Spring/Summer CLC Hop- Day 2

Welcome back to day 2 of the Spring/Summer Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog Hop!  Today I have a fun card featuring products from another Super Sponsor- Whimsy Stamps.

This card is not for the coffee drinkers, but for all the tea drinkers out there.  Sweet-tea or otherwise. And, the character in this card is just so cute!

Isn't he the most darling little ant.  I am not a bug lover, but I'd hang out with this cutie; invite him to my picnic.

Here is how I made it:

• Started by stamping the image from the Ant You Sweet Stamp Set on Copic friendly paper.  I colored all the bits with my Copics. 
• I fussy cut it out, not including the shadows and used a black liner to go around the edges of the image.  
• Next, I added some highlights with a white gel pen and glossy accents to the ant's eyes, ice cubes and parts of the lemon. 
• I set that aside to dry and went about working on my background.  I pulled out some Echo park cloud paper for the backdrop.  
• Already, I had a bit of olive green paper with a grass cut edge, it was the negative edge, but you can't really tell, so I mounted it on the cloud.  Then I used this scrap of picnic looking paper and placed in on top of that. 
• After that I used the Sweet Word Die and Celebrate Word Die and cut them out in black foam.  I mounted the Sweet and then used bits of the Celebrate to make the -Tea portion of Sweet-Tea.  
• I stamped the sentiment slightly above it. 
• Lastly, I used foam tape to mount the main image into the scene. 

I really think the foam words make the scene pop.  And the glossy accents add that nice sheen to bits that should have it. 

Well, I hope you like this card for day 2 of the hop.  Thanks for visiting and come back tomorrow for another fun creation. I hope you will join in on the hop too and can't wait to see what you make. 

Supplies Used:

 Ant You Sweet Stamp Set     Celebrate Word Die    Sweet Word Die

Solar White - 250 Sheet Ream, Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock

Scotch Foam Mounting Tape

Glue Tube, Lawn Fawn

Blackout Hybrid Detail, Ink On 3 Ink Pads

Fine Black 4pc, COPIC Multiliner Set

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small, Black

Hero Hues Pesto, Hero Arts Cardstock

Mini Glossy Accents, Ranger Accents

Slimline Die Set: Scenic Borders, Trinity Stamps Dies

Uni-ball Impact Gel Pen, White

E13 - Light Suntan, COPIC Sketch Marker

E15 - Dark Suntan, COPIC Sketch Marker

E31 - Brick Beige, COPIC Sketch Marker

E37 - Sepia, COPIC Sketch Marker

YR24 - Pale Sepia, COPIC Sketch Marker

C1 - Cool Gray No. 1, COPIC Sketch Marker

C3 - Cool Gray No. 3, COPIC Sketch Marker

C5 - Cool Gray No. 5, COPIC Sketch Marker

C7 - Cool Gray No. 7, COPIC Sketch Marker

0 Colorless Blender, COPIC Sketch Marker

100 - Black, COPIC Sketch Marker

B000 - Pale Porcelain Blue, COPIC Sketch Marker

YG07 - Acid Green, COPIC Sketch Marker

YG09 - Lettuce Green, COPIC Sketch Marker

RV04 - Shock Pink, COPIC Sketch Marker

Y06 - Yellow, COPIC Sketch Marker

Y11 - Pale Yellow, COPIC Sketch Marker

Y13 - Lemon Yellow, COPIC Sketch Marker

Y15 - Cadmium Yellow, COPIC Sketch Marker