Sheltering Tree reflection

 

 
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  This is Wendy's beautiful card that inspired me.

I dotted some White Craft Ink into the sky with a small brush for subtle stars

I will be giving it to my wonderful husband for Fathers' Day.

I used the piece I cut from the edge of the panel to decorate the inside of the card

The techniques used are sponging and the reflection technique.  There are many great tutorials available for this technique which simply involves stamping the silhouette image onto a shiny surface such as a a piece of Window Sheeet, acetate or (as I do) the plastic sheet that forms part of the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, turning it ink side down, positioning it and rubbing so that the ink transfers to the cardstock.

I hope you've enjoyed this card and I welcome your comments. 

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'Til next time
Stephanie

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Sheltering Tree Photopolymer Stamp Set

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In The Meadow Clear-Mount Stamp Set

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Mixed Borders Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

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Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

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Elegant Eggplant A4 Card Stock

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Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

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Tags & Labels Framelits Dies

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Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

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Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad

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Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad

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Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

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Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

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Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

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Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

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Big Shot

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Stampin' Trimmer

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Peaceful country scene with dog - The Wilderness Awaits

Today I made a birthday card for a friend of mine who loves dogs.  It gave me the opportunity to ink up an image I hadn't previously used in the The Wilderness Awaits stamp set.

The dog is from The Wilderness Awaits stamp set

He seems to be a good hunting dog, so I thought I'd better add some trees.  It's always a joy to use Lovely As A Tree (one of my all time favourite stamp sets!) and I added Sheltering Tree.  I decided to add some autumnal colours to the trees.


I have entered this card into Kylie's Crazy Crafter Team Projects this week - click on the image to see all of the amazing projects entered this week and vote for your favourite.



Without getting too bogged down in detail, this is an overview of my plan.

1. Stamped the dog with black ink and masked it.
2. Stamped Lovely as a Tree in Basic Grey ink (to put them in the distance a bit)
3. Sponged the sky with Soft Sky and then the top part with some Marina Mist.
4. Sponged the grass with Pear Pizzazz.
5. Stamped Sheltering tree trunk in black (to make it dark to bring it forward)
6. Stamped the grass from In The Meadow in Pear Pizzazz in the foreground
7. Stamped the same grass over the rest of the grass area in Pear Pizzazz but stamping off first.
8. Stamped the grass under the dog and tree and in the foreground with Mossy Meadow
9. Used the small leaves image from Sheltering tree to add leaves to the small trees in Pear Pizzazz, Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze.
10. Stamped the tree leaves image from Sheltering Tree on the big tree in Pear Pizzazz,  Added some Crushed Curry and Cajun Craze with the small leaves image.
11. Went over the right side of the big tree trunk with an aqua pen and a little Cajun Craze.
12. Added some watercolour Pear Pizzazz to all the trees
13. Unmasked the dog
14. Added some watercolour Mossy Meadow under the dog and trees.
15. Watercoloured the dog with Delightful Dijon
16. Added Cajun Craze to the dog, working in layers a bit at a time to create highlights and shadows.
17. Sponged a little bit of Mossy Meadow to the lower edge of the panel.
18. Stamped the sentiment from Sheltering Tree to the shadows.

The painted panel is layered onto Basic Black cardstock and then onto the Cajun Craze card.

Thanks for stopping by to look.
'Til next time
Stephanie

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No Bones About It - Dinoparty!

If you saw my previous post featuring dinosaurs, you may be wondering .... what happened next?

Even if you aren't wondering - I'm going to tell you now!

Continuing the story of the Dinosaur Party

On the front of the card, the T-rex couple are arriving at the party, bearing their gifts, while the brachiosaurus puts the finishing touches to the bunting in the trees (who better to reach high enough?).

T-Rex's bringing gifts

Inside the card, we find our two Triceratops friends.  They haven't quite made it to the party yet, but they're close and they're bringing a balloon as their contribution to the festivities!

Triceratops couple bring a balloon, following the T-Rex footprints

The card is Night of Navy with layers of Daffodil Delight and Lost Lagoon (doesn't that just sound like an inviting name for a dinosaur?!).

I have used black ink everywhere.  The only exception is the Smoky Slate marker I used to fill in the flowers, tree trunks and parcel.  I also used a Basic Black marker on the bunting to hide the "Merry Christmas" wording!

Can you pick all the stamp sets I combined in these little scenes?

Ready for the answer?...

No Bones About It (that was easy!)
White Christmas (the trees and bunting)
Sheltering Tree (the leaves on the trees)
Santa's Gifts (the parcel)
Hey Girl (the grass, balloon & string)
Tin of Cards (the birthday sentiment inside the card)

Til next time
Stephanie

Dinosaur Hunt

Today I needed to make a birthday card for my pre-school age great-nephew.  I'm not sure what it says about me but this was my creative thought process:
"Must make a card for Hunter ... oooh, I haven't used those dinosaur stamps yet ... boys like dinosaurs ... Hunter ... T-Rex hunting vegesaurs" !!

Dinosaur scene - are they being hunted?

I like to think of the lead Triceratops saying to the other one "Run, Forest, Run!"

It all ends well though .... the T-Rex just wants to invite them to a birthday celebration!

No, it's just a dinosaur birthday party!

I was a bit pressed for time, so it's a very simple card.  The base is Cajun Craze followed by a layer of Lost Lagoon and the stamped layer is Crushed Curry.

I stamped the leading Triceratops first and masked it.  Then stamped the second Triceratops and masked that too.  Then I stamped the tree, leaves and foreground dots (I'm not sure if they're footprints or rocky ground!).  Then I stamped the T-Rex and sentiment.  I stamped the T-Rex right in the corner to try to give a little more depth to my simple little scene.  I used Mossy Meadow ink.

For the inside I stamped the T-Rex again, this time giving him a party hat and some foot prints.  The birthday sentiment is from the Tin of Cards set - it's one I use a lot.

I hope you like my simple little card - it was a lot of fun to make.  My mind is now spinning with more dinosaur scenes with more details (like a sky!).

Til next time
Stephanie

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