Scene making in the card world can often look intimidating with beautiful intricate scenes with a whole host of colouring media used! But scene making doesn’t have to be complicated, pairing it down with some simple die-cutting and stencilling you can easily create a scene without stamps. What’s more, add some ink blending in and there’s not a pen/pencil or paintbrush insight so this is perfect for beginners!
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Creating a scene without stamps - making the moutains
Start off by die-cutting the mountain scene dies from Altenew out of cardstock. You can either cut this out of coloured cardstock or if you only have white card, cut them out of white and blend ink on to add the colour.

For the green mountains on this card, Eucalyptus Catherine Pool ink was blended on using an ink blending brush, and Spruce/Deck The Halls ink to add a shading over the trees. The mountains in the distance were cut out of two shades for grey cardstock to add dimension to the card.

The layers were adhered together with double-sided tape to build up the scene.
Creating a scene without stamps - adding the sky
For the sky, use the Altenew Cloud Scene to ink blend blue ink onto white card. As you move up the sky, start to darken the shade of blue to add interest and make the sky appear more dimensional. The Colours used were It’s A Boy, Fiesta Blue and Suede Shoes Catherine Pooler Ink.

Foam mount the mountain scene onto the sky background and trim this down to fit onto a slim-line card. For the sentiment, stamp ‘Thinking Of You’ from the Altenew Delicate Bouquet stamp set in black ink and fussy cut this out. Add the sentiment to the front of the card with foam pads and embellish with sequins to finish the card off.







Supplies
Creating a scene without stamps!
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![]() Delicate Bouquet – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | BP | Mountain Die – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP | Cloud Scene Stencil – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |
![]() Suede Shoes – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Suede Shoes reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Suede Shoes Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
Fiesta Blue Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | Fiesta Blue Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | Fiesta Blue Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
![]() It’s A Boy Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | ![]() It’s A Boy Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | ![]() It’s A Boy Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
![]() Spruce Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Spruce Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Spruce Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
Deck the Halls Ink Pad – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | Deck the Halls Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | Deck the Halls Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |
![]() Eucalyptus ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Eucalyptus reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | LPT | ![]() Eucalyptus Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | LPT |
![]() Midnight Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | ![]() Midnight Mini Ink Cube – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB | ![]() Midnight Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD | SB |
![]() Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | LPT | ![]() Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP | ![]() Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
![]() Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP | ![]() Ink blending tool large – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP | ![]() Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: CPD | BP |
![]() Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | ![]() Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | ![]() QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.