Happy Shopping ~ Preview Day 2 ~ The Greeting Farm

 Hello there crafty friend!

It's Day 2 of previews at The Greeting Farm for the amazing November release. HAPPY SHOPPING is up next and the critters in this stamp set are TOO cute!! I made a fun mini slimline card for today.

I inked up my background first on a die cut piece of white card stock for a cute mini slimline card. I wanted to draw the eye to the coffee shop because, well... coffee!! LOL! I do love my coffee!! Anywho, I stamped the coffee shop first and then I used the second generation stamping technique for the other buildings. Second generation stamping is when you stamp your image once on a scrap of paper, or in my case, a post-it note and then you stamp your image on your intended panel. I did this so the other buildings would be lighter and in the background. I also masked the edges of my stamping using a post-it note so that the stamped images stayed within the stitches on the die cut. 

I stamped the coffee kitty and the sentiment on scraps of white card stock and fussy cut them on the line. And then I colored the edges of my fussy cutting with a black marker to make them look neater.

Here's a quick list of the Copic markers I used:

Kitty: N0, N2, N3, N4, R00, R20

Bow Tie: E21, E23, E25

Shorts: BG000, BG01, BG13

Cup: E21, E23, C0, C1

Coffee Shop: BG000, BG01, BG13, E21, E23, E25

Coffee Shop Windows: Y11

Coffee Shop Door / Window Cup: YR20, YR02, YR15, R22

Gray Buildings: C0, C2

Ground: N2, N4

Sky: B000, B00

I adhered the mini slimline panel to a piece of Hawaiian Shores card stock from Papertrey Ink measuring 6-1/2 x 3-1/2" and then adhered it to a white mini slimline card base measuring 6-1/2 x 7"; scored at 3-1/2". I popped up the kitty and the sentiment using foam tape to finish off this card.

I had fun making this one! Be sure to stop by the TGF blog to see all the makes from the design team. The release goes live in the store on the 15th at 12am EST.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Inky Hugs,

Crystal