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

Much love...

Good morning! 

We sent out the Sweet November Stamps July newsletter a week early, since we are taking a short break from releases while my sister, Tee, has surgery at the end of the month. In that newsletter the latest free digi was included. Now, I did a sneak peek of it during my Live coloring on Saturday over at the Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. The Give me a Sign: I Heart You cutie was a popular request that I got after the Give Me a Sign digi release last month so I decided not to make everyone have to wait for her to join the crew. The Live ended up being a good example of when things go right and when things go sideways in your coloring and how to recover. In any case, I hope you all enjoy spreading the love with this new image.  :)

Laters!

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
digital stamps- Sweet November (Give me a Sign: I Heart You)
computer generated sentiment
My Favorite Things word bubble border die
My Favorite Things blueprints die
Sticko enamel heart
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here

Sea you soon...

Hello again! 

It's a review weekend at Sweet November Stamps and this fun under the sea scene was also colored during a previous review weekend Live over on my Adventures in Coloring with Amy Facebook page. I paired clear stamps from the Sea-sational MerMay release with a couple of digital stamps and they came together really well. Scuba Sammy and the Mermaid Reef are the digis that I printed out first, then I stamped the mermaid from the More Mer Friends set, the little sea turtle from the Seabrina set and some fish from the Ebb and Flow set. As always, I had lots of great color suggestions coming in from my fellow crafters and it was requested that I share the rippling surface technique too. I really love the story this card tells because it makes me happy to dream of just such an encounter happening out in the world, LOL!  ;)

Toodles!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
digi stamps- Sweet November Stamps (Scuba Sammy and Mermaid Reef)
stamps- Sweet November Stamps (More Mer Friends, Ebb and Flow and Seabrina), Pink and Main (sentiment)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Versafine onyx black
My Favorite Things A2 stitched rectangle stax set 1
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Ranger glossy accents
Copic markers:
sorry, I didn't keep a list but you can see the colors used here