Happy Friday! Bring on the weekend and perhaps some of you will be enjoying a long weekend. It’s Day 3 of the 30 Day Christmas Cardmaking Challenge and we are Rockin’ Around.
Today was lots of fun to create using the rocking horse from the retired Little Cuties stamp set. I had completely forgotten about this set and my goodness, it’s got a bunch of cute images. I’ve cute a rockin’ horse! I coloured the horse with a range of Stampin’ Blends and really like the natural tones against the rich Shaded Spruce background.
To bring the rhythm to the rockin’ I added some music score from the Joyful Specialty Designer Series Paper. The sentiment is from another retired stamp set, Seasonal Chums. You can substitute the rocking horse with our new Rocking Horse bundle #162041 which even die cuts it for you.
A beautiful gold ribbon and some Blooming Pearls add a touch of glam to this vintage card.
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For Day 2 of the #30daychristmascardmakingchallenge our theme is Frosty Air. With Nostalgic November I’m using my retired stamp sets and as I saw this theme I visualised the beautiful Cambridge Carols stamp set. I love this old fashioned images and am a bit partial to purchasing all of them … and holding onto them. Funny thing – I hadn’t inked this set up! I looked up when this set was released (and retired) – 2018. I couldn’t believe that I’ve had this for 5 years and not used it.
This skaters on the ice made me think of cold frosty air and that’s why I went with this image. I chose the colour palette from Sunday Stamps Challenge. These colours do have a more autumn tone to it but I chose to use those colours to bring some warmth to this cold wintry day depicted on the card.
Using a range of ink refills and Watercolour Pencils I coloured the scene which was stamped on Fluid 100 Watercolour Paper using Blender Pens (#102845) and Water Painters (#151298).
I added some neutral Designer Series Paper in the background with a pop of sparkly sptrips for the stamped image to be mounted on.
Apart from the stamp set, other products are available in my Online Store. You could substitute the scene with a number of other stamps including Regal Reindeer #159722 or Graceful Deer #162084.
I hope this inspires you to try some watercolouring or maybe pull out a stamp set you have never inked up!
We’ve been challenged by Martin Stone with a sketch challenge for the #30DayChristmasCardMakingChallenge. I must say, I did struggle with this one as I was a bit stumped with the 3 elements on it and tying it all together.
I ended up choosing the tree rings from the Ringed with Nature bundle to form part of my sketch. Two sizes of Stitched rectangles formed the base of the sketch.
The beautiful Fitting Florets Designer Series Paper provided my fussy cut elements along with some die cut leaves to make these elements flow together. I’ll be ordering my second pack of this paper as I’m running through it so quickly! It’s great for all seasons.
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Always up for a challenge and ready to get some serious Christmas card making done this month, I’m taking part in Martin Stone’s 30 Day Christmas Card Making Challenge.
The theme for Day 1 is Winter Winds. As soon as I saw this I felt a cold, winter chill and a scene popped up in my mind which I wanted to recreate. A chilly, winter’s night with the snow falling to the ground and the wind roaring around sounds cold and cozy all at the same time.
I created a swirling background to depict the wind by swiping my Smoky Slate ink pad across the Whisper White cardstock in a downward swiping motion. This was repeated in Misty Moonlight and a little bit of Early Espresso. Then I used the Kraft ink refill and watered it down with my fine tip Water Painter. I flicked the brush against the lid of the Water Painter to splatter the white ink over my prepared layer. I did the same with the Frost White Shimmer Paint. All these colours and textures created a really blustery, winter’s night.
The die cut trees have been brushed with Wink of Stella and although it’s not easy to pick this up on the photo, it adds a very subtle shimmer.
I just had to add this cute little house from the Coming Home bundle to complete my scene, making it warm and inviting amidst the cold and wild weather going on outside.
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