JUNE #2 Close to nature

Good Morning everyone

Mid way through the month so time for more inspiration for We love stamping

This months theme is 

CLOSE TO NATURE

or we always have the anything goes option as long as you use stamps

I decided to use the same shape circular dies as my first card and dug out an old Pink Ink Design stamp set with this lovely badger and dog rose stamps

Card size approx 8x8" I made my base card from 2 pieces of white card die cut with the largest die and joined with a hinge at the top.  I then added a layer of green background sprayed with cosmic shimmer airless misters, one was pearlescent so it has a subtle shimmer.

I then stamped the badgers out and the floral spray multiple times, watercoloured with derwent inktense pencils and out out.  I adhered 4 floral sprays around the frame with pinflair glue gel, adding a little shape to the leaves, I then slotted the badgers in behind the foliage.  The smaller badger I stamped in grey ink so softer in the background. 

I added a dot of diamond stickles glitter glue to the flower centres for a little touch of sparkle to finish.

I added shape to the big badger with a large ball tool to give him a more rounded look.

Since taking the photos I have cut the whiskers off the smaller badger as they were annoying me - too bulky and distracting as he is supposed to be in the distance - promise it didn't hurt him😀

Showing it stood up.  I trimmed a small amount of the bottom of the back of the card so it stands up nicely

Items Used:

Pink Ink design stamps - fauna series 'Brock'

Creative products dies - stretch circles

Cosmic shimmer airless misters

Derwent inktense pencils

CraftUK ltd A3 white card

Ranger stickles 'diamond'

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Thank you for stopping by once again.  I hope you all have a good week. Emmax

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Birthday Badger

Good Morning everyone

This badger was another black Friday pink ink stamp set that fell into my basket.  I made this card for my mums birthday 

7x7" scalloped card blank.  I first made a brusho & pixie powder background in green to represent fields, cut to size, matted onto black and then my base card.  I die cut a spellbinders label 1 from the same coloured background and mounted onto foam tape and added to the base.  

I stamped the 2 badgers and the floral corner several times, watercoloured with distress inks and cut them out, from 2 of the flower corners i cut them into smaller pieces so that i could both extend the main floral corner at the bottom right and add a small piece to the top left to give the effect that you are looking through a hedge into a field. I decoupaged & built them up with 3d glue gel for dimension.  I added my badgers into place and a few touches of glitter glue on the flower centres to finish.

You can just make out some of the shimmer in the background for the pixie powder - when the light hits it the mica really comes to life

Just showing the dimension of the layers

Items Used:

Pink Ink stamp 'Brock'

Spellbinders grand labels 1 dies

Brushos 'lime, leaf green'

Cosmic Shimmer pixie sparkles 'zesty lime'

Distress inks - evergreen bough, dried marigold, fired brick, ripe persimmon, black soot, dusty concorde

7x7 Scalloped card blank - CraftyUK ltd

White cardstock - CraftyUK ltd

Black cardstock

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  Hugs Emmaxx

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