Countdown to Christmas ~ Wk 10

A super simple, mass producible card for you this week, using a new stamp set called "Polar Party" and also the snowflake from "Every Little Bit" stamp set for the background. 

I thought I'd go for a different colour combination this week as I tend to stick to the traditional red/green combo.

Close up of the bear

I used "Rich Razzleberry" for the card blank and "Pretty in Pink" for the mat and also those colour classic ink pads, using the blender pen to apply the colour.  I also added a bit of glitter underneath him to ground him

Top Tip : Images need to be grounded, even if all you do is add the lightest wash of colour underneath it really makes a big difference

The trim around the image is the "Dotted Scallop Ribbon" punch

Inside the card

I also decorated the inside, stamping onto a piece of "Whisper White" cardstock.  I was able to stamp these quite quickly as I put the sentiment and the little penguin on the same large acrylic block, inked up with StazOn and stamped away, I stamped about 10 of these in around a minute!

Close up of the penguin

Obviously the colouring in takes a little while, but it's something I find very soothing, so I'm happy to do it whilst watching the telly of an evening so they don't seem to take any time at all.

Top Tip : when you have white as a colour on a card, such as the Polar Bear or the belly of the penguin, colour around the edges in blue, it makes the white stand out more.








Hope you like them, I had a lot of fun making them and these images are just adorable.

Back to Halloween projects tomorrow, until then, take care ...xxx


 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets : "Polar Party" & "Every Little Bit"
Card stock : "Rich Razzleberry", "Pretty in Pink" & "Whisper White"
Colour : "Rich Razzleberry", "Pretty in Pink" & ""Bashful Blue" classic ink pads
Tools : Dimensional adhesive; "SNAIL" adhesive; StazOn Ink; Blender pen; "Dotted Scallop Ribbon" punch.

Having another go ... and what I found on my desk this morning!

Hello everyone,

Is it just me or did autumn make an appearence yesterday?

Anyway, today's share is just me having another go at the card I shared on Monday, see HERE, except this time I did a blue colour scheme instead of the pink.

I also changed the orientation slightly by having the ribbon on the left of the main image rather than below as in the original card. Redoing a card you've done before and just changing it a little bit is a great thing to do when you are feeling like your crafting mojo has deserted you.

Oh, and on a completly unrelated note, this is what I discovered on my crafting desk this morning.

This is my cat, Cat, (named by my son and after the cat in Red Dwarf), she loves to sleep here as the sun beems through the window, but she doesn't like the sun in her eyes so she covers them up with her paw and goes to sleep like that.  Very cute, but really annoying as that Stampin' Up! grid paper you can see under her is meant for my stamping not her sleeping! lol

Until next time  ... xx
 

Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets :  "Nature Walk" &; "Always Elegant" - for the sentiment
Card stock : "Marina Mist" &; Watercolour paper - for the main image
Accessories : 5/8" Organza ribbon in "Whisper White; DSP patterns stack in "Subtles" - for the "Marina Mist" patterned paper
Colour : "StazOn ink; "Marina Mist", "Always Artichoke & "Sahara Sand" marker pens
Tools : Stampin' Dimensionals SNAIL Adhesive; Blender Pen
 

All pink and girlie

Morning, well, here we are again back at Monday, still, that just means that we have a whole week of possibilities ahead of us :o)

For today's post I would like to share something a little pink and girlie.

I'm finding myself making more cards like this, not sure what that says about me - lol!  This card just came together as I wanted to make a few generic cards to have in my card stash but looking at it now I think it could be a wedding or anniversary card, hmm, not sure, I'll just let it call out to me when I'm looking for a card.

One thing you might find interesting is the technique I used when colouring in the main image.

As you can see from the photo, the leaves have some shading on them.  I actually achieved this by colouring in the leaves with my marker pen then took my blender pen to remove colour rather than add it and I just kept removing colour by going over those areas that needed to be a lot lighter.  What do you think?  I like it and may have to make another one, just to practice the technique you understand - lol!

till we chat again, take care  .... xxx


Project Ingredients

Stamp Sets :  "Nature Walk" & "Always Elegant" - for the sentiment
Card stock : "Pretty in Pink" & Watercolour paper - for the main image
Accessories : 5/8" Organza ribbon in "Whisper White; DSP patterns stack in "Subtles" - for the "Pretty in Pink" patterned paper
Colour : "StazOn ink; "Pretty in Pink", "Always Artichoke & "Sahara Sand" marker pens
Tools : Stampin' Dimensionals SNAIL Adhesive; Blender Pen