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Two Besties with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | May 15, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hi everyone, Marine here with a sweet little scene showcasing two adorable friends from my favorite set from the last release: Besties. I first started by stamping all my images on white cardstock using Potting Soil ink by Ranger. I like to use this brown ink when I use Hello Bluebird stamps because I think it goes very well with the style of images. So I stamped and cut everything, and colored the images using my alcohol markers. Like always I used several sets to create my little scene: Besties, Picked for you, Oh nuts, Skating party, Banner buddies...

Meadow Bunnies + Pathway Background with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Apr 12, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello everyone, Marine here with a cute and happy card featuring a sweet little bunny from the Meadow Bunnies stamp set as well as the Pathway Background stamp. Like always, you will find my video at the end of this post. So I first started by stamping the Pathway Background on white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly brown ink. And I colored the whole scene using my alcohol markers, except for the sky because I knew that I wanted to use distress inks to create one. And when the coloring was done, I fussy cut the background to...

Stretch Your Supplies With Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Mar 7, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hi there, Marine here with a cute window scene. A few days ago, I shared this card inspired by Canadian landscapes, so today we’re going to zoom into this scene and get a close up at the cabin! (this card was also inspired by a card Keiko made last year) I started by cutting a frame out white woodgrain cardstock using the Gallery Frame #3. I only kept the middle part that I trimmed to get a 2 x 2 square window, and colored it using vintage photo and ground espresso distress inks. To create the wood planks, I...

An African Savannah Safari with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Feb 16, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today’s card features some cuties from the More Jungle Littles stamp set, as well as a few other stamp and die sets that helped me to create this lovely savannah scene. I started by cutting a bristol panel measuring 8,5 x 4,5 inches. I created the sky using a homemade cloud stencil and tumbled glass distress ink. Next I die cut my background elements using the Ocean Scene die, but kept only three pieces to build my scene. I colored the bottom piece using shabby shutters and peeled paint distress inks to get a faded green grass, and colored...

Silly Birds with Marine

Posted by Marine Simon | Jan 24, 2020 | Uncategorized

Hello there, Marine here with two cute bird friends enjoying life on a lagoon. To create this lovely scene, I started by cutting all the background elements out of bristol cardstock using the Ocean Scene die. Next I colored the different pieces: for the sky I used dried marigold and worn lipstock ; for the clouds I used scattered straw that I lightly applied at the bottom of the element to get some shadows ; for the lagoon I used evergreen bough and lucky clover ; and finally for the ground I used antique linen and vintage photo. I stamped the images on...