Crafty Adventurista: July DT Project 2 For Country View Crafts and Challenges

Hello,

It’s time for my second DT make for July for Country View Crafts and Challenges, with the theme ‘The Great Outdoors’ and we’re certainly making the most of the outdoors at the moment with the heatwave we’re having.

The challenge is open worldwide and you can join the group here:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/164920247712393

You must use products from brands that Country View Crafts stocks. You can enter 5 times each month with different projects and one winner will be selected randomly. There's a fabulous PaperArtsy Summer Poppies stamp set designed by Alison Bomber to be won for the lucky winner.

I love squirrels and decided to use the Visible Image Nuts About Squirrels stamp for my project this time.

First I prepped my background with a blend of Cosmic Shimmers by laying clean water randomly down first on my journal page. Lightly tapped the powder from the nozzles over this and then blended in with the water with a paintbrush and left this to dry.

I smooshed some Distress Inks over the Visible Image Mesh It Up stencil and then spritzed with water.

I made a print with this on some paper, then did a secondary print on my journal page.

I stamped the squirrel and some acorns onto white card with Nocturne Versafine Clair ink and cut these out. I also stamped some maple leaves from Erikas Maple set and fussy cut these out too.

I stamped the city outline from Visible Image The Right Direction set with Versafine Clair Morning Mist as I wanted to give a nod to how some squirrels co-exist with city life.

Using the words ‘Evolve’ and ‘Resilience’ from Visible Image The Right Direction stamp set, I part inked in Rustic Wilderness and Stormy Sky Distress Inks and then spritzed a little with water before placing on my background.

Then I lightly splattered the background with a watered down Pumice Stone Distress Ink (smooshed onto a stamping block) and also splattered the cut outs.

I cut out a Polaroid frame from a template I got from the internet which I printed out.

For the squirrel and some of the maple leaves and acorns, I watercoloured these using Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor pencils.

I left the rest of my stamped images black and white.

Then it was a matter of compiling my picture, placing the Polaroid frame and then tucking in the cutouts around it.

And here is my second project for The Great Outdoors.

Thanks taking the time to visit my blog. I hope you’ll be inspired to try out some of my techniques and join in the Challenge - it's always awesome to see what people make for the theme.

Have a great day

Hugs

Carol

Products used:

(If something is out of stock you can always contact Susan to see if she can get it in for you)

Visible Image Nuts About Squirrels

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-clear-stamp---nuts-about-squirrels-138541-p.asp

Visible Image Erikas Maple

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-clear-stamp-set---erikas-maple-111730-p.asp

Visible Image The Right Direction

https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/visible-image-clear-stamp-set--the-right-direction-167610-p.asp

Visible Image Dragonfly Reflection