Hey friends! I absolutely love a scene building card, however I stink at making them. That said, I do like coloring critters! For my card in this post I used a stamp set from a new company, at least new to me, Hello Bluebird. I really like the critters in their “Carried Away” set that I purchased it. I learned about them from another cardmaker.
I do enjoy using my Copic markers and so for these critters; the fox I colored with Y18 (lightest color) and Y38 (darkest color), for the bunny, I went with one color, Y11, and I used RV06 for their cheeks. I like to use my darker colors on the edges and work down to the lightest color. For the balloons, I again used RV06 and YG03.
After coloring them, I fussy cut them out, there’s a die set you can purchase separately. For a finished touch, I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze over the critters and the balloons. I set them aside to dry overnight. Meanwhile I worked on the scene. So I die cut some grass with Simon Says Stamp’s green cardstock and I did some ink blending on it to give it some texture.
I ink blended the background with Simon’s Pawsitively Saturated Ink “Seafoam”. For the clouds, I die cut them on 2 different cardstock papers using a 6-piece set I bought on AZ when I first started making cards. I adhered them to the top of my card and trimmed off the excess.
Once I had all my other pieces together, I built my scene and lastly die cut my sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio on silver metallic cardstock. It’s a simple card design, but I really like it!
On another note, I’m planning to write a blog post, “What Type of Cardmaker Am I?” As I was writing this post, I thought about what kind of cards do I enjoy making and that I succeed at. Scene building cards is definitely not on my list, LOL. I LOVE watching other cardmakers make them and I’ll admire this technique from afar. As for me, I have to decide what type of crafter I am so look for this post in the near future!
- Hello Bluebird “Carried Away” Stamp Set, the die set here
- KSKRAFT Slimline Grass die set
- Pinkfresh Studio Essentials “Classic Word Dies”
- Stitched Circle Dies (part of 6-set of shape dies)
- Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Ink Collections
- Simon Says Stamp Silver Metallic Paper
- Simon Says Stamp “Green Leaf” Cardstock
- Gemini Jr. Embossing & Die Cutter here or here, get the new Gemini here
- Copic Sketch Markers here, here or here
- Nuvo Crystal Glaze
- Blending Brushes, large size here, tiny size here
- Bearly Art Liquid Glue
- Accents 100 lb. White Cardstock
- EK Tools Precision Scissors (great for fussy cutting)
- Glassboard Craft Mat → Use my Code → KIMCARDS20 at checkout
