Hi Everyone;

Friday is here again and what’s more it’s a long weekend.  This means that there is more time to spend with family as well as more playtime.

This week I went outside of my comfort zone and dug out other dies besides circles, squares and ovals, a cloud stencil and some distress inks.  It has been a long time since I have used these and it is time to use and play with them again.  Oh the possibilities.

For today’s card, I have used the adorable Gotcha and a Bird Told Me; both from High Hopes Stamps.

After stamping and colouring the image with Copic Markers, I cut it out using an distress edges die.  Using a mini cloud edges stencil and Salty Ocean Distress Ink, I created some clouds that didn’t quite come out as I was expecting them to.  I definitely need some practice.  The extra grass is from another die that has been unused for a very long time.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Gotcha (R115), Bird Told Me (F251) — High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink – Salty Ocean
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP – Perfectly Plaid – Spring & Spiffy Speckles (both from Lawn Fawn)
• Copic Markers:
  • YG07 – Acid Green, YG06 – Yellowish Green, YG05 – Acid Green
  • E40 – Brick White, E41 – Pearl White, E42 – Sand White
  • N0 – Neutral Gray No. 0, N1 – Neutral Gray No. 1
  • YR07 – Cadmium Orange, YR04 – Chrome Orange
  • Y04 – Acacia, Y06 – Yellow, Y08 – Acid Yellow
  • Other:  YG01 – Green Bice, YG03 – Yellow Green
• Dies:  A2 – Distress Edges (Spellbinders); Spring Meadow (Cottage Cutz)
• Stencil: Mini Cloud Edges (My Favourite Things)

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