Livin' the dream...

Olo!

I went digging into the pile of scenes that I keep sitting on my desk, looking for a fun summer scene to color up yesterday. When I came across these Greeting Farm cuties I knew I had a winner. Can you believe this has been waiting on my desk ever since the Beach digi set release back in 2022... that's crazy! The scene is built around the tiki hut and tiki torches in the Beach digi set, while the characters are pieced together from a handful of other digi sets. Ian is from the Dress Up Bedtime set, while his outfit is from the Birthday Boys set. Anya is from the Dress Up Winter set, while her outfit if from the Summer Dress Up digi set. The drinks on the bar and in their hands, as well as the flower in her hair can all be found in the Beach set too. With the tiki torches lit up I chose to give them a colorful sunset sky, hinting at the hot summer night to come. It feels so great to finally get these two onto a card after all this time and it is a great reminder of all the fun TGF digi sets that I have in my craft stash. I can definitely see some more scene building in my future.  :)

Toodles! 

 Supply list:
cardstock- Simon Says Stamp and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- The Greeting Farm (Beach set, Dress Up Winter set, Dress Up Bedtime set, Birthday Boys set and Dress Up Summer set)
stamps- Honey Bee (sentiment)
ink- Memento rich cocoa
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 2
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
skin- E00, E21, E13, E04, R20
girl hair- E50, E21, E53, E43, E74
girl clothes/drink- RV52, RV55, Y18, YG23/RV000, RV02, RV04, Y18/Y11, YR31, RV21, Y15, BG11
boy hair- E35, E39, E47, E49
boy clothes/drink- YG01, YG03, YG25, YG97, E37, E47, YR16, YR18/YR65, YR68, YG05
tiki torches- YR23, YR24, E37, Y02, Y35, YR04, YR09
tiki hut/pineapple- Y11, YR23, YR24, E44, Y21, Y26, E47, E49/YG23, YG67, Y13, Y17, E33
sand- BV31, E30, E31, E34, Y32
sky- RV00, RV10, RV02, V01, BV11, BV34, YR31, Y00
bushes- YG01, YG23, YG17, BG99

More bubbles than troubles...

Hey there! 

So this pretty mermaid from the Salty and Sweet 3 set has been sitting on my desk just waiting to be colored ever since the Sea-sational MerMay clear release at Sweet November Stamps. Now that I've finally caught up on sharing all the release cards that have been sitting on my hard drive, it was time to get her on a card. I wanted her to have someone to be blowing her bubble kisses at so I stamped the little sea turtle from the Seabrina set a few times and I think the interaction turned out really cute. The sentiment is from the older Mermaid Hair set and you've probably noticed that it gets inked up quite often, but that's only because it is so perfect any time bubbles are happening within a scene. I added more enamel dot bubbles as a finishing touch and I promise they are way less green looking in person, they actually match the watery background quite nicely. ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Hero Arts and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Salty and Sweet 3, Seabrina and Mermaid Hair)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Catherine Pooler on the lake
Hello Bluebird nesting deckle mini slimline die
Doodlebug enamel dots
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- BV000, V01, V15, V28
tail- BG10, BG11, BG53, BG15, BG75
top/shell- E40, E81, E43/E40, RV93, E23
turtles- YG21, YG61, YG63, E84, E23
water- G0000, G000, G00, G02

 

 

Adventure awaits...

Hey, hey! 

I'm back with another one of the scenes that I stamped up using stamps from the Great Outdoors release at Hello Bluebird as well as a good mix of their older sets to help with the world building. This particular scene was built around the bear, fox and bunny from the Happy Trails set. I did some masking to group them all together in the center of the card and then I added the big tree trunk and squirrel from the Tree Neighbors set behind them. On the other side if this cute group of adventurous friends I added the sign and trees from the Christmas Tree Farm set. I made sure to wipe the ink off of the lettering that is originally on the sign before stamping, leaving just enough space to add a sentiment from the Trail Sign Sentiments set. To add a bit of interest into the foreground of the scene I did some selective inking with the Pathway Background to get the rocks and plants down front. From there, coloring everything in was a breeze!  

Hope you have an adventurous day too!  :)

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Hello Bluebird (Happy Trails, Pathway Background, Christmas Tree Farm, Tree Neighbors and Trail Sign Sentiments)
ink- Memento rich cocoa and tuxedo black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Copic markers:
squirrel- W00, W2, W3, N3, N5, R000, R30
bear/map/clothes- E30, E31, E43, W2, W4, W5, T3, T4, T5/E40, E81, E43/C5, C9, B02, B95, B97, B99, Y11, Y13, Y18, Y26, E41, E43
rabbit/stick- E50, E41, E42, R000, R30, RV42, E04/E34, E44
fox/notepad/backpack- C1, C3, R000, R30, YR21, YR14, YR17, E39/E40, E81/C5, C9, BG53, BG72, BG75, BG78
rocks/sign- W2, N3, T4/E42, E43, E44, E47
path/flower/plants- E31, E42, E43, E44/Y13, Y18, YG03, YG17, YG67
trees- E81, E84, E44, E47, G24, G46, BG99
grass/mountains- YG21, YG61, YG03, YG63, G94/YG61, V20, V22
sky- B000, B00, B01