Spring is here!

Welcome One Crazy Stamper Fans!

It’s Wednesday, and I’m back to share these adorable hedgehogs who are so excited to smell the beautiful spring blossoms growing on the trees. I used Hedgies Spring Loaded (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) to create the scene. I added a little bit more to the tree off to the side.

I thought it would be fun to try colouring this stamp using various watercolour mediums and brushes.

I started off by stamping the image onto Arches Watercolour Paper, 140 lb. Cold Press.

Then I used a mixture of Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Derwent Watercolour pencils and a paint palette.

I created the clouds by using a cotton ball and soaked into a little bit of water and then tapping it onto the paper to lift some of the watercolour. Finally, I used Pigma Micron 02 Archival Ink Pen to outline the flowers and the Hedge Hogs. For the noses, I used a Sakura Glaze - Black pen.

Supplies Used:

Spectrum Noir Aqua Markers: Chocolate, Sepia, TerraCotta

Derwent Watercolour Pencils: Brown Ochre 57, Raw Sienna 58, Copper Beach 61, Vandyke Brown 55

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Ground Espresso, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Brushed Corduroy, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry, Krafty Kolours - Totally Taupe Mini Ink Cube

Ai Watercolor Essentials Palette

Background Paper: Recollections - Petite Floral - Double Sided 12 x 12 in (30.4 x 30.4 cm)

MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool

Brushes: Talkon H.I. Series - 970 White - #4, Legacy - Folk Art 1837 Perfect Liner #1, Bette Byrd "Aqua-Sable" 1600 Filbert 1\4

Ribbon: Ribbon Trends - Organdy Ribbon 029 White

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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Spring Loaded

Happy Wednesday OCS Fans! 

I have had a ton of fun playing with all of the images in the High Hopes Think Spring release! 

This week I chose to use the "Hedgies Spring Loaded" stamp and the "Spring Is In The Air" sentiment.  These two just make me smile! We all need a little help from our friends once and awhile don't we? I added some freckles and belly buttons to them just for fun. 

 My card layout is done based on this month's challenge sketch - have you played along yet? I changed a few things to "make it my own" as they say - I added my sentiment to the top corner instead of a banner and the third piece of paper behind the stamp was switched out for a fun die shape. 

The stamp was using my Misti and coloured with alcohol markers, cut out using a stitched rectangle die and mounted on patterned paper from Bo Bunny. All of the edges were inked with a matching brown ink. Some matte enamel dots and ribbon finish off my card.  

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Hedgies Spring Loaded (TT120) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Spring Is In The Air (HH059) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper:Aryia's Garden - Bo Bunny

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento, Misti, Stitched Square die - YNS, Honeycomb Pattern die - Whimsy Stamps, Classic Circle die - Spellbinders, Bark ink - Versa Mark, Ribbon - stash, Milk and Cookies Matte gumdrops - YNS, Fall Assortment Matte Sprinkles - Doodlebug

Spectrum Noir: TN1 EB1 EB2 TN7 TN8 EB8 CT2 CT4 GB5 OR1  JG2 JG6 PP1 PP3 

Copics: E31 E34 E37

A new month = a new challenge! Join us for our Anything Spring challenge. Here's the link: April Challenge

Here's The Sketch 

 Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!