Purple Onion Designs Birthday Billy + Sale News

Hello there, today kicks off the start of the Purple Onion Designs Anniversary sale. I will have more details on that below but to celebrate the sale, I have made a couple of cards. My first card uses a few different stamps to create a little scene.

 

I started off my card by taking a panel of white cardstock and stamping Billy (Goat) on to it using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then made a mask for him and stamped the balloon from the Fair Accessories Set so that it looked like her was holding it. I also made a mask for this and then stamped the Spring Fence Stamp on top.

 

 

I then took the Clouds stamps and stamped these in the sky, followed by the sentiment from the Carnival Blurb Set. The masks were then removed and the image panel coloured with Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area).

 

 

I started off by colouring the background first - the sky and grass and then coloured the goat, balloon, fence and clouds. The image panel was then simply adhered to an A2 white card base with foam tape.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

COPIC MARKERS: Goat - E47, E44, E43, E42, E41, E40, R00, R000. Balloon & bowtie - V17, V15, V12. fence - E57, E55, E53. Clouds - C3, C0. Sky - B02, B00, B000, B0000. Grass - YG17, YG25, YG23, YG03, YG01.

 

SALE NEWS

 

For the anniversary sale, all stamps are 25% off from now until July 29th. So if you have been thinking of making an order, now is the time to do it!

 

Purple Onion Designs stamps are perfect for scene building, I love how you can easily combine them. For more inspiration using them, please head over to the Purple Onion Designs Blog. I will have another card using more POD stamps next week. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I very much appreciate it. I hope you have a lovely day and an excellent weekend!

VIDEO | Arteza Real Brush Pens Colouring & Review

Hello there, I was kindly contacted by Arteza to ask if I wanted to receive some products in return for a review (all opinions, as always are my own). I received the Arteza Real Brush Pens 96 Set and that is what I will be reviewing today. I do already actually have a set of these that were given to me for Christmas a couple of years back. Therefore, I am not new to them, but there are some differences in that pack to the new ones, so of course, I said yes to Arteza!

 

The Arteza Real Brush Pens are a water based ink. This means that they can be blended with water but once dry, are almost completely permanent (unlike a watercolour). This is great for layering but it does mean that you have a fairly short window of opportunity to blend the colours. As long as you know this, this is fine. You do not have to work really quickly, but know that if the pigment is sitting on the paper for too long, it will be very difficult to blend them out with water.

 

The nibs on the pens are made from nylon fibres so as the name suggests, they are a real brush. I really like this feature and feel that they work really well for colouring. The barrel of the pen is black in colour and has the name/number of the colour printed on it. This is one of the features that was not on my original set of pens. I found it really frustrating that there was no number/colour system, so I am really glad that they have that now. They show this on the back of the packaging too.

 

 

The sets come in sizes 12, 24, 48 and 96 but they do not have open stock. You can buy individual colours in packs of four though. I am assuming that they do not have open stock because of the price point. These are quite a lot cheaper than other brands on the market. As with all of these types of pens, the paper that you use with them is key. I tried Strathmore Bristol Smooth and Arteza Watercolour Paper and they both worked beautifully with the pens. I did also try Tim Holtz/Ranger watercolour paper and other brands of Bristol with less good results.

 

 

For my project, I started off by stamping the peony cluster from the Clearly Besotted Pick A Peony Stamp Set on to Arteza Watercolour Paper using Nocturne Versafine Clair Ink. I applied Clear Embossing Powder and heat set. I then got to work on the colouring. I first laid down a layer of the lightest pink colour that I was using over the petals of the flowers. I applied the colour directly from the pen on to the image. I then blended this out with a wet paintbrush.
 

 

I then added a second layer of colour with a slightly darker shade of pink. This was then blended out in the same way, followed the darkest colour. I used a few different shades of yellow/orange/red for the centres of the flowers and then coloured the leaves in the same way using two shades of green. The colours that I used are listed below the supplies area. Once the image was coloured, I went around the edge with a blue-grey colour to help the image pop.
 

 

Once dry, the panel was adhered to an A2 white card base with tape runner. I stamped the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Tiny Type Stamp Set on to black cardstock and heat embossed in white. This was cut in to a strip and added to the card base with foam tape. To finish off, I added a few Iridescent Jewels.

