My Favorite Things - Countdown Day 4

Welcome to Countdown Day 4 to MFT's February 8th release at 10am EST.    The card I'm previewing today features the new Fairy-tale Friendship stamp set which has coordinating die-namics.

I created a panel using A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX Die-namics (2) and stamped the castle image in pale grey ink along with the fun sentiment.   On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the dragon and girl in the same ink and did some no-line Copic colouring.

Here are my Copic colours used:-

Dragon - YG41, YG11, G40, R000, R0000, W0, B21, B00, B0000

Girl -  B21, B00, B0000, RV21, RV10

Skin -  E11, E21, E0000, R00, R20

Hair -  E0000, R00, R000

Images were die cut then backed with foam tape and applied over the castle.  I used Copic markers to ground the images with a little shadow underneath them.

The panel was backed with white craft foam and applied to an A2 panel of Princess Pink cardstock and a few clear sequins added little accents.

Finally, I used green stickles to give the dragon some 'knobbly' texture and the wings and points on the girl's outfit were glittered.  Card complete!

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My Favorite Things - Wednesday Sketch Challenge 547

It's Wednesday and so there's a new Sketch Challenge over at My Favorite Things.   This is Challenge #547 which I hope you'll join in with for a chance to win a $50 gift voucher.   Here is my inspiration card followed by the actual sketch you'll be work with.

To create this card I first stamped a background panel using the Happy Birthday Background Stamp.  I sized this panel to be smaller than A2, backed it with a panel of white craft foam and then layered it over an A2 panel which in turn was applied to my card base.

On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped my images from the newly release from the vault Birthday Bears  stamp set illustrated by Birdie Brown.  I used a light grey ink so that I could colour with my Copics in a no-line style.

Bear E43, E42, E41 and E40

Pinks R20, R30, R00 and R000

Greens G00, G000 and G0000

Yellows Y02, Y00 and Y0000

Shading W1 and W00

I used the Birthday Bears coordinating die-namics to die cut these images which I backed with foam tape and applied to the panel.

To follow the sketch I created 3 equal sized sentiment strips and I used the colour combinations above to make an ombré affect.   I then stamped the sentiments from Essential Sentiments using a second generation stamp and Gravel Gray Premium Dye Ink.   I wanted the stamping to be soft and distressed looking in keeping with the feel of the card.  These were backed with foam tape, aligned and applied.

Above is a zoomed in image of my finishing touches which included Stickles glitter on the party hat, gifts and candle flames and whilst it doesn't show here I also used Nuvo Crystal Glaze to make the icing on the cake lovely, glossy and dimensional.

Best of luck with your entries, I look forward to seeing what you create.  Happy crafty time!

 

Field Mice - Hello Bluebird Stamps

I'm back with a new card for Hello Bluebird Stamps.  This card combines the adorable Field Mice stamp set along with the blossom branch from Picked For You, the background is the Pathway stamp set which I altered to my needs and it is framed out with the Gallery Frame #1 die.



To create this card I stamped the pathway stamp, removing the ink before stamping to the parts I didn't want an image from.  I used Simon Says Stamp in Fog for stamping, it is a very pale gray that just disappears for no line Copic colouring.   I  Copic coloured this portion of the scene and then ink blended the sky using Distress Oxide Inks in Tumbled Glass and a little Peacock Feathers.



On Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the blossom branch from Picked For you about 12 times using the same Fog ink mentioned above.  Again I Copic coloured these images and die cut them all and proceeded to layer them into the scene to build cherry blossom trees, adhering as I went.

I stamped the two joyfully skipping mice from Field Mice  using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and coloured them with Copics, backed them with foam tape and adhered them as the focal point.



To finish up the scene I backed the frame die cut with foam tape and attached it and I stamped the sentiment from Garden Friends to a strip of cardstock and applied the same way.

A few points were highlighted with a white gel pen and I decided against any further embellishment for this project.

I appreciate you stopping by today, happy crafting.

Nicky x

Pathway and Party On The Farm

Welcome to my blog, my post today combines the Pathway and Party On The Farm stamps by Hello Bluebird Stamps and was coloured entirely with Copic markers (too many to list) in the no-line style.



The Pathway background scene stamp was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink in Fog on to a panel of Copic friendly cardstock.  This ink is very pale and disappears when you colour, which I did Copic markers.  I dotted in some white flowers in the background bushes with a white gel pen and a few dots of white in the tufts of grass in the foreground too.



On more Copic friendly cardstock I stamped the cuties from Party On The Farm with the same ink and again Copic coloured, finishing with some highlighted points with the gel pen again.   The tree stump and birthday cake are from Moose and Friends.  All images were fussy cut and applied to the scene with dimensional foam tape.



I decided that no further embellishment was needed and resisted the temptation to have a small Happy Birthday sentiment on the front of the card, it is instead stamped inside which makes the scene on the front look like something from a children's storybook I think.

I really appreciate you stopping by to read my blog today - happy crafting!

Nicky x

Party On The Farm - Hello Bluebird Stamps

Hello!  Thank you for coming by the blog today to see my latest card for Hello Bluebird Stamps that uses the Party On the Farm and Farmland stamp sets.



This card features no-line Copic colouring for both the background image and the characters in the foreground.   To that end I stamped all images on to Copic friendly cardstock using the Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink in 'Fog'.   For the background panel I fussy cut along the horizon line and ink blended a panel which would be layered behind.  I Copic coloured the Farmland scene then adhered it to the sky background panel.



The sentiment from 'Besties' was stamped with Memento Ink in 'London Fog' and the panel set aside.  I coloured all of the farm animals in the no-line style, fussy cut and backed them with regular and thick dimensional foam tape and arranged and adhered them into the scene.

Finally, I used one of the outer skinny frames from any of the Hello Bluebird scene dies, die cutting it from sturdy 110lb white cover weight cardstock, backing it with foam tape and applying it to finish off the scene.  Card complete!   Happy crafting everyone.

Nicky x

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