Heffy Doodle and The Greeting Farm Collaboration Blog Hop

Welcome to the Heffy Doodle and The Greeting Farm Collaboration Blog Hop! Design Team members from both companies are sharing inspiration using products from both companies!

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom of this post to see the whole link list – there are many awesome blogs for you to visit today! Plus you can comment for your chance to win a prize too! Details at the end of this post!

You should have come from Rosemary Bridges blog and the next stop is The Greeting Farm! Meanwhile on my stop of this hop you will find a sweet wood scene made from a mix of super adorable stamps and dies! I purposely kept both the background and the critters soft to add a bit of spring vibes to this card! What do you think? Are you a fan of bright bold colors or prefer a soft palette?

Key Ingredients:

• Heffy Doodle Deer To Me Stamp Set (available at Heffy Doodle and Scapbook.com)
• Heffy Doodle Tree-mendous Peekaboo Tree Dies (available soon at Heffy Doodle and Scapbook.com)
• Heffy Doodle Woodgrain Texture Background Die (available soon at Heffy Doodle and Scapbook.com)
• Heffy Doodle Slimline Scenery Dies (available at Heffy Doodle and Scapbook.com)
• The Greeting Farm Wood Friends Stamp Set

Step By Step Instructions:

• Stamp the outline illustrations from Wood Friends Stamp Set and Deer To Me Stamp Set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink . If you use a stamping positioning tool, ink and impress the illustrations a couple of times to achieve nice and crisp outlines.
• Color the stamps with copic markers. I used:
  • deer E0000-E30-E31-E33-E35
  • squirrel YR0000-YR000-YR00-YR02-YR04-YR24 & W00-W0-W3
  • ears and cheeks R0000-R00-R01-R02
  • wood trunk E40-E41-E42-E43-E44
  • green YG000-YG00-YG03
• Fussy cut the stamps with the sharp small scissors right against the outlines and paint the edges with a black brush tip marker to hide any imperfection due to fussy cutting.
• Heat emboss in white onto black the sentiment from Deer To Me Stamp Set with VersaMark Clear Embossing Ink. Don’t forget to prep the cardstock with a Powder Tool Applicator to prevent the embossing powder to stick where you don’t want it!
• Trim and score an extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) from Neenah Solar White paper.
• Die cut all the scenery elements from a Bristol paper, using Tree-mendous Peekaboo Tree Dies and Slimline Scenery Dies. I used on this project Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting machine.
• Run the die cut tree trunk inside your die cutting machine with Woodgrain Texture Background Die to add faux stitched details.
• Ink all the scene elements with Distress inks, using the blending brushes to achieve a nice and smooth result:
  • sky – Spun Sugar Distress Oxide, Tattered Rose Distress and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide inks;
  • tree trunk – Antique Linen Distress and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide inks; DON’T FORGET TO INK THE BACK SIDE OF THE TREE HOLLOW!
  • tree foliage – Crushed Olive Distress, Mowed Lawn Distress and Lucky Clover Distress inks;
  • grass – Crushed Olive Distress ink;
  • hills – Twisted Citron Distress and Mowed Lawn Distress inks.
• Splatter the sky piece and the trees with some tiny droplets of a clear shimmer spray and inks diluted with a small amount of water.
• Arrange all the elements on the card front and glue them in place by popping some on a foam tape for fun dimensional look.
• Finish with some highlights added with a white gel pen and a couple of matching sequins adhered with Distress Collage Medium Matte.

BLOG HOP DETAILS:

To be entered to win the giveaway, all you need to do is comment at each stop along the Blog Hop!
The Greeting Farm will be giving away $35 and Heffy Doodle will be giving away £25 to their respective stores! Be sure to comment before 11:59 PM EST on Jan 21st to be entered to win!

Each company will post their random winner on Jan 22nd at 10AM EST!  Make sure to check the Heffy Doodle Blog and The Greeting Farm Blog to see if you’re a winner!

Blog Hop Lineup:
Heffy Doodle Blog
Amy Young
Carrie Rhoades
Cynthia Roybal
Cassie Trask
Elisabete Balcavage
Amanda Stevens 
Rosemary Bridges
Tatiana Trafimovich <– you’re here
The Greeting Farm Blog

That’s all for today! Hope you like this cute cards! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Tatiana