Happy hare

One of my favourite challenge blogs -  Stamping Sensations - has 'June flowers' on its mood board. Lucky me, because I just made a long walk in the countryside. It was so beautiful! Hundreds of wild Marguerites, red Poppies, White and Red Clover and many more, visited by honey bees, bumble bees and hoverflies. We also spotted hares, ducks, geese, swans and birds of prey. Enough inspiration for a new card!

First step is to stamp and mask the marguerite at the bottom left and the bottom right. I have used black Versafine. Now you can stamp and mask the marguerite in between. Stamp the hare and mask it. Now you switch to white Versamagic ink and stamp a marguerite on both the left and right side of the card. Mask these prints, and stamp the third and last marguerite. Stamp the 'bees' with black Versafine, and mask them as well. 

Next step is to remove all the masks temporarily and colourize the 'bees', the hare and the marguerites with pencils. It is important to use a pencil that is really 'fat'. For this technique, I prefer wax-based pencils like Derwent coloursoft. 

Put back the masks on the marguerites at the bottom, the hare and the bees. Colourize the entire background with blue inktense,  Use a big water brush to dissolve the inktense, and brush some of it over the marguerites. 

Remove all the masks and add the sentiment.

Irl, the blue is less bright, I've tried to make a better picture .... and I am still trying. If I succeed, I will add the new picture to this blog post. 

Stamps:

Katzelkraft KTZ174 - Les Marguerites, KTZ224 Flamingo's & friends ('bees'), KTZ276 - Whatchamacallit (sentiment), KTZ208 - La Ferme des animaux.

Other materials:

- Versafine (black)

- Versamagic (cloud white)
- Derwent coloursoft and inktense pencils

Challenges:

- We Love Stamping - 15 year blog celebration!!! Fabulous Florals or AG
- Stamping Sensations - June challenge: mood board or AG

- Allsorts Challenge - Lots of layers or AG (do 6 layers of masks count?)

Thank you for watching and have a nice day!