Hello Everyone,
It is Zsofi here, welcome to another edition of my Perfect Combos series. I am sure you all have a memorable vacation, a place where you would love to return to. For me it is Austria, we spent a wonderful couple of days in the Alps with the kids and friends 2 years ago in June. This place inspired my card for today, where I combined several older and new sets. Let me guide you through the process, and share some tips.
First I have stamped the mountains from
Highland Honeys and the ducks, sun and clouds from
Quack me up on alcohol friendly cardstock. I used Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers to colour them, the colours I used:
mountains & clouds: BG7, BG5, BG4, BG2, BG1
, sun&ducks: CT4, CT3, CT1, BO4, BO3. I used the
coordinating dies to cut them all out.
Then I worked on the slimline scene. First I die cut 2 stitched rectangles from white cardstock with the
Stitched Slimline Trio dies. From one of them I die cut the waves (
Slimline scenery dies) and the
Little Town border. I added colours with Distress Oxide inks. The water I inkblended with Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers, added some sprinkles of diluted ink and also used some Finetec Pearlescent watercolours for some shimmery splatters. It looks so cool in real life with all the sparkles!
To colour the town border I used
Heffy Memo Tape to mask off the houses and trees and applied Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink for the grass. I added some diluted ink splatters here too, also a bit of Rustic Wilderness and Twisted Citron for a textured look. Then I removed the masks and coloured the trees with Ground Espresso. On a scrap of white cardstock I added some Candied Apple, Mustard Seed and Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxides using a small blending brush. Then I die cut the little dies from the
Little Town border die set and adhered them in place. It gives a fun layered look, gorgeous on its own. After blending a little bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide for the sky, I asssembled the scene using
Glubert. Using a liquid glue allows a little playing time when creating a scene. I stamped the sentiment from the
Close at heart sentiment set.
I die cut a dark grey scalloped rectangle as a mat using the
Sweet Scalloped Slimline die set and added a bit of glossy acccents to the beaks of the ducks. The finished card measures 3,5*8,5 inches.
I hope you enjoyed today’s Perfect Combo and will check back later for more inspiration. If you like my cards, please make sure to follow me on
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See you soon,
Zsofi
