Into the Forest by Janet Blaauw

Team Member: Janet Blaauw

September 11, 2023

Today, guest design team member Janet Blaauw takes us, step-by-step, into the forest to discover the Bumble Lodge and Honeysuckle Cottage.And when we get there, we sure have a big surprise to find Logan the hare and Bijou the wide-eyed, wise little owl, are keeping watch over the tiny houses until the fairies return.

Step-by-Step

: 1: On a piece of A5 Multifarious card, draw a path with a pencil and stamp Logan the hare using Versafine Clair Nocturne.

: 2: Place the stamp Bumble Lodge over the hare to see where they will overlap. Use masking sheets to create a mask by stamping Logan the hare, and stick this over the original stamped hare.

: 3: Stamp Bumble Lodge using Versafine Clair Nocturne onto the paper above the hare. Use masking sheets to create a mask of Bumble Lodge by stamping and cutting it out. Stick the mask over the cottage. It is now masked.

: 4: Stamp the second cottage Honeysuckle Cottage in Versafine Clair Nocturne. Use masking sheets to create a mask of Honeysuckle Cottage by stamping and cutting it out. Stick the mask over the cottage. It is now masked.

: 5: Now make a circle mask for the sun and colour everything with Distress Oxides. Start with Stormy Skies at the top and blend into Tumbled Glass at the top of the Sun. Next blend in some Fossilized Amber from left to right to create a horizon that goes through the tops of the houses.

: 6: Remove a little Distress Ink in the blue part of the sky with a wet paper towel to make some clouds.

: 7: Stamp Bijou the owl and use masking sheets to create a mask of Bijou by stamping again and cutting it out. Stick the mask over Bijou the owl. It is now masked. Stamp the trees using Versafine Clair Nocturne and Tree Den and Tree Stem.

: 8: Using Versafine Clair Nocturne, stamp the Vine Branch under the owl.

: 9: Remove all the masks and colour everything with e.g., watercolour, water-markers or diluted Posca pen inks.

: 10: Stamp all decorations. Forest Flower and Vine Set in Versafine Clair Shady Lane and Versafine Clair Rainforest. Then stamp Mini Toadstool in Versafine Clair Nocturne, Foliage Set and Slender Mushrooms in Versafine Clair in Shady Lane, Foliage Set 2 in Versafine Clair Verdant and Rainforest. Stamp Wild Hares Large set. Tree Scene in Versafine Clair Nocture in second generation stamping. Now put dots and dashes here and there with Posca markers and gel pens.