Craft a Scene April Challenge - Hills and Mountains

I made this card for the Craft a Scene challenge of Hills and Mountains.  I used a Sutter stamp for the Castle (I have been wanting to make a card with that stamp!!!) and several Stampscapes stamps.

I have been using PanPastel chalk when making my scenes because it covers so nicely and I can blend easily.  I am afraid the picture doesn't do the color justice.

Card Recipe

Images: Sutter Castle, Stampscapes Mountain, Hill and Branches

Paper:  Bazzill, Cryogen White
Markers/Ink: PanPastels and a little bit of Copics

Challenge for this card:

• Crafty Hazel Nut's Pattern Paper Challenge - Anything goes
• One Crazy Stamper - Anything goes (but no digis)
• Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything goes
• Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
• Divas by Design - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Playing in the Park with Craft a Scene

Our challenge over at Craft a Scene this month is "In the Park".  If you make it a "Picnic" then you will qualify for an extra prize.

My card is looking into the part from the trees.  I made it with mostly Stampscapes but the birds are Sutter and the squirrels are Art Impressions.  I colored most of it with PanPastels and then added details with Copics.

Card Recipe

Images: Stampscapes trees and grasses, Sutter birds, Art Impression bush, flowers and squirrels, Sentiment is My Favorite Things

Paper: Bazzell red and black, Cryogen White for the scene
Markers/Ink: Momento Black, Red and Blue, PanPastels, Copics
Embellishments: Kraft tag, Hemptique twine

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Inspire Me Friday's - Anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Animal Friends - Summer (must have an animal) **** Top 3 **
• Card a Day - Anything goes
• Card and Scrap - Anything goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Craft a Scene Realistic Forest Animals - Final Week

Over at Craft a Scene there is one more week to get your "realistic forest animals" card in the challenge.  I made another one that actually has been sitting on my table for over a year.  I made this scene at the Savanna Retreat last year with Sutter Stamps that the gals had to share.

Card Recipe

Images: Sutter Stamps, Our Daily Bread sentiment

Paper: Glossy White, Glossy Black, Bazzell, Graphic 45 French Country 

Markers/Ink: Momento Black, Adirondack Inks, Copic gray
Embellishments: Prima Pearls, Spellbinders die

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Inspire Me Friday's - Anything goes
• Left of Center Creative Challenges - Use a sentiment on the front
• Stamping for the Weekend - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Down on the Horse Farm

The theme at Craft a Scene is "Down on the Farm" and you can make it any kind of farm that you want.  I decided this time I would make a horse farm.

I used a great Heartfelt Creations mountain/barn combination stamp to get me started and then add the horses from Sutter and Heartfelt Creations.  The branches and birds are Stampscapes.

Card Recipe

Images: Stampscapes, Heartfelt Creations Mountain/Barn 

combination, Sentiment from My Favorite Things, 

Horse pair from Sutter

Paper: Cryogen White, Glossy Black, 

Bazzill green, Whisper White 

Markers/Ink: Moment Black and Olive, PanPastels, 

and a few Copics

Embellishments: Distress Tea Dye, Prima Pearls, 

Spellbinders Fancy Labels

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - Going green (grass is green!)
• Pumpkin Spice - Spring (visit the Pumpkin Spice Store)
• Sweet Stampin - Anything but birthday
• Crafters Card Circle - Men and boys
• Stampin for the Weekend - Die cuts
• Outlawz - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Down on the Farm at Craft a Scene

What a great theme Craft a Scene has going on now - Down on the Farm.  I love making scenes!  I found that I didn't have many stamps to depict a farm except the Sutter barn and a few Stampscapes cow stamps.  So I decided to create my farm just like the ones I see up and down Vancouver Island - mostly milking cows.

I started with the 146F Crooked Path and then add my Sutter barn.  Next I layered on a couple of 278F Soft Hill.  I masked off the parts I didn't want stamped over.

I added the two fences (293C and 289D) and then fit as many cows (154B, 157A,172A) in as I could.  I don't know why I added the mountains (211A) last as I usually start with them. We have a few on the island that look just like this stamp!

Card Recipe

Images: Stampscapes, The barn is from Sutter Stamps, Thank You is from Stampin Up

Paper: Cryogen White, Glossy Black, Bazzill green, Whisper White 
Markers/Ink: Moment Black, PanPastels, and a few Copics
Embellishments: Distress Tea Dye

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Chalk n Stock - Anything goes with chalk
• Pals Paper Arts - Three lovely colors
• Crafting by Design - Animals
• Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything goes
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• 2 Sisters - Anything goes
• A Gem of a Challenge - Animals

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD

Craft a Scene Challenge #3 - Moonlight

Hello everyone! I have been creating a little today and one of the cards I finally finished is my DT card for the new challenge over at Craft a Scene.  The theme this month is Moonlight.  We need to make a card that shines a little moonlight on our surroundings.


My card features a new stamp I purchased from Sutter Stamps and leftover pieces of my My Minds Eye Stella Rose paper pack.

