Hello everyone.
Today I have a wintry card for you. It's a little bit Christmas but not really. I'm using the NEW Friendly Snowmen stamp set from Spellbinders. It is part of the Be Merry Collection to has a ton of cute Christmas stamps and dies.
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Background:
I started with my usual piece of Neenah 110 lb. Solar White cardstock cut to 3 1/2 inches by 4 3/4 inches. I used the Color Block Scenic Scape Etched Dies to create a snow hill the same width as my background using the same white card stock. I then grabbed my Ranger Blender brushes to blend on some Distress Oxide inks onto my background panel. I used Distress Oxide inks in Milled Lavender and Shaded Lilac to blend on a soft purple background. I used the snow hill that I created to make sure I was adding the ink in the right place. Holding it up to the background occasionally while I blend on the ink. I popped up the snow hill onto the background panel using foam squares.
I also cut some of the snowflakes from the Holiday Decorations Die set. I used the same white cardstock as above. This die set actually makes small ornaments, it's super cute. I adhered them onto the background using liquid glue.
Images:
This adorable snow couple is from the Friendly Snowmen stamp set NEW from Spellbinders. I stamped them using Ranger Archival Jet Black ink and colored them with my Faber Castell Polychromos colored Pencils. You can refer to the Kolour Map above to see which pencils I used. I tried to make the snow couple the same pale purple as the background to make them match. I then colored their clothing using traditional red and green Christmas colors.
Sentiment:
The sentiment is from the same Friendly Snowmen stamp set. I stamped the "you melt my heart" sentiment using watermark ink and heat embossed it using detail white embossing powder. I stamped it onto Fun Stampers Journey Pretty Amethyst card stock and trimmed it down into a strip using my Fiskars cut line paper trimmer. I adhered it directly to the snow hill using liquid adhesive.
Assembly:
The entire card panel was adhered to a Spellbinders Silver Fox card base cut to size A2 and scored in a top folding portrait orientation. The panel was popped up using strips of craft foam using tear tape adhesive.
I finished up the card by adding a coordinating purple heart from from my stash.
I hope that I've inspired you to create something today. For more information on the NEW holiday collection from Spellbinders (CLICK HERE!) to visit their site.
Thank you for visiting my blog today,
Koren
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