It is you that blossoms...

Hello!

I'm up on the Bellarific blog with a pretty summer scene for this week's Scenic Saturday card. I had the idea to slightly alter the Alice in Wonderland Rabbit Hole Backdrop and make it work with a non Wonderland character. Curvy Girl Can Buy Herself Flowers was the perfect character to play around with for this crafty experiment and I hope you like the results as much as I do.

I began by stamping and masking Curvy Girl Can Buy Herself Flowers onto this sheet of Copic X-Press It card stock that was already die cut to have a fancy, frilly edge. I then masked off the frilly edges before stamping the Alice in Wonderland Rabbit Hole Backdrop high atop the card front. Now, before stamping I took a damp shammy to wipe the ink away from the actual rabbit hole. This left me with a blank hillside once I had stamped the image. From there is was super easy to just color in the rise of land as dirt. This simple technique really made for a big transformation and opens up all sorts of possibilities for this amazing backdrop stamp. Now our pretty Curvy Girl looks like she has been busy gathering a bouquet out in the countryside. The message I chose is one of two sentiments included in the Cherry Blossom Branch set and I thought it complemented this idyllic scene beautifully. As I'm always saying, don't be afraid to tweak and alter the themed stamps in your crafty stash, because you never know how amazing they will look in your more generic scene cards until you get brave enough to play.  :)

Stay crafty my friends! 

Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Copic X-Press It
stamps- Stamping Bella (Curvy Girl Can Buy Herself Flowers, Alice in Wonderland Rabbit Hole Backdrop and Cherry Blossom Branch)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and Papertrey Ink amethyst allure
Trinity Stamps dainty scallop die
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
hair- YR31, YR14, YR27, E39
dress/flowers- V01, V12, V15, V17, V09, C00, W1, C3/E81, E43, YG23, G07, YG67, RV10, RV02, RV34, E50, RV63, RV95, Y13, Y18, G20
sky/clouds- BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG53, C2, 0
tree- YG21, YG25, G07, BG96, E23, E25, E47
dirt/rocks- E31, E34, E43, E44/C3, T4, T5
grass- YG03, G24, YG17, YG67