Forest Friends At Stamping Sensations

Last month I was lucky enough to win a wonderful prize over on the Stamping Sensations Challenge blog and was very kindly asked to be Guest Designer for March. The Challenge is Forest Animals this month and the Design team have put together some wonderful cards for your inspiration. My card was made using a Digi Image from Nicecrane Designs, who sadly are no longer trading. I've chosen Squirrels and coloured them with pencils to be Red Squirrels, which are seen so rarely here in the UK although they are native to our shores. I've been lucky and seen these wonderful creatures, many years ago on Brownsea Island in Dorset where they have no Gray Squirrels.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene Week 3 - Foul/Fowl Weather

I'm back again with my second post today, this time for Craft A Scene. We are still asking for your creations for Foul/Fowl Weather, my last offering for this theme included rain, this one I've gone for the bird element and this gorgeous digi stamp from Nicecrane Designs. I printed it onto some white card and also white copier paper. With the copier paper version I cut out and used as a mask then coloured the water and sky using Distress inks and brushes. I coloured the island with pro markers and added some Gray to shade the swans. Finally I added some reeds and a sentiment then mounted onto some matt silver mirri card before placing onto a 6x6 blue card base.

Thanks for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Craft A Scene - Forest Aminals Week 3

I'm back for the second time today, this time with my Craft A Scene hat on. We are now on week 3 in our challenge for Forest Animals. This week I've used a lovey Digi image that I found on the Nicecrane Designs webshop, with lots of lovely squirrels running and playing in the tree. I chosen to make my squirrels Red, these are very rare in the UK, as they have been driven out by the more common Grey squirrels. You can still find then in remote places like Brownsea Island, The Isle Of Wight, and Scotland. They are also a lot shier than the grey squirrel and are hard to spot. We have quite a lot of grey squirrels near to where we live and they will very often tease my dog, by waiting until he is near and then running up the tree, seeming to know that the dog can't follow them (he does try though). I've coloured the images with aqua pencils, and added a sentiment that I felt went with the image. I then matted onto some rust and cream coloured card before adding it to a brown card base.

Thanks for taking the time to look and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue