On the Farm

This is one of those cards I had on my desk for ages and built it up over time.  the background is done with Distress Stains, water and a paint brush using the wash technique.  The watercolour paper was lightly painted with water first then the Distress Stain was added, also with a paint brush.

The house, tree and tractor are from Hobby Arts stamp sets and the sheep are from a Stamposaurus set.  All images have been coloured in with Distress Stains, water and a paint brush.

The sentiment is from Stampin Up Fun and Fast notes punched out with SU Word Window.

STAMPOSAURUS STAMPS - RESTING DUCK No. 3

I just love the "puppy dog" eyes of this cute duck image which I coloured in using Copics.

Using Nestabilities Lacy Squares to showcase the stamp I then popped an orange square underneath it and layered these onto a Go Kreate Wavy Frame #1 die.  As the card is square and would have been difficult to put through the Cuttlebug I opted to emboss a couple of strips of white cardstock layering them on the yellow paper before placing them on the card top and bottom.

The sentiment is from the Clear Dollar Dairy Delights set punched out using SU Word Window punch and layered onto a Nestabilities label die.  

STAMPOSAURUS STAMPS - WHOOPS RUDIE 2

Another cute stamp from the UK.  He appealed to my sense of humour !

I coloured Rudie in using Copics, paper pieced the present and added a couple of snowflakes from the set Sending Holiday Cheer by Hero Arts.  The sentiment is also from the same Hero Arts set and the background paper is CM.  I thought the Nestabilities Ovals, classic and scalloped, suited the image perfectly.

STAMPOSAURUS STAMPS - DUCK

I could not resist this stamp set on my recent trip to a craft store in the UK.  These little ducks stamp really well and are easy to cut out around the frame.

Using 3 different shades of Copic orange I coloured in the feet and beaks and used yellow for the small ducks.  When it came to the larger ducks I was not sure I had the right colour Copics so I opted to use chalks for them.  This gave it a subtle look which is what I wanted.

The embossed background is from a Sizzix folder and the orange strip is from a pack by Doodlebug Designs Inc. called Paperbug.  The sentiment is from the same Stamposaurus set.