Hello everyone, welcome to the first day of the Clearly Besotted March release countdown teasers! We have six new sets this month and myself and the team will be sharing inspiration with you over the coming days. A reminder for those of you who are Clearly Besotted fans, the release day is now the 5th of each month, with countdown teasers starting on the 1st.
So let’s get started! Today I am sharing a card featuring a super sweet set called Picnic Party and I have paired it with an old favourite, Over The Rainbow.
I began by stamping and colouring all my images apart from the picnic blanket. You get lots of cute animals to pick from and there is also a background field/trees image, but I didn’t use that on my card today. And there are lots of tiny accent images to create your picnic scene. The gingham blanket was stamped with a Hero Arts pink ink and I added black lines around the image using a multi-liner. The trees/field background stamp, which I didn’t use, actually has a section ready for you to stamp the blanket in, but as I didn’t use that part of the set, I had to outline mine separately. That will make more sense when you see the set haha!
Once I had fussy cut everything, I set the images to one side and then I stamped the rainbow using 5 different MFT inks (Persimmon, Orange Zest, Pineapple, Green Room and Summer Splash). I’ve listed all the colours that they still stock below, but three are now discontinued sadly. The images were then placed below the rainbow either with foam tape or wet adhesive. The sentiment is from Tiny Type.
To finish the card, I added a smidging of black glaze pen onto their eyes and then I mounted the panel onto a top folding A2 base card using foam sheet. And that finishes my card for you – notice how close that little bird is to the cake…. that would be me!
For more inspiration, please head over to the Clearly Besotted blog, then onto Keren. Michelle won’t be joining us until release day but this month we have Mindy returning as a guest designer, and Adelle Emery who is joining us too – be sure to make them welcome. Thank you for your visit and I will be back tomorrow for day two of the teasers. Tomorrow is for those of you who love to bake…. until then, happy crafting!
Denise Bryant says
Love the rainbow and darling critters!
Patricia Brown says
Cute card! Thanks for sharing.
Debbie P says
Cute card. Love the little critters.
Ruth says
That’s going to be my first picnic out of lockdown…. it’s so super cute! xx
Michelle Short says
Aww, so cute! I love the little scene you created with the critters on the picnic blanket. The rainbow behind them is perfect! xx
Keren says
Oh wow. That’s just gorgeous. Much better design than mine using that set. Yours look contemporary and cool! Love that rainbow!! x