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing the colouring of the image and also information about the pens themselves:

If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube. 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here. 

 

ARTEZA REAL BRUSH PENS: Flower petals - A163 Blush Pink, A190 Rouge Pink, A160 Rosewood. Flower centres - A121 Honey, A169 Orange Rust, A118 Autumn Red. Leaves - A153 Bright Green, A127 Turtle Green. Outside shadow - A143 Parma Gray.

My final thoughts on the pens is that they are great! I think that they are a great price point. It is a bit disappointing that they do not have open stock of the pens (apart from buying a set of four) but I guess that that is the compromise for the price. The pens blend out really nicely with water and you can layer them up easily. Although I purchased the watercolour paper myself, I did just want to mention that the pens work really well on it. I also really love the texture of the paper and it has a nice weight and thickness to it.

If you like the look of the pens and want to make a purchase, I do have a code for my readers for 10% off any order made on the Arteza US Website or on the Arteza UK/EU Website before August 28th 2019. Use the code: MichelleShort1

 

Do you have the pens? Do you like them? I would love to know! Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a great day!

Celestial Night Sky Background

Hello there, I am over on the Hero Arts Blog and YouTube channel today sharing a card and video using the Hero Arts From the Vault Celestial Stamp Set. This is a fun set that has lots of celestial images in it. I thought the celestial sun/moon image would work well with a night sky background.

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

For the background, I blended various shades of blue and black ink on to a panel of blue cardstock. I then heat embossed the celestial sun on to vellum and the sentiment in white on black cardstock. For more details on how I made the card, please head over to the blog here or you can watch the video on YouTube here. Thanks so much for popping by today. I hope you have a great day!

VIDEO | Eclipse Sentiment + More Favourite Copic Colour Combos

Hello there, today I have a card to share using the eclipse technique. I had a few comments following this card that I made to share how I created it. Instead of doing a flower, I thought I would do something different and make a cloud background with some adorable elephants.

 

To start off my card, I stamped two of the elephants from the Mama Elephant Fly With Me Stamp Set on to a panel of white cardstock, using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I created masks for these with masking paper and added them on top of the images. I then created my cloud background.

I took the MFT Cloud Stencil and placed this on top of my panel, securing down with Post It Tape. Using a blending brush, I blended Distress Ink on the panel, moving the stencil down as I went. I used Mermaid Lagoon at the top, followed by Blueprint Sketch in the middle and Chipped Sapphire at the bottom.

 

The masks were removed from the elephants and they were coloured using Copic Markers. I used my favourite warm grey colour combination on the elephants. I then used my favourite purple and pink combos on the balloons. The colours that I used are listed below the supplies section.

 

I took the Mama Elephant Big Happy Birthday Die and placed this over my panel. I then ran it through my die cutting machine, making sure to keep all of the pieces intact. I cut a further three layers of the die (the positive piece) from white cardstock. I adhered the stamped panel on to an A2 white card base with tape runner and then added one of the white happy birthday dies in the gap. The inside pieces of the letters were then added in. I  stacked up the white die cuts and then finally added the image piece on top to complete the design.

VIDEO:

 

Here is the video showing how I made the card:

If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

COPIC MARKERS: Elephants - W7, W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, R00, R000. Pink balloon - R85, R83, R81. Purple balloon - V09, V17, V15, V12.

I really like creating eclipse cards, non-cardmakers always wonder how you created them! I usually do this technique with just backgrounds or florals but I think it did work quite well with the elephants on this card too. Thank you so much for visiting me today. I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!  

Fantastic Dad

Hello there, today I have a bit of a different card to share with you. This is the card that I made for my dad for Father's Day. He is a fan of comedy so I thought it would be good to make him a punny card. I didn't have an image or sentiment in stamps so I turned to my Cricut Maker to help me make the card.
 

 

I started off by cutting the fan. I found a fan cutting file from Etsy and cut this from Doodlebug Cardstock (sadly now discontinued) and cut this using the Cricut Maker. I didn't cut all the layers of the fan, just the main body in black, the top part in white and the little inside piece in aqua. I assembled the pieces using liquid glue and set them aside.

 

 

I took another piece of the aqua cardstock and cut this using a Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Die. To add some dimension to it, I blended ink around the edges. I first used Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and then added a very small amount of Black Soot Distress Ink around the very outer edges. This was added to a white 4" x 5.5" white card base so that it was hanging off the edge.