I tried one of Sandy's techniques of masking the moon space and then applying color.  I cut the moon shape from my Spellbinders small circle. I used Adirondack Lettuce and Meadow to color the greenery.  I wasn't quite happy with the effect so I added a little Copic G17 to the stalks and the lily pads.  The blues are Cloudy Blue, Denim and Stream.  A white gel pen added the water highlights.

Card Recipe

Images: Sutter Stamps Swan Lake H-1096

Paper: My Minds Eye Stella and Rose, Turquoise blue from my stash, Michael's black

Markers/Ink: Adirondack Lettuce, Meadow, Denim, Stream, Cloudy Blue, Copics - G17, E18

Embellishments: Wild Orchard flowers and corner charms, SU Pearls

Challenges for this card:

• Stampin Sisters in Christ - Things with wings
• 2 Sisters - 1 image, 2 papers, 3 embellishments
• All Sorts - Spread your wings
• Clearly I Stamp - Anything goes
• Inspire Me Fridays - Anything goes
• Sparkles - Things with wings
• CCEE Stampers - Spring scene

Be sure to check out all the other DT scenes and don't forget to leave a little love.  

Thanks for stopping by.

NancyD

Mother and Child

Today we announced the winners of the first challenge over at Craft a Scene.  With so many wonderful scenes to choose from, it was difficult to select just three.  Hop over to Craft a Scene and have a look and don't forget to leave a little love for the winners.


My card today features more of the new stamps I purchased from Sutter and Repeat Impressions. I wanted to feature the Whitetail Doe and Fawn (4218W) somehow and I think the Spill (G-1708) and Grand Teton Reflections (H-1629) does the trick.

This project was an effort in masking to make all the images stay where they belonged.  The bottom of the Grand Tetons fit perfectly as the top of the Spill.  I added the Stampscapes Tree Trunk Trio (088F) to frame it all in. The Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 6 added just the sentiment I needed.

Card Recipe:

Images: Repeat Impressions Whitetail Doe and Fawn (4218W), Sutter Stamps Spill (G-1708) and Grand Teton Reflections (H-1629), Stampscapes Tree Trunk Trio (088F) and Sedge Filler (251C), ODBD Scripture Collection 6,

Paper: Glossy White, SU Soft Suede, So Saffron

Markers/Ink: Adirondack Meadow, Lettuce, Ginger, Stream, Aqua, Cloudy Blue, Sail Boat Blue, Distress Forest Moss, Brushed Cordoroy, Copics E21, E25 for the deer

Embellishments: Eyelet Outlet Brad Deer Head, Craft Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Dream Valley Challenges - Animal
• Fashionable Stamping - Make it a guy thing
• Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Anything goes
• Sweet Stampin - Animals

Thanks for stopping by!
NancyD

Wolves in the Country

I received two packages in the mail this week from my purchasing frenzy after Christmas. I found a few scenic stamping companies that I just had to try.  Here is my first card with some of my new stamps.

I made this card with Wolf Outing H-1674 from Sutter Stamps and Mountains 28L from Beeswax.  I really needed a set of mountains that we a little like the rolling hills in California where I am from.  I couldn't resist this great wolf family.  Kind of reminds me of a story my second son told after a recent hunting trip.  I plan to send him this card for some encouragement.


General Instructions:

• I started out stamping the wolves in the foreground with Momento Black and then made a mask with the same image.  
• I stamped the mountains with London Fog.
• I stamped the Tree Duo and Fir Row with Distress Forest Moss.
• I added the two larger trees on either side of the wolves.  I wanted them to be behind the wolves a bit and the mask came in very handy here.
• Then I added the grasses around the legs and base of the trees.
• Coloring the image was a real challenge for me.  I am still learning how to use the Stylus and getting ink where I want it is still to be learned! I added Meadow and Lettuce to the ground and a little to the mountains.
• I added Ginger and Butterscotch to the mountain area because in California the hills are only green for a short time (if there is rain). I also added some Ginger at the base of the trees.
• I used Aqua as a base on the sky and then added some highlights with Cloudy Blue.
• The wolves were the toughest part.  I started with Slate and then added Pebble for highlights.  When I was done it looked all one color (mostly). After letting it dry for a while I used the gel pen to bring out some of the white areas on the faces.

Card Recipe:

Images: Wolf Outing H-1674 from Sutter Stamps and Mountains 28L from Beeswax, Stampscapes Tree Duo 085A, Fir Row 243A,Sedge Filler 251C, Grass from Art Impressions, two larger trees in the foreground from Stampscapes Nature Sheet #1.

Paper: SU Old Olive, craft black, Graphic 45 Fashionista Collection

Inks: Momento Black and London Fog, Adirondack Meadow, Lettuce, Aqua, Cloud Blue, Ginger, Butterscotch, Pebble, Slate, Distress Forest Moss, White Gel Pen

Embellishments: Spellbinders dies to cut the window

Challenges for this card:

• Dream Valley Challenges - Animals
• Let's Ink It Up - Anything goes
• Owtlawz - CAS Something new
• Crafty Pad - Something for the boys
• Make it Colourful - Color blades of grass

Have a wonderful Sunday!

NancyD