Summer Seaside Scene with Concord & 9th

 

For a last little nod to Summer this week I thought I’d pop in with one more scene which uses the Seaside Post Bundle from Concord & 9th.  Today I’ve used the stencil to create a Sunset view from the cliffs.  I ink blended with stencil for all the layers, and then added in some white gel pen and coloured pencil accents into the sea and sun rays. 

I added in some dies from the set to accent the sentiment (from the Parcel of Petals Stamp set), die cut the image with the large postage die in the set, and then stamped the background with postmarks in the stamp set.  I think this combination of Harbor Blue, Cranberry, Pebble and Cobblestone plus Creamsicle is a perfect Summer colour combo. 

This totally gives me the Northern California vibes!  Thanks for joining me!  

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Summer Seaside Scene with Concord & 9th

You’re Otterly Fintastic with TCP

 

How’s your Summer going?  That is, if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere.  Mine has gone far too quick for my taste!  Today I’m bringing you some delightful tastes of Summer and the Sea with August New Releases from The Cat’s Pajamas.  We’ll kick it off with another FINtastic mermaid from the Be a Mermaid set.  I just love the illustration on this set with all its wavy sketchy lines, and the creatures have such personality!  I have two fun designs to show you! 

I printed the digital stamp onto Copic XPress It Blending cardstock, and then coloured the design with Copics, then die cut it out, with the addition of a few starfish from the Doodled Shells set.  

Next, I created a background on watercolour paper using shimmery Lindy’s Magical Powders and a water stencil.  I moved the stencil several times to get the reflection of water on the paper in purply blues and teals to coordinate with my mermaid.  I also added in additional sparkle with a Jelly Roll pen on the mermaid’s hair and on her fish buddy.  

I applied the same treatment to the sentiment and added some iridescent sequins to accent and mimic the bubbles in the design.  

Next is an Otterly adorable Bendy Card design!

This little water scene utilizes a new template from TCP called the  Portrait Bendy Card Template, combined with the cutest little otters!  This set is called Otterly Amazing, and it comes in a line drawn set, as well as a SVG Cutable .  I’m always about the colouring, so I chose the line drawn otters, coloured them up with Copics.  I think they are darling!  

I fussy cut the otters and starfish, and then built the Bendy Card shape after cutting it with my Silhouette machine.  It’s very simple to put together!  I added in some turquoise paper waves with a TCP retired die, and stencilled “waves” with blue and white ink and a retired TCP Stencil.  Finshing off the colouring with some white gel pen bubbles.  These otters are perfect for this style of card because you can create a 3D scene. 

A few holeless sequins give a touch of sparkle, along with the cute sentiment.  Thanks for your visit, here’s a peek at the items I used today from the August Release.  They are TOO cute! 

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You’re Otterly Fintastic with TCP

Bringing Summer Sun Poolside!

 

While we’re just getting excited about flowers popping up from the ground...dreaming of summery sunny days at the beach or by the pool, The Cat’s Pajamas is bringing it to us in all sorts of fun ways this May!  

I’m excited to kick off today with two new designs from the May Release.  I have to say, this release was such fun for me to play with.  Fun themes, vibrant colours, colouring, cutting files, it’s really got it all, and it totally sparked my creativity.  

My first design pulls you poolside with this adorable set called Fun in the Sun.  I had a great time creating the water reflections of a pool with a stencil and Distress Oxide Ink, and then adding our favourite Kitty in her floaty on the surface of the water.  

I’ve framed her up, and added the sentiment and wave to accent the design, including a few turquoise sequins.  

For fun I took the bubbles from the set that I had printed and used them to create my own beach ball accent,  all it took was a few lines from my micro-liner pen and a bubble is a beach ball!  

Such a fun design to create with!  I’m ready for the pool!   

The next card is oceanside with our favourite bunny!  This is Life’s A Beach.  

He’s protecting his tender fur from those rays, soaking the shade with some RnR under his beach umbrella.  I think he’s so cute with his coconut drink!  All of the colouring is done with Copics.  

To customize my scene, I’ve added some stripes to the umbrella to make it really beachy, drew in some PLAID bunny board shorts for swimming, and added soft ocean waves in the background. I placed him on a background I created with one of our new cutting files called Make Waves.  

Because I knew I wanted to make a multicoloured wave background, copied and pasted three of the cutting files for this set of waves onto the 12 x 12 section for my Silhouette.  

Next I added 3 sets of beachy colours for cutting.  

Then trimmed it out (my blade was a little deep so you can see there’s a bit of fraying).  But then all you need to do is piece by piece add the waves to the background so the pattern matches.  I have extra waves left over to use for other projects if I want.  

I think it makes a fun way to add texture and colour, with out taking away from the design.  The sentiment is from the new Summer Sayings set, and I added pointillism dots to mimic the sand to tie in.  

Here’s a peek at the newly released May items I used today!  See you next week with two more fun designs!

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Bringing Summer Sun Poolside!