Christmas Critters blog hop

I am happy to be participating in Scrap’N’Stamp Christmas Critters Inspiration Hop today. You will be able to find oodles of critter inspiration on the blogs included in this hop. With eleven different stops on the hop there is sure to be something for everyone. Be sure to leave comments at each stop along the way- a winner will be randomly selected from those comments to win a $50 gift certificate to the SNS online store & announced on the SNS blog December 26. If you are looking for critters of any kind make sure you check out the 20% off Critters Sale.

When invited to a Critters themed hop I knew I would be stamping a bird and this sweet Penny Black robin was just the thing. The stamp is called Robin’s Christmas and you get the whole scene in one lovely stamp. Kind of similar to a one a one pot meal – always a winner in my book!

I stamped the bird on hot press watercolour paper first with speckled egg distress ink which is a nice pale blue which I could easily stamp over with darker colours. With the outline image stamped I used speckled egg ink from a re-inker to paint the sky behind the bird. Once that was dry I continued to work in a stamp positioner with one or two ink colours at a time stamping all the other elements. I used evergreen bough and rustic wilderness for the leaves, tea dye and walnut stain for the wood, candied apple for the berries and feathers and weathered wood and tea dye for the bird’s feathers.

The sentiment is from the PB set ‘feeling of Christmas‘. To finish the scene I used an embossing pen and white embossing powder to add snow here and there.

Thanks for visiting my stop on the hop. If you want to start from the beginning click over to the Scrap’N’Stamp blog. If you are looking for the next stop after me click over to the incredibly talented Dina Kowal.

Of course there’s also a SALE 20% off Critters until December 7, so have fun shopping after you hop! As a bonus, while supplies last you can get a Christmas Critter stamp for FREE with any purchase over $50! Just look for this cute penguin stamp and add it to your shopping cart!

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Stamping is for the birds part 3

Posted: November 1, 2018 | Author: Heather | Filed under: robin's christmas | Tags: Penny Black stamps, Ranger Distress inks | 3 Comments

I’m continuing my ‘stamping is for the birds’ theme with this sweet stamp from Penny Black, ‘robin’s Christmas’. I think this one might be my favourite but there will be one more tomorrow so you can reserve judgement if you like. I stamped in versafine clair nocturne ink on hot pressed watercolour paper then embossed in clear powder. I had my distress inks at hand so I decided to use them as watercolour paints pressing the ink pads face down on my glass mat as I needed them. I used a few browns plus black for the wood, two greens for the holly, bundled sage for the ivy, candied apple and festive berries for the berries, fossilized amber for the beak and just below the beak. I used browns and black for the bird diluting them to get grey and pale browns.

I took care to keep ink off the little spots of snow, painted the background sky in stormy sky ink then added some clear wink of stella to the snow for a little sparkle. I ended up going without a sentiment and popped the whole panel up on foam for a subtle shadow.

This is my first piece of colouring for Kathy Racoosin’s 30 day coloring challenge. Kathy is a colouring wizard who regularly runs colouring challenges on her blog and instagram. It is a no pressure, drop in when you can, as detailed or simple as you like type of challenge. The idea is to do some colouring each day for 30 days. Kathy provides tons of tips and inspiration sharing her incredible tips and techniques and giving away prizes along the way. Check out her blog for more details or her IG @kathyrac . I’ll be sharing my colouring here and on IG and hope to see some of yours along the way.

Supplies

Stamp: robin’s christmas

Inks: versafine clair nocturne, vintage photo, walnut stain, black soot, festive berries, candied apple, forest moss, pine needles, stormy sky, bundled sage, fossilized amber

Paper: hot pressed watercolour paper

Also: glass mat, clear embossing powder, white wink of stella pen