Making a Scene

I'm really not a drama queen, but I do like making a scene and I like to mix and match stamp sets. Rarely do I use just stamps from one set. This card was made using a stipple brush, torn Post-It's to make the hills. To make the sky I brushed Stampin Up! classic inks starting with Regal Rose, Cameo Coral, and Only Orange for the sky that fades into YoYo Yellow to Certainly Celery. The stamp set is my all time favorite SU set Lovely As a Tree. The tag is from Tiny Tags and the new Medium Jewelry Tag punch. To create the grass in the foreground I used the tree image from Nature Silhouettes. I masked off the tree and stamped the image with Sahara Sand. Oh and the little squirrels are from Pendant Park.

The key to getting a smooth finish with a stipple brush is to use an excellent quality brush with tight bristles. You load the brush with a lot of ink and make small circular motion with the brush. I start of the edge of the paper because I usually have a heavy hand when I first start. You don't need to mash the brush into the paper because if you do, you'll leave brush marks in the paper.