My Favorite Things January Release - Countdown Day 4

Hello and welcome to My Favorite Thing's January release Countdown Day 4 preview!

My card today features the new and very fun Castle Drawbridge Die-namics together with the new Knight In Shining Armor stamp set which of course has coordinating die-namics and this project also uses the essential-to-own Mini Cloud Edges Stencil.

For my design I first used the stencil to create the sky background which I then adhered to my card base.

I then die cut white cardstock using the Castle Drawbridge die-namics and I used Copic markers to colour the stonework.  I used pewter coloured cardstock to create the chains and other metalwork and adhered these into position.   The castle was backed with foam tape and applied to the background I'd created earlier and I placed a piece of kraft cardstock behind the door which you'll see lower down this post.

I stamped the images from the stamp set and coloured them with Copic markers and then die cut, backed them with foam tape.   I made a little tab for the knight behind the drawbridge door so that he stands up when the drawbridge is lowered.  Here are my Copic colours:-

Castle - E44, E43, E42, 40

Knights - E04, E11, E21, E00, T1, T2, T3, T4, Y17, Y38, V06, V05, RV63

Dragon -YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG13

Finally, the sentiment was stamped and applied with more foam tape.

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Puddle Play - Hello Bluebird

Hi!  I have a slimline card featuring all the cuties from Puddle Play by Hello Bluebird Stamps. 



A slimline card gives you so much more 'real estate' to work with to build your scenes and get all those characters and elements in that you love!   Finished size is 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.  Panel cut at 8.2 x 3.2 inches.  Envelopes for this size are easily sourced and are called slimline, invitation, #9 and size 9.



I used a Clarity Stencil Brush to ink blend my gray background using Distress Ink in Weathered wood.  I die cut the clouds without stamping them from the stamp set and ink blended them too.  I stamped some of the water splashes upside down to become raindrops using Memento Ink in Fog.  I backed my panel with craft foam and applied it to the card base.  The craft foam backing means that your card makes it through the postal system in much better shape especially when you have embellishments such as I have on this card.



I stamped my images using Ranger Archival Ink in Potting Soil on to Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I watercolour painted the images using the following colours.  Kuretake Zigs in Gray Brown 094, Bright Yellow 052 and Light Pink 026.  Also Tombow ABT in 020.  I die cut all the elements and highlighted some points with a Uni-ball Signo white gel pen.  I decided on a layout then adhered everything using dimensional foam tape - making sure all my characters were interacting with one another to tell a story.



To finish out the card I stamped the sentiment with the same Fog ink onto a sentiment strip and backed it with foam mounting tape and adhered.  Embellishments needed to be water droplets and so I used 4 different sizes to add some fun dimension to the card.

I hope you like this encouragement card and feel inspired.

Thanks for stopping by - happy crafting!

Nicky x