 

 

I then added the fan on top with liquid glue. I created the sentiment in Cricut Design Space using the font Algebra. This was then made using a Cricut 0.4 Black Pen in the Cricut Maker. I cut the sentiments out and adhered them to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the aqua centre piece on the fan.

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

 

A very CAS card but my dad did like it, thank goodness! Thank you so much for popping by to see me today. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful week!

VIDEO | Behind The Scenes: Filming Set Up

Hello there, today I have something a little different to share with you - my filming set up. I have shown bits of this in my craft room tours, but I have never shown my set up with my lights out so I thought I would do that today.

My set up is not fancy, I am in no way saying that this is the professional way to do it or this is what you should do (if you make videos/want to get into making videos) but just a behind the scenes look at how I do it. I have to use artificial lighting when making videos. In an ideal world, I wouldn't but even on really sunny days, I just do not get good enough lighting without having artificial lights.

The only problem with this, is that I have to get them in and out each time I want to make a video. This is not a huge problem but I am not going to lie, it would be easier if I didn't have to and I would likely make more videos if I didn't have to set up my room each time, but that is ok!

 

 

I have two Neewer 14" Ring Lights that are usually behind me while I am sitting at my desk. This helps to prevent glare on my media mat. I have two sets of lights - Soft Umbrella Lights and ring lights (which are shown here). I use both sets at different times. The ring lights are great as they do not take up a lot of space but obviously you have to have the space to have them out on the stands. Although, I am sure they could be attached to the ceiling if you wanted.

I also have an Ikea Forsa Lamp that sits on my desk and I use that along with my lights too. I have a piece of tracing paper over the light bulb to help reduce the glare. It is not pretty but it works!

 

My camera attaches to a Manfrotto Variable Friction Arm that attaches to the wall with a Baby Wall Plate. You can now get the system as a whole, with the wall plate attached but at the time of me using this set up, it did not exist. There is a quick release plate at the end so that I can add and remove my camcorder easily. I use a Sony Camcorder to film, along with a Sony Remote Commander. I film from above on to the Tim Holtz Media Mat.

 

 

While I am filming, I like to try and keep my desk clear so that I have as much space as possible. I do keep a small tray on my desk that I keep the supplies on that I will be using in the video. For the most part, my room is set up so that most things are easy to grab whilst I am sitting at my desk.

 

VIDEO:

Here is the video showing my set up:

 

If you are viewing this blog post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I shared in the video. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

I hope you have enjoyed taking a little peek behind the scenes with me on how I film my videos. I hope you have a great day and a wonderful weekend!

Spotlight Eclipse Background

Hello there, today I am over on the Hero Arts blog sharing a card made using the new S'mores Bonfire set. It is such a cute set that is perfect for scene building. I created a background for my characters using ink blending, with some added colour pencil work for the grass. I felt that the background was too big for my critters, so I cut a Nesting Oval Infinity Die in the middle and popped it up.

 

 

I felt that this really helped to focus your eye to the middle of the card and framed the scene. For more information on how I made the card, please head over to the blog post here.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Fire - E57, E55, R14, YR18, Y17, Y13. Racoon - W10, W8, W7, W5, W3, W2, W1, R00. Y11, Y000. Squirrel - E19, E08, E13, E11, R00. Y15, Y11, Y00. Bear - E59, E57, E55, R00. Y15, Y11, Y00. Moon - E53, YR30. Grass - Polychromos 168, 267, 174.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate it. I hope you have a great day! And happy 4th of July to my friends across the pond!

Studio Katia 3rd Birthday Winner Take Two

Hello there, I picked a winner for my Studio Katia Blog Hop giveaway last week but sadly the winner never got in touch with me. So I have gone back to Random.org and it has picked another winner for me for the Studio Katia $25 Gift Certificate.

And the winner is …

BETTY!

Betty, please can you email me using the button on my sidebar and I can get your prize to you. Thanks again to everyone that participated.

Hero Arts July 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit Blog Hop + Giveaway

Hello there, today we are celebrating the release of the Hero Arts My Monthly Hero Kit for July 2019. If you love camping and being at the lake, you will love this kit. I cannot deny that I am not that type of person, however, I had a lot of fun with this kit and you can make some beautiful landscapes with it.

