Creating a Beautiful Scene Card with Blue Knight's New Release Wetlands Stamp

Hello my crafty and creative friends!

I've been spending time in my studio...enjoying creating cards with the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps  May New Release Stamps!

This new release collection has 12 amazingly wonderful stamps that made it difficult for me to choose which I wanted to work with first.

Last week I chose to create a card with the RAINY DAYS stamp...and this week...I decided to get my crafty little hands on the WETLANDS stamp...

I was feeling excited about coloring this image...and was secretly wishing that I could be sitting by that body of water..looking off into the distance at the mountain.

I added color to the image with an assortment of Copic markers and PAnPastels...focusing on doing lots of shading to the water, mountains and grassy areas.
I added some color to highlight the tall trees...as well as the distant trees on the shoreline.
For the sky, I did a base layer of color to the entire sky area with a very light blue Copic color.
Next, I added the clouds ...using Blue Knight's Heidi Pettie Cloud Stencil and PanPastels.
When the clouds were complete...I use a small sponge-tipped applicator to gently blend the cloud edges a bit so that they wouldn't be so defined and crisp.
Finally, I lightly misted the entire piece with my secret sealant-weapon...NEXXUS Comb Thru Hairspray to seal the PanPastels

I chose two mat layer colors...
A metallics card stock in a green that coordinated nicely with the grassy areas of the image...and matte black card stock for the matting layer that would be positioned directly beneath the image

I LOVE this image...and already have ideas for adding some silhouette images from the MOMMA BEAR and FRIENDS stamp set to create alternate scenes.

I'm thinking that the mini bear trio would look perfect on this card...and the buck and deer would also be a nice addition to this card.

I hope that this card has inspired you to find some time to create a card of your own today!

You can find the New release WETLANDS stamp and the Heidi Pettie Cloud Stencil (and the Momma Bear and Friends stamp set) at the Blue Knight web store HERE

Some other helpful links:
Subscribe to my blog, if you' like...on the upper right of this blog page.
Fans of Blue Knight Rubber Stamps (Facebook group) is HERE
Blue Knight's Inspire and Create Blog is HERE
and the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps YouTube Channel is HERE

Thanks for stopping by today!
Wishing you a creative joy!
Michelle.

Rainy Days...Blue Knight Rubber Stamps May 2020 New Release

Hello Friends!

I'm back!

It's been a long time since I've shared a card here at my blog...

As Design Team Coordinator, I spend lots of time doing DT things behind the scene......so I'm always happy to join the Design Team to share some weekly card making inspiration with you, here at my blog....
And today, I'm extra excited to share a card that I've created with RAINY DAYS...a Blue Knight Rubber Stamps May 2020 New Release stamp.
(Link for stamp info will be posted that the end of this blog post)

I chose to add color to this beautifully detailed image with a combination of PanPastels and Copic markers.

I started out by stamping the image onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I added Panpastel coloring to the landscape ...grassy areas...the path...and the sky.
I used Blue Knight Heidi Pettie Cloud Stencil to create easy fool-proof clouds.also with PanPastels.
I added some grey to the traditional blue could colors...to give a bit of a stormy look to the sky...
Finally, I used Copics to add color to the woman's coat and umbrella.

For matting, I chose taupe and deep red to coordinate the double matting with the image color palette.
I positioned the red-matted image piece with fun foam for added dimension.

This stamp has lots of wonderful image details...the grassy areas...the trees and the path all have lots of details that work well with creating a quick and easy...and fast card...especially if you choose to color the image with PanPastels.

The Heidi Pettie Cloud Stencil is a must-have, I think...for anyone who enjoyed creating scene-like cards...with minimal effort..you can create beautiful billowy-cloudy skies in a flash with Panpastels...or by brushing ink over the stencil edge.

You can find today's featured stamp, the PanPastels and the Heidi Pettie Cloud stencil HERE, at the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps web store.
Blue Knight has a 20% OFF OF YOUR ENTIRE PURCHASE sale happening right now...
(Use code 2020 at checkout)
If you've had your eye on the Blue Knight PanPastel palettes...the 20% OFF SALE makes this a great time to order them!
(*NOTE: The sale ends on May 15th)

Some other helpful links:
Subscribe to my blog, if you' like...on the upper right of this blog page.
Fans of Blue Knight Rubber Stamps (Facebook group) is HERE
Blue Knight's Inspire and Create Blog is HERE
and the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps YouTube Channel is HERE

Thanks for stopping by today!
Wishing you a creative joy!
Michelle.