Hello friends. I hope you are well and healthy. We had a quiet weekend. The boys helped me spring wash the windows, which always makes such a difference. And there are now butterflies flying around. Mysteriously all my patterned duct tape disappeared and ended up as an art project instead. Tape is one of the favorite crafting products for the boys.
This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog we have a Create A Scene challenge. Fun! A scene can be so many different things and I am looking forward to seeing all the submissions. Don't miss the beautiful project by our April guest designer Tracey Sabella, with her blog Garden of Grace.
I love to make little scenes, either in the form of scenic stamping, or using a variety of stamps, dies and stencils. For today, I decided to make a scene with a cute dinosaur in a green jungle setting. It's a slider card, so the dinosaur can move across the scene. Leo immediately claimed the card as his, which was my plan all along, since he loves dinosaurs. I used dies by Simon Says Stamp, watercolor paper and Dina Wakley's Scribble Sticks, which are very versatile and easy to work with.
Here's a little video where you can see the slider effects. Step-by-step photos follow below.
Start by die cutting the Picture Book Brontosaurus from watercolor paper.
Color her by picking up color directly from a Scribble Stick with a paint brush.
Die cut the dinosaur again, but this time using either thicker paper, or adjusting the die cutting sandwich, so that it doesn't cut through completely. You can also use the die as a template and cut out the second dinosaur with a pair of scissors. Color the eyes. Then glue the colored dinosaur on top. The purpose is to create a stronger dino and to have somewhere to glue the dots on the back to.
Die cut the Leafy Frame from watercolor paper.
Use three shades of green Scribble Sticks and color the leaves. I used both the Scribble Sticks 1 and the Scribble Sticks 2 sets.
Use a paint brush and clean water to turn it into watercolor and blend the colors.
Dip a Scribble Stick in water and then flick a paint brush against it to create splatters. I love this technique. You get a different effect depending on if the background is dry or still wet. I used a combination of both.
Die cut the Woodgrain Block three times from watercolor paper.
Color in the same way as the Leafy Frame, but add brown and splatter even more pigment.
When dry, I mixed an ice cream stick scoop of Perfect Pearls Confetti White into water to make my own glimmer mist and sprayed on the panels.
Die cut a watercolor strip with one of the Grassy Edges dies. Color with a light green Scribble Stick. It was at this stage that I decided to make a slider card.
I simply cut a slot in the grass, measuring so that it would be approximately where the opening in the Leafy Frame would be. As you can see, I cut a bit too far on the one end. Then I cut a little circle and added a foam strip to it. You can work directly on the long slider tag instead, but I hadn't yet decided how to do with that part.
Place the circle at the back of the slot and then adhere the dinosaur to the foam tape.
I made a thin tag and colored it in the same shade, to use as a pull. You can also use acetate.
Glue to the circle, or use the tag as a base instead of the circle, which is quicker.
The Leafy Frame was adhered with foam tape.
I wanted a little bit of texture for the dinosaur. Let the first layer of Scribble Sticks dry and then add more in some areas.
If the dino gets a little entangled into the leaves, you can easily free her.
I added an eyelet and a string to the pull tag.
The splattered texture on the leaves is my favorite part of this project.
Here you can see the glimmer of the background better.
You can also add a sentiment to the opening in the slot.
If you don't want the background to show through, add another piece of green paper behind it.
As you may know, the Simon Says Stamp Store is accepting new orders, but have longer shipping times for the moment due to the coronavirus. With this in mind we have made the difficult decision to suspend the $50 voucher for this challenge.
We know that many people are staying safe at home and we would love it if you would continue to enter the challenges and have fun! We are all in this together!
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Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog today!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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Simply gorgeous!
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