We are back with a blog hop this month. For the hop, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Jess, but if you get lost along the way, I have the full list of participants below.

My card today uses the main kit stamp set, coordinating dies and also a wonderful add-on set. I started off by taking a panel of white cardstock and die cutting a Nesting Oval Infinity Die into the centre. I then set about creating my scene for the inside. I took another panel of cardstock and stamped the trees at the top. I used Green Hills Ink for the first layer and then Pine Ink for the second. I then ran this piece though my die cutting machine using the coordinating die for the trees. This just cuts the top of the trees and leaves the rest of the panel intact.

I then masked off the trees and blended inks below for the lake/water. I used Cornflower Blue Ink with a blending brush. I then stamped the water lines on top with the same Cornflower Blue ink. I took the man and boy stamps from the Lake Time Fun Stamp Set and stamped these at the bottom using Intense Black Ink. I took another panel of white cardstock and cut the top using the coordinating die for the mountains. I wanted fairly light mountains, so I just stamped the second layer of the mountains on to the piece with Soft Granite Ink.

 

I took a white A2 card base and blended more ink at the top, this time for the sky. I used Summer Sky Ink for this and then stamped the birds using Intense Black Ink. The mountain piece was adhered on top, followed by the tree/lake piece. I then added the oval window piece on top with foam tape. To finish off, I took the sentiment from the set and stamped this on to Pitch Black Cardstock with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. I applied white embossing powder and heat set. This was then cut in to a strip and added to the card with a combination of tape runner and foam tape.

This is the card that I shared over on the Hero Arts Blog. I wanted a simple scene so I decided to stamp the mountains and trees inside of a Nesting Circle Infinity Die die-cut. The trees were stamped using Pine and Forever Green inks and the mountains with Soft Granite Ink. The sky was coloured with Copic Markers and the sentiment stamped with Intense Black Ink.

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

THE KIT:
 

 

The July 2019 My Monthly Hero Kit contains a 6" x 8" clear stamp set, 14 coordinating Frame Cuts, 2 fancy Dies, 5 ink cubes (Dusty Blue, Lime Green, Forest, Cocoa and Sand Stone), 4 5.5" x 8.5" sheets of new Hero Hues Premium cardstock (2 each of Meadow and Lapis) and Blue Pearl Embossing Powder. All of this is valued at $76.00 but you can get it for $34.99 (approximately £28 depending on exchange rate). The kits often sell out quickly so you can subscribe here so that you never miss a kit. The kits will begin shipping on 8th July.

 

ADD-ONS:

There are also some fabulous add-on sets this month. These are not limited edition (unlike the kits themselves) and can be purchased from your favourite Hero Arts retailer. Here is a look at them:

 

 

BLOG HOP:

 

Here is everyone participating in the hop today:

 

The Hero Arts Blog

Caly Person

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse

  Janette Kausen

  Jessica Frost-Ballas

  Michelle Short - you are here!

  Amy Kolling

  Debi Adams

  Julee Tilman

  Laurie Willison

  Lydia Fiedler

  Mariana Grigsby

  Libby Hickson

GIVEAWAY:

Hero Arts are giving away one kit to one luck blog hop reader. The winner will be selected from all of the comments left across all of the stops in the hop. So the more you comment, the more chances there are to win. Only one comment per blog please. If the winner has already purchased a kit, they will be reimbursed for it. The giveaway closes Sunday July 7th at 11.59pm PST. The winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog. Good luck!  

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I very much appreciate it. Next on the hop is the fantastic Amy. Have a great time on the rest of the hop!

VIDEO | Clearly Besotted July 2019 Release Preview

Hello there, I am back today to share my release preview video with you for the Clearly Besotted July 2019 release. I think there is something for everyone in this release - pretty flowers, cute critters, fabulous and humorous sentiments and fun images.

 

 

The new release goes on sale tonight at 8pm BST here in the UK and you can purchase the sets from the Clearly Besotted Shop. They do ship (almost) worldwide but if you are in another part of the world, you can also purchase the sets from Simon Says Stamp too. Here is a look at the new sets:

 

If you are viewing this post via email subscription, you can watch the video HERE on YouTube.

