I stamped and heat embossed it with the Easter Blessings sentiment from the Spring Banner Script stamp set.  The embossing is very raised because I used my Misti and repeated the process 3 or 4 times.



I assembled these die cuts with foam tape behind them and applied them to the background panel which in turn was adhered to a 110lb white cardstock base.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from Easter Egg Hunt using Nuvo Hybrid Ink in 'Soft Suede'.  I inked up my stamps and stamped them off once on some scrap paper and then stamped again on my Copic paper which gives just enough of an image to colour in but you can make the lines disappear.

I coloured the images with an array of Copic markers then highlighted some points and finally I die cut, backed them with foam tape and added them to the scene.



I used a Sakura Gelly Roll Pen in a pale silvery gold to accent the butterfly wings a little and I dotted a little more into the hazy background and with that the card was complete.

Happy crafting!

Nicky x