 

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

As I mentioned in the video, sadly Clearly Besotted were not able to get the coordinating dies for this release. For more inspiration using the new release, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren, Lisa and our amazing guest this month Amy. Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a great day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Birds of a Feather

Hello there and welcome to day four of the Clearly Besotted July 2019 Teasers. I am back with one last teaser to share with you before the release of the new sets tomorrow. My card today uses the new Birds Of A Feather Set. This set is full of different birds, accessories and sentiments.

 

I started off by stamping the parrot and toucan from the Clearly Besotted Birds Of A Feather Stamp Set, along with the flower and leaf image (which I stamped twice), on to white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then stamped a further leaf from the Clearly Besotted Some Birdie Loves Me Stamp Set. These were coloured with Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area), fussy cut out with scissors and set aside while I worked on my background.

 

 

I took a panel of 4.75" x 4.75" white cardstock and cut three hexagons from it using the Wplus9 Clear Cut Stackers Hexagon Dies. I placed the panel over a 5" square card base and drew faint pencil lines inside of the hexagon windows. I then placed Post-It tape around these and erased the lines. Using blending brushes, I blended Distress Inks into the openings. I used Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron for the green hexagon, Mustard Seed and Squeezed Lemonade for the yellow and Mermaid Lagoon for the blue.

 

 

The Post-It tape was removed and the panel added to the card base with foam tape. I then adhered the images on top with a combination of foam tape and tape runner. I took the sentiment from the Birds Of A Feather Stamp Set and stamped it three times on to black cardstock (masking off the individual words as I went so that I could separate the sentiment into three strips) with Versamark Ink. I applied Detail White Embossing Powder and heat set.

 

 

They were then cut in to strips and added to the card with foam tape. To finish off, I added white gel pen dots and highlights to the images and black glaze pen to the eyes of the birds.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Parrot - R89, R39, R29, R27, R24, R14, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11, N9, N8, N7, N6, N4, N3, N1. Toucan - N9, N8, N7, N6, N5, N3, N1, YR18, YR16, YR15, Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11. Leaves - YG17, YG23, YG03, YG01. Flower - RV66, RV55, RV52.

 

That's it in terms of teasers from me but I will be back tomorrow with my release preview video. For more inspiration using the new sets, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa. Also make sure to stop by and see out fabulous guest Amy too. Thanks so much for popping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!

Clearly Besotted Teasers | Mischievous Mole

Hello there and welcome to day three of the Clearly Besotted July 2019 Teasers. Not long to wait now, the new stamps release on Monday, 1st July. Today I am using two new sets - Mischievous Mole and Pop Up Psst (which is made to coordinate with the Pop Up Plushies set from yesterday).

I started off my card by taking a sheet of mask paper and die cutting a Hero Arts Nesting Circle Infinity Die from the top middle. This piece was then added on to a panel of white cardstock. I took the mole, flower and butterfly from the Clearly Besotted Mischievous Mole Stamp Set and stamped these inside the circle using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

 

 

I took the sentiment from the Clearly Besotted Pop Up Psst Stamp Set and stamped this above the mole. I then coloured inside the circle with Copic Markers (the colours that I used are listed below the supplies area). I coloured the sky first and then the bottom of the soil before removing the mask. I then coloured the rest of the images. The panel was added to a white A2 card base with foam tape. I then added little dots of white gel pen to the flower to finish.

 

SUPPLIES:

Here are the links to what I have used on the card. Affiliate links are used on some products. This means that if you make a purchase after clicking on my link, I receive a small commission with no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support when using these links. Please click on the logo below the product to shop at your favourite store. All products were personally purchased except those from Clearly Besotted, Hero Arts or those marked with an asterisk (*) which were kindly sent to me to use. You can read my full disclosure here.
 

 

COPIC MARKERS: Mole - W7, W5, W3, W2, W1. Glasses - C3, C1. Soil/ground - E47, E44, E43, E42. Flower - V17, V15, V12, YG17, YG23, YG01. Butterfly - V17, V15, V12. Sky - B02, B01, B00, B000, B0000.

 

I love this little mole, he is so cute! There are two other moles in the set too, plus some fabulous sentiments. For more inspiration using the new sets, please head over to the Clearly Besotted Blog, Keren and Lisa. Make sure to pop over and see our fantastic guest Amy too. Thanks so much for visiting today, see you tomorrow!